Wild Rose
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Verse
C
When she was young they called her Wild Rose
F
The ladies in the town turned up their nose.
C
The boys all loved her heaven knows
G
She would never be tied down.
C F
She said that she was getting out, the first chance she had she'd take it.
C G
Don't know when, don't know how, but I know for sure that I'll make it.
Am F
So on the day that she, she turned 18, she bought her ticket for the GreyHound bus.
C G
He looked up from his cowboy hat and said, "Oh baby, what about us?".
Am
She said, "I've got to go, I've got to bloom
F C
but in this small town, babe, there ain't no room for this Wild Rose".
G
And he looked at her and said,
Chorus
C
"Well, baby, you can bloom no matter where you are,
Am
you don't have to live in the sky to be a star, you don't have to be a sun to shine.
G * C
Baby, just be mine."
Verse
C F
She got on the bus, said, "I just can't stay" She didn't look back as they pulled away,
C G
but the hummin’ of the tires couldn't drown out the words she heard him say.
Am F
There beside the road, she saw a wild rose and it bloomed right there where God had planted it
C G
on an old, rusty barbed wire fence and all of a sudden it all made sense when he said,
Chorus
C Am
"Baby, you can bloom no matter where you are, you don't have to live in the sky to be a star, you
G * C
don't have to be a sun to shine. Baby, just be mine."...
C F C G Am C G
Verse
Am *
Well the bus pulled away with an empty seat.
F *
She made a call sayin, "Baby, come and get me."
C G
They drove all through the night and went home to see an Oklahoma sun rise.
C F
Sittin on the porch late at night watchin’ their babies chasin’ fireflies.
C G G *
The little one looks up at the sky and says, "I wanna be a star".
Slowly strum the Outro
C
And they said, "Baby, you can bloom no matter where you are,
G C C *
you don't have to live in the sky to be a star."
Finish on one stum on the final C
How to play Wild Rose
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is C. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.