Verse: 1
C
In my Grandma's house her children would sing
Guitars a twangin' and their laughter would ring
A C G
I was little but I was the biggest kid
Am C
I wanted to do what the grown-ups did
C
In a big shiny car we'd head down the road
To sing for the miners who brought out the coal
Am F C
Many a time I slept on the floorboard cold
Am
On a quilt with my little sister
C
The Wildwood Rose
F
And if I could change a thing in this world
C
I'd go back to the days
When Grandma and her girls
G
Were singing sweet and low
C
For me and the Wildwood Rose
Verse: 2
C
We'd be way down the road by the break of dawn
C
Biscuits and gravy and a truck stop song
Am G
In a world all my own I saw what I saw
Am F G C
And in the rear view mirror I'd get a wink from my Grandma
F
And if I could change a thing in this world
C
I'd go back to the days
When Grandma and her girls
G
Were singing sweet and low
C
For me and the Wildwood Rose
Bridge
G C G C
A lee a o a lee a o o lay dee who
F C G
A lee o lay dee
Verse: 3
C
Oh I'll always remember the day that she died
My daddy he called me and he started to cry
Am G
I rode on an airplane with all of my pain
Am
My tears would not stop
C
We stood in a circle and sang
F
And if I could change a thing in this world
C
I'd go back to the days
When Grandma and her girls
Dm G
Were singing sweet and low
C
For me and the Wildwood Rose
G C
For me and the Wildwood Rose
G C
For me and the Wildwood Rose
G C
For me and the Wildwood Rose
Refrain
G C
A lee a o
G C G
A lee a o lay dee who