Verse 1
I said, "Let me walk in the fields."
He said, "No, walk in the town."
I said, "There are no flowers there."
He said, "No flowers, but a crown."

Verse 2
I said, "Lord, I shall miss the light,
And my friends will miss me, they say."
He answered, "My child, choose tonight
If I am to miss you or they."

[Fields or the town, flowers or the crown.] [Two times]

Verse 3
I pleaded for time to be given,
He said, "Is it hard to decide?
It will not have seemed hard in Heaven
To have followed the steps of your Guide."

Verse 4
So I cast my last look at the fields
As I set my face to the town.
He asked me, "My child, do you yield?
Will you leave the flowers for a crown?"

Bridge
Then He took my hand
And came into my life,
And now I walk in His light
The pathway that I feared to see.

[Repeat Bridge three times]

Ending: ---[Two times]

"LEAVE THE FLOWERS" (with chords)

Intro: (Am)

Verse 1
(Am)I said, "Let me walk in the fields."
He said, "No, walk in the town."
I said, "There are no flowers there."
He said, "No flowers, but a crown."

Verse 2
I said, "Lord, I shall miss the light,
And my (G)friends will miss me, they say."
He (Am)answered, "My child, choose tonight
If I (G)am to miss you or they."

(Am)

[Fields or the town, flowers or the crown.] [Two times]

Verse 3
(Am)I pleaded for time to be given,
He said, "Is it hard to decide?
It will not have seemed hard in Heaven
To have followed the steps of your Guide."

Verse 4
So I cast my last look at the fields
As I (G)set my face to the town.
He (Am)asked me, "My child, do you yield?
Will you (G)leave the flowers for a crown?"

(G)

Bridge
(C)Then He took my (G)hand
(F)And came into my (G)life,
(C)And now I walk in His (G)light
(F)The pathway that (G)I feared to see.

[Repeat Bridge three times]

Ending: (C)-(G)-(F)-(G)[Two times]