{"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":66232,"song":"Wildflowers In A Mason Jar","artist":"John Denver","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/66232-wildflowers-in-a-mason-jar-chords-by-john-denver/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/66232?type=chord","rating":4.73513,"votes":14,"content":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\r\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\r\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\r\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\r\n#\r\nDate: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 15:18:08 -0800 (PST)\r\nFrom: \"M. Schweisthal\" \r\nSubject: Chords/Lyrics to \"Wildflowers in a Mason Jar\" by John Denver\r\n\r\n\r\n\"Wildflowers in a Mason Jar\" as performed by John Denver\r\nBrought to you by Mike Schweisthal [mschweis@u.washington.edu]\r\n\r\nChords used: [ch]D[/ch]:XX0232 [ch]G[/ch]:320003 [ch]A[/ch]:X02220\r\n\r\nNOTE: I don't know how to do tablature very well, so you'll have to\r\nlisten to the song and fiddle with D, G and A suspendeds to get the same\r\nsound that John Denver does on his intro...note that the same \"riff\" that\r\nyou play as an intro comes at the end of each chorus...a '|' mark\r\nindicates a measure break...enjoy!--Mike\r\n\r\nINTRO: | [ch]D[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] |\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJanuary back in '55 we rode a Greyhound bus through the Georgia midnight[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nGrandpa was sleeping and the winter sky was clear[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWe hit a bump and his head jerked back a little and he mumbled something[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHe woke up smiling, but his eyes were bright with tears[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tSaid, \"I dreamed I was back on the farm...[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\t20 years have passed, boy, but the memory still warms me...[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tWildflowers in a Mason Jar...\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe told me those old stories about that one-room cabin in Kentucky[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe smell of the rain and the warm earth in his hands[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe slowly turned and stared outside; his face was mirrored in the window[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd his reflection flew across the moonlit land[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tAnd he dreamed he was back on the farm[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tTilts his head and listens to the early sound of morning[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tWildflowers in a Mason Jar[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAn old man and an eight-year-old boy rolling down that midnight highway[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nKentucky memories from a winter Georgia night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI started drifting off and Grandpa tucked his coat around me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI think I tried to smile as I slowly closed my eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\tAnd I dreamed I was with him on the farm[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\t\"Grandpa, I can hear the evening wind out in the corn...[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tWildflowers in a Mason Jar...[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tWildflowers in a Mason Jar...[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\tWildflowers in a Mason Jar...\"[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the bus rolled through the night...[/tab]","plain_text":"#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#\n#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #\n#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #\n#------------------------------------------------------------------------------#\n#\nDate: Tue, 9 Jan 1996 15:18:08 -0800 (PST)\nFrom: \"M. Schweisthal\" \nSubject: Chords/Lyrics to \"Wildflowers in a Mason Jar\" by John Denver\n\n\n\"Wildflowers in a Mason Jar\" as performed by John Denver\nBrought to you by Mike Schweisthal [mschweis@u.washington.edu]\n\nChords used: D:XX0232 G:320003 A:X02220\n\nNOTE: I don't know how to do tablature very well, so you'll have to\nlisten to the song and fiddle with D, G and A suspendeds to get the same\nsound that John Denver does on his intro...note that the same \"riff\" that\nyou play as an intro comes at the end of each chorus...a '|' mark\nindicates a measure break...enjoy!--Mike\n\nINTRO: | D | G A |","chords":["D","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}