Chords for Carlene Carter - Me And The Wildwood Rose
Tempo:
81.8 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
F
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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This song I wrote about me and my little sister Rosie, who mama dubbed her the Wildwood Rose.
In my grandma's house her children would sing, guitars would twang and their laughter would
[G] biggest kid.
what [F] the grown [G]-ups [C] did.
In an epic shiny car we'd head down the road, sing for the miners who brought out the coal.
[F] the floor before [G] she'd comb on [Am] a quill.
My [F] little sister [G] the [C] Wildwood Rose.
[F] And if I could change a bit of this world [C] I'd go back to the days
In my grandma's house her children would sing, guitars would twang and their laughter would
[G] biggest kid.
what [F] the grown [G]-ups [C] did.
In an epic shiny car we'd head down the road, sing for the miners who brought out the coal.
[F] the floor before [G] she'd comb on [Am] a quill.
My [F] little sister [G] the [C] Wildwood Rose.
[F] And if I could change a bit of this world [C] I'd go back to the days
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_ _ _ _ _ This song I wrote about me and my little sister Rosie, who mama dubbed her the Wildwood Rose. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ In my grandma's house her children would sing, guitars would twang and their laughter would
ring.
I was [Am] little but I [F] was the [G] biggest kid.
I [Am] wanted to do what [F] the grown [G]-ups [C] did. _ _
_ _ _ In an epic shiny car we'd head down the road, sing for the miners who brought out the coal.
Many [Am] times I slept on [F] the floor before [G] she'd comb _ on [Am] a quill.
My [F] little sister [G] the [C] Wildwood Rose. _
[F] And if I could change a bit of this world [C] I'd go back to the days
Grandma and her girls [G] were sweet and sweet and low. _
For me and _ _ [C] _ _
we'd be away down the brother's break. _ _
Biscuits and gravy and a truck stop.
Saw that [Am] world all my own.
[F] I saw what I [G] saw in the [Am] rearview mirror.
I'd get [F] a wink from my [C] _ _ eye.
And if [F] I could change a bit of this world I'd go back to those days.
_ Grandma and her [G] girls were sweet and sweet and low. _ _ _ _ _
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[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'll always remember the day that she died.
_ _ _ My daddy kind of started to cry.
[Am] Oh I rode on an airplane [F] with all of my [G] pain.
And [Am] my tears would not stop.
[F] He [G] stood in a [C] circle and sang.
Will this circle be unbroken? _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
There's a better _ home awaited in the sky, [G] Lord, in [C] the sky. _
I was standing _ by my window on [F] my cold cloud [C] _ _
when I saw that first come _ rolling.
For to carry [G] my mother _ [C] _ _
through the circle be unbroken. _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] This [C] _ is my favorite verse right here.
_ _ _ _ I went back home, Lord.
My home was lonesome.
My [F] mother, she [C] is gone. _
All my brothers, _ sisters crying for the sad and woeful song.
Will this circle _ be unbroken? _
[F] By and by, Lord, by [C] and by. _
There's a better _ home awaited in the [G] sky, Lord, in [C] the sky.
Now there's a better home _ awaited in the sky, Lord, [G] in the [C] sky.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ This song I wrote about me and my little sister Rosie, who mama dubbed her the Wildwood Rose. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ In my grandma's house her children would sing, guitars would twang and their laughter would
ring.
I was [Am] little but I [F] was the [G] biggest kid.
I [Am] wanted to do what [F] the grown [G]-ups [C] did. _ _
_ _ _ In an epic shiny car we'd head down the road, sing for the miners who brought out the coal.
Many [Am] times I slept on [F] the floor before [G] she'd comb _ on [Am] a quill.
My [F] little sister [G] the [C] Wildwood Rose. _
[F] And if I could change a bit of this world [C] I'd go back to the days
Grandma and her girls [G] were sweet and sweet and low. _
For me and _ _ [C] _ _
we'd be away down the brother's break. _ _
Biscuits and gravy and a truck stop.
Saw that [Am] world all my own.
[F] I saw what I [G] saw in the [Am] rearview mirror.
I'd get [F] a wink from my [C] _ _ eye.
And if [F] I could change a bit of this world I'd go back to those days.
_ Grandma and her [G] girls were sweet and sweet and low. _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'll always remember the day that she died.
_ _ _ My daddy kind of started to cry.
[Am] Oh I rode on an airplane [F] with all of my [G] pain.
And [Am] my tears would not stop.
[F] He [G] stood in a [C] circle and sang.
Will this circle be unbroken? _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
There's a better _ home awaited in the sky, [G] Lord, in [C] the sky. _
I was standing _ by my window on [F] my cold cloud [C] _ _
when I saw that first come _ rolling.
For to carry [G] my mother _ [C] _ _
through the circle be unbroken. _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] This [C] _ is my favorite verse right here.
_ _ _ _ I went back home, Lord.
My home was lonesome.
My [F] mother, she [C] is gone. _
All my brothers, _ sisters crying for the sad and woeful song.
Will this circle _ be unbroken? _
[F] By and by, Lord, by [C] and by. _
There's a better _ home awaited in the [G] sky, Lord, in [C] the sky.
Now there's a better home _ awaited in the sky, Lord, [G] in the [C] sky.
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