Daddys Wildwood Flower Chords by Ralph Stanley

[Am] _ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ Mama was his wildwood flower, [Bb] my daddy used [F] to say
And to prove to her he loved her, [C] he'd play it [F] every day _
Mom would look at him and smile, [Bb] she'd say, God bless my [F] man
I don't regret one single [C] time that I gave him my [F] hand
The wildwood flower _ _ _ _ [Bb] was his [F] favorite song
And when he played for mama, her [C] house became a [F] home
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ Mom took sick and passed away, [Bb] this was his [F] darkest hour
_ He came home that very day and [C] he played the wildwood [F] flower _ _
Time went by and he grew old, [Bb] he'd sit and [F] play for hours
_ Memories of mom on his old guitar, he'd [C] play the wildwood [F] flower
_ _ The wildwood _ flower _ _ [Bb] was his [F] favorite song
And when he played for mama, her [C] house became a [F] home
One _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ night as I walked by his [Bb] house, I thought I [F] heard his song
_ I heard mama talking, [C] but mom had long [F] been gone _
I looked through the window [Bb] and saw God's [F] mighty power
There sat mom with daddy, [C] he was playing the [F] wildwood flower
_ The wildwood _ flower _ [Bb] was [F] his favorite song _
And when he played for mama, her house became a home
_ As _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ he grew old he could play no more, [Bb] and his mind [F] began to fail
We'd often find him in the field, [C] he seemed so [F] old and frail _
One day we couldn't find him, [Bb] and after many [F] _
days
Found him lying with the wildwood flower [C] upon [F] mama's grave
_ The wildwood flower _ _ _ _ [Bb] was [F] his favorite song
And when he played for mama, [C] her house [F] became a home
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _