Wildflower - Skylark  (Doug Edwards / Dave Richardson) 1972


Intro:
|Dm   Dm/C (030231@1)|G7/B   Bb (x1333x@1)  |Am      |Am     A (x02220@1)   |


Dm (xx0231@1)    Dm/C (030231@1)                 G7/B (310001@1)           GShe's (320003@1)faced the hardest times you could imagine
    Bb/C            Bb/C                 F (133211@1)      AAnd (x02220@1)many times, Her eyes fought back the tears
Dm (xx0231@1)         Dm/C (030231@1)                      G7/B (310001@1)   BbAnd (x1333x@1)when her youthful world was about to fall in
     Bb/C             Bb/C
Each time her slender shoulders,
         Bb/C              Bb/C
Bore the weight of all her fears
      Bb/C          Bb/C 
And a sorrow no one hears
      Bb (x1333x@1)     Am (x02210@1)     Gm (355333@1)           DStill (xx0232@1)rings in midnight silence in her ears


        Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)   
Let her cry for she's a lady
        Bb (x1333x@1) A (x02220@1)          DmLet (xx0231@1)her dream for she's a child
        Bb (x1333x@1)      Am (x02210@1)   GmLet (355333@1)the rain fall down upon her
        Bb/C            Bb/C           FShe's (133211@1)a free and gentle flower growing wild


Bb (x1333x@1)      FAnd (133211@1)if by chance I should hold her
Bb (x1333x@1)            FLet (133211@1)me hold her for a time
Bb (x1333x@1)           FBut (133211@1)if allowed just one possession
        Gm (355333@1)              C (x32010@1)          FI (133211@1)would pick her from the garden to be mine


Interlude:
|Dm      |Dm      |Dm   Dm/C (030231@1)|G7/B   Bb (x1333x@1)  |
|A       |A       |


Dm (xx0231@1)       Dm/C (030231@1)           G7/B (310001@1)             GBe (320003@1)careful how you touch her for she'll awaken
    Bb/C             Bb/C         F (133211@1)      AAnd (x02220@1)sleep's the only freedom that she knows
Dm (xx0231@1)         Dm/C (030231@1)            G7/B (310001@1)            BbAnd (x1333x@1)when you walk into her eyes you won't believe
    Bb/C             Bb/C
The way she's always payin'
      Bb/C           Bb/C 
For a debt she never owes
      Bb/C              Bb/C
And a silent wind still blows
      Bb (x1333x@1)     Am (x02210@1)     Gm (355333@1)           DThat (xx0232@1)only she can hear and so, she goes


        Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)   
Let her cry for she's a lady
        Bb (x1333x@1) A (x02220@1)          DmLet (xx0231@1)her dream for she's a child
        Bb (x1333x@1)      Am (x02210@1)   GmLet (355333@1)the rain fall down upon her
        Bb/C            Bb/C           FShe's (133211@1)a free and gentle flower growing wild


        Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)         F (133211@1)   
Let her cry for she's a lady
        Bb (x1333x@1) A (x02220@1)          DmLet (xx0231@1)her dream for she's a child
        Bb (x1333x@1)      Am (x02210@1)   GmLet (355333@1)the rain fall down upon her
        Bb/C            Bb/C           FShe's (133211@1)a free and gentle flower growing wild
Gm (355333@1)    Bb/C           FShe's (133211@1)a flower growing wild

She's free.......



Transcribed by Gerard Koot (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) - dec 2008
Email: gerardkoot@hotmail.com