“Wildflowers in a Mason Jar” as performed by John Denver

Chords used: D:XX0232 G:320003 A:X02220

NOTE: I don’t know how to do tablature very well, so you’ll have to
listen to the song and fiddle with D, G and A suspendeds to get the same
sound that John Denver does on his intro…note that the same “riff” that
you play as an intro comes at the end of each chorus…a ‘ ‘ mark
indicates a measure break…enjoy!–Mike

INTRO: D G A

January back in ‘55 we rode a Greyhound bus through the Georgia midnight
Grandpa was sleeping and the winter sky was clear
We hit a bump and his head jerked back a little and he mumbled something
He woke up smiling, but his eyes were bright with tears
Said, “I dreamed I was back on the farm…
20 years have passed, boy, but the memory still warms me…
Wildflowers in a Mason Jar…”
He told me those old stories about that one-room cabin in Kentucky
The smell of the rain and the warm earth in his hands
He slowly turned and stared outside; his face was mirrored in the window
And his reflection flew across the moonlit land
And he dreamed he was back on the farm
Tilts his head and listens to the early sound of morning
Wildflowers in a Mason Jar
An old man and an eight-year-old boy rolling down that midnight highway
Kentucky memories from a winter Georgia night
I started drifting off and Grandpa tucked his coat around me
I think I tried to smile as I slowly closed my eyes
And I dreamed I was with him on the farm
“Grandpa, I can hear the evening wind out in the corn…
Wildflowers in a Mason Jar…
Wildflowers in a Mason Jar…
Wildflowers in a Mason Jar…”
And the bus rolled through the night…

BOY FROM THE COUNTRY (Michael Murphy) (c) 1969
Performed by John Denver

: D Dmaj7 D6 D : (played at 7th fret (like a G progression))
Because he calls the forest “Brother”
Because he calls the Earth his mother
They drove him out into the rain
Some people even said that the boy from the country was insane

Because he spoke to the fish in the creek
He tried to tell us that the animals could speak
And who knows? perhaps they do
How do you know they don’t just because they’ve never spoken to you?

CHORUS:
Boy from the country
Left his home when he was young
A (n.c.)
Boy from the country
He loves the sun.

He tried to tell us that we should love the land
We just turned our heads and laughed; you see we did not understand
Sometimes I think the boy from the country is the only one who sees
‘cause the boy from the country doesn’t want to see the forest for the
trees.
[—]D: xx7770
Dmaj7:xx7779
D6: xx7777
D: xx7797