Pick the Wildwood Flower chords by Johnny Cash

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Intro 1

Verse 1
C 
Those  (C major) 
cotton fields were hot
And that tractor never was
F 
my kind of  (F major) livin'
D 
And  (D major) when I hit sixteen
G 
I had my size and I hit the road to  (G major) freedom

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Verse 2

And I'm glad I wasn't there

to see my Momma

'Cause she must've cried for hours

I still hear her sayin' to me

"Get your guitar and pick the Wildwood

Flower'"

Verse 3
Now Memphis was big
And it was hard to find
F 
a job and so I  (F major) didn't
D 
And it was  (D major) easier to go
back to the country
G 
And it was more like  (G major) livin'
Gm 
Now, I've been down  (G minor) every road

Verse 4
C 
And I've  (C major) stood on every porch
F 
where they were giv (F major) in'
C 
And if they  (C major) had a dime on an hour
G 
 (G major) I would pick the Wildwood
C 
Flower (C major) 

Interlude 1

Verse 5
D 
It's hard to turn around  (D major) 
And look back down the roads
G 
that I have  (G major) traveled
E 
'Cause  (E major) like a never endin' ball of twine
A 
My dreams have come unraveled  (A major) 
Am 
Now as evening  (A minor) lays its shawl

Verse 6
D 
Across the shoulders  (D major) of my life,
G 
I find  (G major) 
D 
I couldn't tie  (D major) my life together
A 
With  (A major) guitar strings and
D 
a poet's heartfelt  (D major) mind
Am 
And I'm  (A minor) glad I wasn't there

Verse 7
Am 
 (A minor) 
D 
to see my Mom (D major) ma
G 
'Cause she must've cried for  (G major) hours
D 
I still  (D major) hear her saying to me
A 
Get  (A major) your guitar and pick the Wildwood
D 
G 
D 
 (D major) Flower  (G major)  (D major) 
A 
D 
 (A major)  (D major) 
Play it like this,

Outro 1
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D 
 (A major)  (D major) 
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D 
 (G major)  (D major) 
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 (A major)  (D major) 
A 
D 
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