Wildflowers
Emmylou Harris
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inthisworld
[Capo on 3]
[Verse]G C GThe hills were alive with wild flowers and ID7 GWas as wild even wilder than theyC GFor at least I could run they just died in the sunD7 GAnd I refused to just wither in place[Verse]C GJust a wild mountain rose needing freedom to growC G D7So I ran fearing not where I'd go-o-oG C GWhen a flower grows wild it can always surviveD7 GWildflowers don't care where they grow[Verse]C GAnd the flowers I knew in the fields where I grewD7 GWere content to be lost in the crowdC GThey were commonly close I had no room to growD7 GAnd I wanted so much to branch out[Verse]C GSo I uprooted myself from my home ground and leftC G D7Took my dreams and I took to the road-o-oadG C GWhen a flower grows wild it can always surviveD7 GWildflowers don't care where they grow[Verse]C GI grew up fast and wild and I never felt rightD7 GIn a garden so different from meC GI just never belonged I just longed to be goneD7 GSo the garden one day set me free[Verse]C GI hitched a ride with the wind and since he was my friendC G D7I just let him decide where we'd go-o-oG C GWhen a flower grows wild it can always surviveD7 GWildflowers don't care where they grow[Verse]C GJust a wild rambling rose seeking mysteries untoldC G D7No regrets for the path that I chose-o-oseG C GWhen a flower grows wild it can always surviveD7 GWildflowers don't care where they grow