Pick the Wildwood Flower chords by Johnny Cash
Intro 1
C
Gm
C
F
G
C
Verse 1
C
Those
cotton fields were hot
And that tractor never was
F
my kind of livin'
D
And when I hit sixteen
G
I had my size and I hit the road to freedom
New- Play with audio & scroll
Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.
Verse 2
Gm
And I'm glad I wasn't there
C
to see my Momma
F
'Cause she must've cried for hours
C
I still hear her sayin' to me
G
"Get your guitar and pick the Wildwood
C
G
C
Flower'"
Verse 3
Now Memphis was big
And it was hard to find
F
a job and so I didn't
D
And it was easier to go
back to the country
G
And it was more like livin'
Gm
Now, I've been down every road
Verse 4
C
And I've stood on every porch
F
where they were givin'
C
And if they had a dime on an hour
G
I would pick the Wildwood
C
Flower
Interlude 1
C
G
C
D
A
D
Verse 5
D
It's hard to turn around
And look back down the roads
G
that I have traveled
E
'Cause like a never endin' ball of twine
A
My dreams have come unraveled
Am
Now as evening lays its shawl
Verse 6
D
Across the shoulders of my life,
G
I find
D
I couldn't tie my life together
A
With guitar strings and
D
a poet's heartfelt mind
Am
And I'm glad I wasn't there
Verse 7
Am
D
to see my Momma
G
'Cause she must've cried for hours
D
I still hear her saying to me
A
Get your guitar and pick the Wildwood
D
G
D
Flower
A
D
Play it like this,
Outro 1
son
D
A
D
A
D
G
D
A
D
A
D
Pick the Wildwood Flower
Johnny Cash
Speed: 1.0x
RestartPlay SpaceEnable loopDisable audioMore songs by Johnny Cash
Discover chords for more songs to play
4.8
Popular chords globally
Most played chords & tabs across all users