My Love is a Flower (Just Beginning to Bloom)
(Appears on Back In Your Life, Back in Your Life +4, Radio On, The Berserkely Years, For all the Modern Lovers, Live in New York 1980, Regression, Buzz Buzz Buzz , Live In Sweden 1978, and The Mega 20 Track Album)
Unknown versions - Regression
Back In Your Life version - Chords
F# Bbm B C# F# Bbm C# F#
F# Bbm B C#
Well, my love is a flower just beginning to bloom
F# Bbm B C#
Like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom.
F# Bbm B C#
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
B Bbm F#
Beginning to bloom, to bloom.
F# Bbm B C#
My love is a birdie who's just learning to trill.
F# Bbm B C#
I must be patient with her now so I will.
F# Bbm B C#
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
B Bbm F#
Beginning to bloom, to bloom.
B Bbm
She's still learning to love herself,
B Bbm
She's still learning to let herself go,
B C#
And she's still learning to trust herself,
And Jonathan's gotta be patient because I know
F# Bbm B C#
That my love is a flower just beginning to bloom
F# Bbm B C#
Just like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom.
F# Bbm B C#
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
B Bbm F#
She's just beginning to bloom, to bloom.
B Bbm
She's still learning to love herself,
B Bbm
And she's still learning to let herself go (and that's hard, you know)
B Bbm
She's still learning to trust herself (I gotta give her a break)
B C#
I gotta be so patient, because I know
F# Bbm B C#
That my love she's like a flower just beginning to bloom
F# Bbm B C#
Like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom.
F# Bbm B C#
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
B Bbm F#
Beginning to bloom, to bloom.
Back In Your Life version - Chordpro
[F#][Bbm][B][C#][F#][Bbm][C#][F#]
Well, my [F#] love is a [Bbm] flower just be[B]ginning to [C#] bloom
Like those [F#] things from your [Bbm] garden that [B] spring from the [C#] gloom.
My [F#] love is a [Bbm] flower just be[B]ginning to [C#] bloom...
Be[B]ginning to [Bbm] bloom, to [F#] bloom.
My [F#] love is a [Bbm] birdie who's just [B] learning to [C#] trill.
[F#] I must be [Bbm] patient with her [B] now so I [C#] will.
My [F#] love is a [Bbm] flower just be[B]ginning to [C#] bloom...
Be[B]ginning to [Bbm] bloom, to [F#] bloom.
She's still [B] learning to love her[Bbm]self,
She's still [B] learning to let herself [Bbm] go,
And she's still [B] learning to trust her[C#]self,
And Jonathan's gotta be patient because I know
That my [F#] love is a [Bbm] flower just be[B]ginning to [C#] bloom
Just like those [F#] things from your [Bbm] garden that [B] spring from the [C#] gloom.
My [F#] love is a [Bbm] flower just be[B]ginning to [C#] bloom...
She's just be[B]ginning to [Bbm] bloom, to [F#] bloom.
She's still [B] learning to love her[Bbm]self,
And she's still [B] learning to let herself [Bbm] go (and that's hard, you know)
She's still [B] learning to trust her[Bbm]self (I gotta give her a break)
I gotta be so [B] patient, because I [C#] know
That my [F#] love she's like a [Bbm] flower just be[B]ginning to [C#] bloom
Like those [F#] things from your [Bbm] garden that [B] spring from the [C#] gloom.
My [F#] love is a [Bbm] flower just be[B]ginning to [C#] bloom...
Be[B]ginning to [Bbm] bloom, to [F#] bloom.
Back In Your Life version - Chords (capo 1)
F Am Bb C F Am C F
F Am Bb C
Well, my love is a flower just beginning to bloom
F Am Bb C
Like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom.
F Am Bb C
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
Bb Am F
Beginning to bloom, to bloom.
F Am Bb C
My love is a birdie who's just learning to trill.
F Am Bb C
I must be patient with her now so I will.
F Am Bb C
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
Bb Am F
Beginning to bloom, to bloom.
Bb Am
She's still learning to love herself,
Bb Am
She's still learning to let herself go,
Bb C
And she's still learning to trust herself,
And Jonathan's gotta be patient because I know
F Am Bb C
That my love is a flower just beginning to bloom
F Am Bb C
Just like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom.
F Am Bb C
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
Bb Am F
She's just beginning to bloom, to bloom.
Bb Am
She's still learning to love herself,
Bb Bb
And she's still learning to let herself go (and that's hard, you know)
Bb Am
She's still learning to trust herself (I gotta give her a break)
Bb C
I gotta be so patient, because I know
F Am Bb C
That my love she's like a flower just beginning to bloom
F Am Bb C
Like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom.
F Am Bb C
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
Bb Am F
Beginning to bloom, to bloom.
Back In Your Life version - Chordpro (capo 1)
[F][Am][Bb][C][F][Am][C][F]
Well, my [F] love is a [Am] flower just be[Bb]ginning to [C] bloom
Like those [F] things from your [Am] garden that [Bb] spring from the [C] gloom.
