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Apr 11, 2012

Wildflower by Skylar

David Foster was a member of Skylark when this one came out in 1973. One of my all time favourite high school slow dances.

Tab: in word document format

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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: Wildflower
By:   Skylark

[intro:] Dm, Dm7, Bm7b5, Bb, Am, A7 {guitar riff over chords}

[verse: 1]
Dm              Dm7           Bm7b5       Bb
She's faced the hardest times  you  could imagine,
     Gm              C7                  Fmaj7  A7
And many times, her eyes fought back the tears;
Dm            Dm7          Bm7b5         Bb
And when her youthful world was about to fall in,
      Gm7             C7                  Gm7              C7
Each time her slender shoulders bore the weight of all her fears,
      Gm7            C7
And a sorrow no one hears
      Bb      Am        Gm      Bb      D
Still rings in midnight silence in her ears.

[chorus:]
        Bb C  Am            Am7
Let her cry    for she's a lady,
         Bb    A7              Dm    Dm7
Let her dream    for she's a child;
         Bb       Am    Gm     Gm
Let the rain fall down upon her --
        Gm7             C7               Fmaj7
She's a free and gentle flower, growing wild.

[bridge:]
    Dm                       Am7
And if by chance I should hold her,
       Dm             Am7      
Let me hold her for a time;
          Dm                Am7         Am7
But if allowed just one possession,
        Gm                  C          Am
I would pick her from the garden to be mine.

[solo: guitar] Dm,,,,,Dm,Dm7, Bm7b5, Bb, Am, A7

[verse: 2]
   Dm              Dm7           Bm7b5      Bb
Be careful how you touch her, for she'll awaken,
     Gm              C7               Fmaj7   A7
And sleep's the only freedom that she knows;
Dm            Dm7          Bm7b5        Bb
And when you look into her eyes, you won't believe
      Gm7             C7             Gm7         C7
The way she's always paying for a debt she never owed,
       Gm7              C7
And a silent wind still blows
      Bb      Am      Gm      Bb      D
That only she can hear, and so she goes.

[chorus:]  {repeat}
[chorus:]  {repeat}
[coda:]

Gm        C7                  Fmaj7 
She's a flower growing wild
Gm        C7                  Fmaj7 
She's a flower growing wild


chords:

A7         575655
Am         577555
Bb         113321
Bm7b5      x2323x
C7         x32310
D          557775
Dm         557765
Dm7        557565         
Fmaj7      x33210
Gm         355333
Gm7        353333