Wildwood Weed

This was requested in the newsletter. Jim Stafford's Wildwood Weed WILDWOOD WEED C Am G THE WILDWOOD FLOWER GREW WILD ON THE FARM AND WE NEVER KNOWED WHAT G Am G IT WAS CALLED, SOME SAID IT WAS FLOWER, SOME SAID IT WAS A WEED, I C DIDN'T GIVE IT MUCH THOUGHT. C C7 F ONE DAY I WAS OUT THERE TALKING TO MY BROTHER, AND I REACHED DOWN C Am FOR A WEED TO CHEW ON, AND THINGS GOT FUZZY AND THINGS GOT BLURRY, G C Am AND THEN EVERYTHING WAS GONE, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, BUT G C I KNEW IT BEAT THE HELL OUT OF SNIFFIN' BURLAP. C Am G I CAME TO AND MY BROTHER WAS THERE AND HE SAID BOY WHAT'S WRONG C Am WITH YOUR EYES, I SAID I DON'T KNOW I WAS CHEWING ON A WEED, HE SAID G C LET ME GIVE IT A TRY C C7 WE SPENT THE REST OF THAT DAY AND MOST OF THAT NIGHT TRYING TO F C Am FIND MY BROTHER BILL, CAUGHT UP WITH HIM ABOUT SIX O'CLOCK THE G C NEXT MORNING, NAKED SITTING ON THE WINDMILL, SAID HE FLEW UP THERE, Am G C I HAD TO CLIMB UP AND GET HIM DOWN, HE WAS ABOUT HALF CRAZY. C Am G THE VERY NEXT DAY WE PICKED A BUNCH OF THEM WEEDS AND PUT EM IN C Am THE SUN TO DRY, THEN WE MASHED 'EM UP AND CLEANED 'EM UP, AND PUT 'EM C IN A CORNCOB PIPE. C C7 F SMOKING THEN WILDWOOD FLOWERS GOT TO BE A HABIT AND WE NEVER SEEN C Am G NO HARM, WE THOUGHT IT WAS KIND OF HANDY, TAKE A TRIP AND NEVER C Am LEAVE THE FARM, A BIG OLD PUFF OF THAT WILDWOOD WEED, NEXT THING YOU G C KNOW YOU'RE WANDERIN AROUND BEHIND THE LITTLE ANIMALS C Am G ALL GOOD THINGS GOT TO COME TO AN END, IT'S THE SAME WITH OUR C Am WILDWOOD WEEDS, ONE DAY THIS FELLER FROM WASHINGTON CAME BY AND G C SPIED EM, AND TURNED WHITE AS A SHEET. C C7 WELL THEY DUG AND BURNED AND THEY BURNED AND DUG AND THEY KILLED ALL F C Am OF OUR CUTE LITTLE WEEDS, THEN THEY DROVE AWAY, WE JUST SMILED AND G C WAVED, SITTIN THERE ON THAT SACK OF SEEDS. G C Y'ALL COME HACK NOW YA HEAR!