My [F] love is a [Am] flower just be[Bb]ginning to [C] bloom...
Be[Bb]ginning to [Am] bloom, to [F] bloom.
My [F] love is a [Am] birdie who's just [Bb] learning to [C] trill.
[F] I must be [Am] patient with her [Bb] now so I [C] will.
My [F] love is a [Am] flower just be[Bb]ginning to [C] bloom...
Be[Bb]ginning to [Am] bloom, to [F] bloom.
She's still [Bb] learning to love her[Am]self,
She's still [Bb] learning to let herself [Am] go,
And she's still [Bb] learning to trust her[C]self,
And Jonathan's gotta be patient because I know
That my [F] love is a [Am] flower just be[Bb]ginning to [C] bloom
Just like those [F] things from your [Am] garden that [Bb] spring from the [C] gloom.
My [F] love is a [Am] flower just be[Bb]ginning to [C] bloom...
She's just be[Bb]ginning to [Am] bloom, to [F] bloom.
She's still [Bb] learning to love her[Am]self,
And she's still [Bb] learning to let herself [Bb] go (and that's hard, you know)
She's still [Bb] learning to trust her[Am]self (I gotta give her a break)
I gotta be so [Bb] patient, because I [C] know
That my [F] love she's like a [Am] flower just be[Bb]ginning to [C] bloom
Like those [F] things from your [Am] garden that [Bb] spring from the [C] gloom.
My [F] love is a [Am] flower just be[Bb]ginning to [C] bloom...
Be[Bb]ginning to [Am] bloom, to [F] bloom.
Back In Your Life version - Lyrics
Well, my love is a flower just beginning to bloom
Like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom.
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
Beginning to bloom, to bloom.
My love is a birdie who's just learning to trill.
I must be patient with her now so I will.
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
Beginning to bloom, to bloom.
She's still learning to love herself,
She's still learning to let herself go,
And she's still learning to trust herself,
And Jonathan's gotta be patient because I know
That my love is a flower just beginning to bloom
Just like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom.
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
She's just beginning to bloom, to bloom.
She's still learning to love herself,
And she's still learning to let herself go (and that's hard, you know)
She's still learning to trust herself (I gotta give her a break)
I gotta be so patient, because I know
That my love she's like a flower just beginning to bloom
Like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom.
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
Beginning to bloom, to bloom.
For all the Modern Lovers version - Chords
For all the Modern Lovers version - Lyrics
my love is a flower just beginning to bloom
Like some things from your garden that spring from gloom.
My love is a flower who's just beginning to bloom...
she's just Beginning to bloom, to bloom.
My love is a birdie right now learning to trill.
and I must be patient with her now so I will.
My love is a flower who's just beginning to bloom...
she's right now Beginning to bloom, to bloom.
She's still learning to love herself,
She's still learning to let herself go,
And she's still learning how to trust her own feeling,
so I've gotta be patient because I know
That my love is a flower just beginning to bloom
Just like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom.
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
She's just beginning to bloom, to bloom.
you know that She's still learning to love herself,
And she's still learning how to let herself go
yes and She's still learning how to trust herself
and I'll be so patient, because I know
That my love is a flower just beginning to bloom
Like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom.
My love is a flower who's just beginning to bloom...
she's Beginning to bloom, to bloom.
Live in New York 1980 version - Chords
Live in New York 1980 version - Lyrics
Well, my love is a flower still beginning to bloom
she's Like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom.(she's still growing)
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
she's Beginning to bloom, to bloom.
My love is a birdie who's still learning to trill.
and I gotta be patient with her, so I will.
My love is a flower beginning to bloom...
that girl's just Beginning to learn to bloom.
I say She's still learning to love herself,
the girl's still just learning to let herself go,
And she's still learning to trust herself,
And I gotta be patient because I know
That my love is a flower just beginning to bloom
like those things from your garden you know that spring from the gloom.as we know
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom. and grow
She's beginning to bloom, to bloom.
Live In Sweden 1978 version - Chords
Live In Sweden 1978 version - Lyrics
my love is a flower just beginning to bloom
Like some things from your garden that spring from gloom.
My love is a flower who's just beginning to bloom...
she's just Beginning to bloom, to bloom.
My love is a birdie right now learning to trill.
and I must be patient with her now so I will.
My love is a flower who's just beginning to bloom...
she's right now Beginning to bloom, to bloom.
She's still learning to love herself,
She's still learning to let herself go,
And she's still learning how to trust her own feeling,
so I've gotta be patient because I know
That my love is a flower just beginning to bloom
Just like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom.
My love is a flower just beginning to bloom...
She's just beginning to bloom, to bloom.
you know that She's still learning to love herself,
And she's still learning how to let herself go
yes and She's still learning how to trust herself
and I'll be so patient, because I know
That my love is a flower just beginning to bloom
Like those things from your garden that spring from the gloom.
My love is a flower who's just beginning to bloom...
she's Beginning to bloom, to bloom.