WILDFLOWERS Recorded by: THE TRIO Dolly Parton, Linda Ronstadt & Emmy Lou Harris Recorded in Bb/CAPO: 3rd FRET/Play: G The [G] hills were alive with wild [C] flowers and, [G] I Was as wild, even [D] wilder than [G] they For at least I could run, they just [C] died in the [G] sun And I refused to just [D] wither in [G] place Just a [C] wild mountain rose, needing [G] freedom to grow So I [C] ran fearing not where I'd [G] go-o-[D] -o When a [G] flower grows wild, it can [C] always sur-[G] vive Wildflowers don't [D] care where they [G] grow. And the flowers I knew, in the fields where I grew Were content to be lost in the crowd They were commonly close, I had no room to grow And I wanted so much to branch out So I uprooted myself, from my home ground and left Took my dreams and I took to the road-o-oad When a flower grows wild, it can always survive Wildflowers don't care where they grow. I grew up fast and wild and I never felt right In a garden so different from me I just never belonged, I just longed to be gone So the garden one day, set me free I hitched a ride with the wind, and since he was my friend I just let him decide where we'd go-o-o When a flower grows wild, it can always survive Wildflowers don't care where they grow. Just a wild mountain rose, seeking myst'ries untold No regrets for the path that I chose-o-ose When a flower grows wild, it can always survive Wildflowers don't care where they grow. SOURCE: THE TRIO: Dolly Parton-Linda Ronstadt-Emmy Lou Harris