Flowers

C 
Well, blue skies and hillsides feel so far away 
  Em 
And I wrote in my notebook that I've seen better days 
 Dm 
Than the ones as of late 
 F            Fm 
I can't bear the weight 

 C 
The rain won't stop pouring out my windowpane 
 Em 
And I haven't left my bedroom in seventy-six days 
 Dm 
I wish something would change 
  F            Fm 
'Cause I'm losing faith 

  C 
So I brought it up in a desperate prayer 
  Em 
Lord, why are You keeping me here? 
  Dm 
Then He said to me 
  F             Fm 
Child, I'm planting seeds 
  C 
I'm a good God and I have a good plan 
  Em 
So trust that I'm holding a watering can 
 Dm 
And someday you'll see 
  F              Fm 
That flowers grow in the valley 

  C 
So whatever the reason I'm barely getting by 
 Em 
I'll trust it's a season, knowing that You're by my side 
  Dm 
Every step of the way 
F          Fm 
And I'll be okay 

 C 
'Cause I brought it up in a desperate prayer 
 Em 
Lord, why are You keeping me here? 
 Dm 
Then he said to me 
 F           Fm 
Child, I'm planting seeds 
 C 
I'm a good God and I have a good plan 
 Em 
So trust that I'm holding a watering can 
Dm 
And someday you'll see 
 F             Fm 
That flowers grow in the valley 

Mmm, mmm 

 C 
When I'm on the mountain and looking down below 
 Em 
I'll see a valley of flowers that needed time to grow 
 Dm 
And I'll thank You for the rain 
 F              Fm 
The hurt and days of pain 

 C 
And I'll bring it up in a grateful prayer 
 Em 
Thank You, Jesus, for keeping me there 
 Dm 
You know just what I need 
 F            Fm 
And you've planted seeds 
  C 
'Cause You're a good God with a real good plan 
  Em 
And you hold my world and a watering can 
 Dm 
So I can have peace 

    F       Fm 
'Cause flowers grow in the valley