Guitar Chords Used in the Song
"Dead Flowers" is in the key of D major, in standard tuning, and uses the following chords:
The Form of the Song
"Dead Flowers" is a track from The Rolling Stones' 1971 album, Sticky Fingers.c
"Dead Flowers" is a great song for beginners because both the form of the song and the chords, themselves, are easy to play. When you play the D chord, you can utilize some of the hammer-on and pull-off techniques to hint at those Dsus4 and Dsus2 chords. This gives the song that extra stylized flavor. The form follows this pattern:
- Intro
- Verse 1 ("Well when you're sitting there...")
- Verse 2 ("Well I hope you see me...")
- Pre-chorus 1 ("Take me down...")
- Chorus 1 ("Send me dead flowers...")
- Verse 3 ("Well when you're sitting back...")
- Verse 4 ("I'll be in my basement...")
- Pre-chorus 2
- Chorus 2
- Guitar solo (once through two verse forms)
- Pre-chorus 3
- Chorus 3 (repeat last line, then end)
Practice Cover Video
References
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