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Thread #10129   Message #68160
Posted By: Gene
04-Apr-99 - 11:08 PM
Thread Name: Lyr Req: Wildflowers (Dolly Parton)
Subject: Lyr/Chords Add: WILDFLOWERS (Dolly Parton)
Thanks to Mick for the above lyrics...
I edited them as follows...to the TRIO version


WILDFLOWERS
As recorded by: THE TRIO
Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmy Lou Harris

CAPO: 3RD FRET/KEY: Bb/PLAY: G [G/C/D]
The [Bb] hills were alive with wild [Eb] flowers and, [Bb] I
Was as wild, even [F#] wilder than [Bb] they
For at least I could run, they just [Eb] died in the [Bb] sun
And I refused to just [F#] wither in [Bb] place
Just a [Eb] wild mountain rose, needing [Bb] freedom to grow
So I [Eb] ran fearing not where I'd [Bb] go-o-[F#] -o
When a [Bb] flower grows wild, it can [Eb] always sur-[Bb] vive
Wild flowers don't [F#] care where they [Bb] grow.

And the flowers I knew, in the fields where I grew
Were content to be lost in the crowd
They were commonly close, I had no room to grow
And I wanted so much to branch out
So I uprooted myself, from my home ground and left
Took my dreams and I took to the road-o-oad
When a flower grows wild, it can always survive
Wild flowers don't care where they grow.

I grew up fast and wild and I never felt right
In a garden so different from me
I just never belonged, I just longed to be gone
So the garden one day, set me free
I hitched a ride with the wind, and since he was my friend
I just let him decide where we'd go-o-o
When a flower grows wild, it can always survive
Wild flowers don't care where they grow.

Just a wild mountain rose, seeking myst'ries untold
No regrets for the path that I chose-o-ose
When a flower grows wild, it can always survive
Wild flowers don't care where they grow.

SOURCE:
THE TRIO: Dolly Parton-Linda Ronstadt-Emmy Lou Harris