C G C G Em D
[Verse]
C G
'Twas the wild flowers I preferred
D Em G
Who owed nothing to nobody
C G
But blossomed in the ditches
D C
And made their own way in the world
[Verse]
G
'Twas the wild flowers I admired
D Em G
Who never done nothing to you
C G
But driven from the garden
D C
Sang their own songs in the spring
[Verse]
G C G C
You can have your lily, you can have your rose
G D Em
That were taken and broken and bred by men
C G
They were grafted and lamed
C D D7
Twisted and tamed
[Verse]
C G
But the wild flowers I enjoyed
D Em G
They had nothing to do with you
C G
They flowered by the roadside
D A
And wore their own colours in the sun
[Verse]
G C G C
That were there before you, they'll be there after you
G D Em
That will out, that will out like your own true nature
C G
You can try, you can try
C D D7
But you never will defeat
[Verse]
C G
The wild flowers I enjoyed
D Em G
They had nothing to do with you
C G
Banished from the garden
D Em
They made their own way in the world
D C
Sang their own songs in the spring
A D G
And wore their own colours in the sun
