Where Have All the Flowers Gone

Words & Music by Pete Seeger, 1961
Recorded by The Kingston Trio, 1962
Also by Peter, Paul & Mary, 1962


Intro: (Repeat after each verse)  | G | Em | C |  D - D9 - D - D7  |


   G                 Em	         C	   D
Where have all the flowers gone, long time passing?

 G                  Em	         C	    D
Where have all the flowers gone, long time ago?

G                   Em
Where have all the flowers gone?

  C                      D    Am7  D7
Young girls picked them, ev' - ry one.

 C   C/B       G   G/F#  Em   C   C/B  Am   D		 G
When will they ev - er learn? Oh, when will they ever learn?


 G                 Em                 C          D
Where have all the young girls gone, long time passing?

 G                  Em	             C        D
Where have all the young girls gone, long time ago?

G                   Em
Where have all the young girls gone?

  C                    D    Am7  D7
Gone to the young men, ev' - ry one.

 C   C/B       G   G/F#  Em   C   C/B  Am   D		 G
When will they ev - er learn? Oh, when will they ever learn?


G                  Em               C         D
Where have all the young men gone, long time passing?

G                  Em               C         D
Where have all the young men gone, long time ago?

G                   Em
Where have all the young men gone?

  C                 D   Am7  D7
Gone for soldiers, ev' - ry one.

 C   C/B       G   G/F#  Em   C   C/B  Am   D		 G
When will they ev - er learn? Oh, when will they ever learn?


G                   Em             C         D
Where have all the soldiers gone, long time passing?

G                  Em               C         D
Where have all the soldiers gone, long time ago?

G                   Em
Where have all the soldiers gone?

  C                  D    Am7  D7
Gone to grave yards, ev' - ry one.

 C   C/B       G   G/F#  Em   C   C/B  Am   D		 G
When will they ev - er learn? Oh, when will they ever learn?


G                  Em                 C         D
Where have all the grave yards gone, long time passing?

G                  Em                 C         D
Where have all the grave yards gone, long time ago?

G                   Em
Where have all the grave yards gone?

  C              D    Am7  D7
Gone to flowers, ev' - ry one.

 C   C/B       G   G/F#  Em   C   C/B  Am   D		 G
When will they ev - er learn? Oh, when will they ever learn?

Crediting The Kingston Trio's recording of this song -- even with the mention of Peter, Paul and Mary -- is somewhat arbitrary. In the pop folk era of the late 50s and early 60s, most "authentic" folk hits were covered by every other "authentic" folk group almost as soon as the song appeared -- even though this "authentic" folk hit had only been written a year previously. It had, however, been written by a folk artist who had already established a solid folk reputation years previously.

The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.