Wildwood Flower (1920's) Chords
by Bluegrass
Wildwood Flower (1920's) by Bluegrass is a guitar song. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
The difference between this and the 1930's version is that
Maybelle Carter played the 20's version using a fingerpick
on her index finger to play the notes on the bottem string.
She used a fingerpick in this 1930's version also but
did not play this version.
Play Part A Twice followed by part B once
Part A
E--0-0---0-0----0--0--0-0--0-0---1-1---------0-0---0-0-0--0|
B--------1--------1---1----------0-----------1-------1----1|
G-----0--0-----2------0----------0-----------0-------0----0|
D-2-3---------------2-----3-2-0------2p0---------2---------|
A----------------------------------------2-3------------3--|
E----------------------------------------------------------|
Part B
E-----00-----0-0----0-0---1-1-------0-0---------0-0--------|
B---1----3-1-1------1----1----1-----1-----------1----------|
G-0----------0---0--0---2-------2-0-0---0-------0----------|
D-------------------------------------------0h2-----2---0h2|
A-----------------------------------------3-----------3----|
E----------------------------------------------------------|
E-0-0-------1-1--------------------------------------------|
B-1---------0----------------------------------------------|
G-0---0-----0----------------------------------------------|
D-------2-0-----2p0----------------------------------------|
A-------------------2-3------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|
To give this song a more bluegrass feel play
play part A like this with the added "Lester Flatt Run" in
C and also add it to the end of Part B
E--0-0---0-0----0--0--0-0--0-0---1-1-----------------------|
B--------1--------1---1----------0-----------------------1)|
G-----0--0-----2------0----------0-----------------0-2p0---|
D-2-3---------------2-----3-2-0------2p0-----0-1-2---------|
A----------------------------------------2(3---------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|