Chords for Wildflower (Live at Hammersmith Odeon, London, England - December 1973)
Tempo:
110.6 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
Am
C
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

Jam Along & Learn...
[Am] We'd like to do a few real pretty song [Gm] that was done by a group of people [A] about the latter part of
part of 73
wildflower
like
[Dm] black thing
a white a black [F] guy trying to do a white thing
we got it together [D] and we did our own version of it and we would like to lay it on you
time
part of 73
wildflower
like
[Dm] black thing
a white a black [F] guy trying to do a white thing
we got it together [D] and we did our own version of it and we would like to lay it on you
time
100% ➙ 111BPM
Bb
F
Am
C
Gm
Bb
F
Am
[Am] We'd like to do a few real pretty song [Gm] that was done by a group of people [A] about the latter part of
[Dm] 1972 the early part of 73
[G] _ tune
Simply entitled [Dm]
wildflower
[D] Now the first time we [A] heard this song it sounded like
Well to tell the truth.
It sounded like a white guy trying to do a [Dm] black thing
_ But we come to find out later that it was a white a black [F] guy trying to do a white thing
[E] And so we we got it together [D] and we did our own version of it and we would like to lay it on you
We think it's very [Am] pretty for those of you who are hearing it for the first time
[A] We like you to sit back and [D] enjoy
Those of you who heard it before we like me to scream like hell
[Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Bb] Yeah, [C] _ [Gm] she _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] faced the hardest time you would imagine _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ And many _ times
_ _ [E] Her eyes
_ _ [Em] Fought back the [F] tears
_ _ [A] _ Yeah _ _
Yeah, _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _
and when [Dm] a youthful world
_ [G] Was about to fall in
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ Each time _ [C] hustling the shoulders
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
For the weight of all her [C] fears
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ And the sorrow _ no one [C] hears
_ [B] _ [Bb] Still brings in [Am] midnight [Dm] silence _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ In [D] her
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ Dreams
[Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ She's _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] a free _ and gentle flower _ [F] _ growing [C] wild _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ And if by chance [F] I should hold _ _ _
_ Let _ [Bb] _ _ _
me let me hold [F] up a little _ _
And [Am] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
if I had _ [F] but one possession
_ _ _ [Gb] I [Gm] would take her from [C] the garden _ [F] be mine
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _
Be [F] careful
_ _ _ [G] _ _
But she might awake her
_ [C] _ _
And sleep is the only freedom
[F] That the [Am] little girl [A] knows
_ _ [Db] _ _
[Dm] _ And when [F] you watch _ [G] _
_ _ you [Bb] won't believe
The [Bb] world she's always [C] made it
[C] _
For that little girl Never never _ _
[Gm] And the sound of wind still floats
[Bb] Like old [A] days she can [Gm] hear
And grow [D]
bigger
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] Oh
Oh please
[Am] Oh lady
Let _ _ _ [Bb] her dream
_ _ [A] _ _ _
[Dm] She's free She's free _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
She's a [C] free
And [C] gentle flower _
[F] Growing _ [D] wild
[Am] Let [Bb] her come
Oh _ [C] _ _ _ [F] see Oh [Am] lady
_ Let her [Bb] dream
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Dm] She's _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
a free
_ [C] And gentle flower _ [F] Growing wild
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
She's
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ She's _ _ _
[G] _ She's She's She's
She's a free
[Bbm] _ [G] And gentle flower _ _ Yeah Yeah
_ _ [Db] _ I'm _ gonna tell her
[B] All about _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [G] me
Yeah
_ _ [Fm] _
Growing
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Am] Growing
_ _ _ [B] Growing
_ [C] Yeah
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Yeah _ [Gm] Yeah
_ [C] _
Yeah
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm]
Yeah
_ _ _ _ _ Growing
[G] _ Growing _ Growing _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Growing
_ _ _ _ Wild
[F] _ _ [Am] She's
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] She's a flower
_ [C] Growing
_ _ _ [Am] _
Growing [Bb] wild
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] _ [Bb] She's
She's a flower
_ Growing
[F] _
_ _ [Am] Growing [Bb] wild _ _
[C] _ [F] _ _ _ [A] She's
[Bb] _ _
_ [C] Growing
[F] _ _ _ [Am] Growing [Dm] [Bb] wild
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [A]
She's
_ [F] _ _ _ [D] Growing _ wild
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ Wild
[Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] Growing
_ [F] _ Wild
_ [Am] Wild _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[F] Growing
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] Wild _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ Wild
[Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _
Growing
[Bb] _ _ _ Wild _ _
[F] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
Yeah
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
[Dm] 1972 the early part of 73
[G] _ tune
Simply entitled [Dm]
wildflower
[D] Now the first time we [A] heard this song it sounded like
Well to tell the truth.
