{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2866082,"song":"Pick The Wildwood Flower","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2866082-pick-the-wildwood-flower-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2866082?type=chord","rating":4.52981,"votes":4,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nThose cotton fields were hot[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd that tractor never was my kind of livin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd when I hit sixteen, I had my size[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I hit the road to freedom[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm glad I wasn't there to see my mama[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C7[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'Cause she must have cried for hours[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI still hear her saying to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGet your guitar and pick the wildwood flower[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nNow Memphis it was big,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd it was hard to find a job, and so I didn't[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nand it was easier to go back to the country[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand it was more like livin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nNow, I've been down every road[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]C7[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd I've stood on every porch where they were givin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd if they had a dime,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nor an hour, I would pick the wildwood flower[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's hard to turn around,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd look back down the roads that I have travelled[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\n'Cause like a never-ending ball of twine[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy dreams have come unravelled[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAnd now as evening lays it's shawl,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]C7[/ch]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAcross the shoulders of my life, I find[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI couldn't tie my life together[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith guitar strings and a poet's heart felt line[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Em[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd I'm glad I wasn't there to see my mama[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C7[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n'Cause she must have cried for hours[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI still hear her saying to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGet your guitar and pick the wildwood flower[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","F","D7","G","Em","C7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}