Pick The Wildwood Flower — Gene Watson
Chords and lyrics for Pick The Wildwood Flower by Gene Watson (key of G).
Verse 1
[G]Them Texas fields were hot
And that tractor never was my kind of [C]livin'
And [A7]when I hit sixteen, I had the size
And I hit the road to [D]freedom
And I'm [Dm]glad I wasn't there to see my [G7]mama
'Cause she must have cried for [C]hours
I still [G]hear her sayin', Gary
Get your [D]guitar and pick the wildwood [G]flower
Verse 2
[G]Now Dallas it was big,
And hard to find a job, and so I [C]didn't
It was [A7]easier to hitch a ride to Houston
And it was more like [D]livin'
Now, I've [Dm]been down every road
And I've [G7]stood on every porch where they were [C]givin'
And if they [G]had an hour,
Or a [D]dime, I would pick the wildwood [G]flower
Verse 3
[G]It's hard to turn around,
And look back down the roads that I have [C]travelled
'Cause [A7]like a never-ending ball of twine
My dreams have come [D]unravelled
And now as [Dm]evening lays it's shawl,
Across the [G7]shoulders of my life, I have [C]found
I couldn't [G]tie my life together
With guitar [D]strings and a poet's heart felt [G]line
And I'm [Dm]glad I wasn't there to see my [G7]mama
'Cause she must have cried for [C]hours
I still [G]hear her sayin', Gary
Get your [D]guitar and pick the wildwood [G]flower
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