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Pick The Wildwood Flower by Johnny Cash
Pick The Wildwood Flower
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:G
Capo:1st fret
[Intro]
G C F G C
[Verse 1]
C F
Those cotton fields were hot and that tractor never was my kind of living
D G
And when I hit sixteen, I had my size and I hit the road to freedom
C F
And I'm glad I wasn't there to see my momma cause she must've cried for hours
C G C
I still hear her saying to me, get your guitar and pick The Wildwood Flower
[Bridge]
C G C
[Verse 2]
F
Now Memphis was big and it was hard to find a job and so I didn't
D G
And It was easier to go back to the country and it was more like living
C F
Now I've been down every road and I've stood on every porch where they were giving
D G C
And if they had a dime or an hour, I would pick The Wildwood Flower
[Bridge]
C G C D A D
[Verse 3]
G
It's hard to turn around and look back down the roads that I have travelled
E A
Cause like a neverending ball of twine, my dreams have come unravelled
D G
And now as evening lays its shawl across the shoulders of my life I have defined
D A D
I couldn't tie my life together with the guitar strings and a poet's heart full of pride
A D G
And I'm glad I wasn't there to see my momma cause she must've cried for hours
D A D
I still hear her saying to me, get your guitar and pick The Wildwood Flower
[Outro]
D G D A D G
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:C
Capo:1st fret
[Verse 1]
C
Those cotton fields were hot
F
And that tractor never was my kind of livin'
D7
And when I hit sixteen, I had my size
G
And I hit the road to freedom
Em C
And I'm glad I wasn't there to see my mama
C7 F
'Cause she must have cried for hours
C
I still hear her saying to me
G C
Get your guitar and pick the wildwood flower
[Verse 2]
C
Now Memphis it was big,
F
And it was hard to find a job, and so I didn't
D7
and it was easier to go back to the country
G
and it was more like livin'
Em
Now, I've been down every road
C C7 F
And I've stood on every porch where they were givin'
C
And if they had a dime,
G C
or an hour, I would pick the wildwood flower
[Verse 3]
C
It's hard to turn around,
F
And look back down the roads that I have travelled
D7
'Cause like a never-ending ball of twine
G
My dreams have come unravelled
Em
And now as evening lays it's shawl,
C C7 F
Across the shoulders of my life, I find
C
I couldn't tie my life together
G C
With guitar strings and a poet's heart felt line
[Outro]
Em C
And I'm glad I wasn't there to see my mama
C7 F
'Cause she must have cried for hours
C
I still hear her saying to me
G C
Get your guitar and pick the wildwood flower
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