The Flower That Shattered The Stone

Olivia Newton-John

tom:
N.B. This has been tabbed from the live version on "One Woman's Live Journey"
Some bits I've had to fill in myself as couldn't hear the actual plucking sequence on the album.


The tempo is 3/4.


Intro:
               
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E--3----------------------------|---
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1st Verse:



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     Earth    is     our            mo......ther     just           tur.....ning    a....



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  ..round          with   her       trees    in     the             fo.......rest   a...nd 



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    roots     un.....der            ground             our          Fa.......ther    a.....



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  ..bove  us       Whose              sigh    is      the           wind



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     paint    us     a                 rain......bow      with......out    a......ny 



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    end                                                 As  the





CHORUS:                                                
  
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D----4---------------------------|----4---------------------------|----5------------------------|---
A--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|---
E--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|---
     ri........ver     runs           free......ly          the        moun......tain    do..es 




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A--------------------------------|--------------------------------|----2------------------------|---
E--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|---
     rise              Let me         touch     with    my             fin.......gers        and
  


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A--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|---
E----5---------------------------|----5---------------------2-----|-----3-----------------------|---
     see       with   m...y           eyes                  in the      hearts   of      the  





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E----3---------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------------------|---
     chil.....dren     a             pure       love    still           grows  






              D/G                    D/F#                              D/E                   D/F#


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A------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|---
E--------------3---------------------2-----------|---------------------0---------------------2----|---
   Like a    bright   star   in      hea...ven              that      lights   our  way      home
      




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A---------------------------------------0-----------------|----------------------------------|---
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       Like the       flow...er  that   shatt...ered  the     stone
 



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2nd Verse:


A sparrow finds freedom, beholding the sun
In the infinite beauty, we're all joined in one
I reach out before me, and look to the sky
Did I hear someone whisper, did something pass by


chorus


Like a bright star in Heaven, that lights our way home
Like the flower that shattered the stone