It sounded like a white guy trying to do a [Dm] black thing
_ But we come to find out later that it was a white a black [F] guy trying to do a white thing
[E] And so we we got it together [D] and we did our own version of it and we would like to lay it on you
We think it's very [Am] pretty for those of you who are hearing it for the first time
[A] We like you to sit back and [D] enjoy
Those of you who heard it before we like me to scream like hell
[Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ _ [Db] _ _ [Bb] Yeah, [C] _ [Gm] she _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [G] faced the hardest time you would imagine _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ And many _ times
_ _ [E] Her eyes
_ _ [Em] Fought back the [F] tears
_ _ [A] _ Yeah _ _
Yeah, _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Gm] _
and when [Dm] a youthful world
_ [G] Was about to fall in
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ Each time _ [C] hustling the shoulders
[Gm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
For the weight of all her [C] fears
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ And the sorrow _ no one [C] hears
_ [B] _ [Bb] Still brings in [Am] midnight [Dm] silence _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ In [D] her
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Gbm] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ Dreams
[Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Dm] _ She's _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] a free _ and gentle flower _ [F] _ growing [C] wild _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ And if by chance [F] I should hold _ _ _
_ Let _ [Bb] _ _ _
me let me hold [F] up a little _ _
And [Am] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
if I had _ [F] but one possession
_ _ _ [Gb] I [Gm] would take her from [C] the garden _ [F] be mine
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _
Be [F] careful
_ _ _ [G] _ _
But she might awake her
_ [C] _ _
And sleep is the only freedom
[F] That the [Am] little girl [A] knows
_ _ [Db] _ _
[Dm] _ And when [F] you watch _ [G] _
_ _ you [Bb] won't believe
The [Bb] world she's always [C] made it
[C] _
For that little girl Never never _ _
[Gm] And the sound of wind still floats
[Bb] Like old [A] days she can [Gm] hear
And grow [D]
bigger
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [C] Oh
Oh please
[Am] Oh lady
Let _ _ _ [Bb] her dream
_ _ [A] _ _ _
[Dm] She's free She's free _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
She's a [C] free
And [C] gentle flower _
[F] Growing _ [D] wild
[Am] Let [Bb] her come
Oh _ [C] _ _ _ [F] see Oh [Am] lady
_ Let her [Bb] dream
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Dm] She's _ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb]
a free
_ [C] And gentle flower _ [F] Growing wild
[Am] _ _ _ [Em] _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
She's
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bbm] _ She's _ _ _
[G] _ She's She's She's
She's a free
[Bbm] _ [G] And gentle flower _ _ Yeah Yeah
_ _ [Db] _ I'm _ gonna tell her
[B] All about _ [F] _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ [G] me
Yeah
_ _ [Fm] _
Growing
[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Am] Growing
_ _ _ [B] Growing
_ [C] Yeah
_ _ [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Yeah _ [Gm] Yeah
_ [C] _
Yeah
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Gm]
Yeah
_ _ _ _ _ Growing
[G] _ Growing _ Growing _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Growing
_ _ _ _ Wild
[F] _ _ [Am] She's
[Bb] _ _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Bb] She's a flower
_ [C] Growing
_ _ _ [Am] _
Growing [Bb] wild
_ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[Am] _ [Bb] She's
She's a flower
_ Growing
[F] _
_ _ [Am] Growing [Bb] wild _ _
[C] _ [F] _ _ _ [A] She's
[Bb] _ _
_ [C] Growing
[F] _ _ _ [Am] Growing [Dm] [Bb] wild
_ _ [F] _ _ _ [A]
She's
_ [F] _ _ _ [D] Growing _ wild
[A] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ Wild
[Bb] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] Growing
_ [F] _ Wild
_ [Am] Wild _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[F] Growing
_ _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] Wild _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ Wild
[Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [F] _ _ [Am] _
Growing
[Bb] _ _ _ Wild _ _
[F] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
Yeah
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _