Topic: "Wildwood Memories"
This is just a song that I wrote to try and explain to myself why I constantly think about the mountains of western North Carolina, and also why I want to one day move back there.
Wildwood Memories By Jeff Gilpin
May 20th 2008
Intro
[G] [D] [G] [Em]
Verse 1
[C]Sometimes when I get a little [G]homesick
[C]Sometimes when I miss my mountain [D]home
I [C]break out my six string and start [G]playing
That song that [C]helps my mind meander as I play [Em]on [D]
Verse 2
[C]I heard Wildwood Flower as a [G]young ‘un
It wasn’t ‘til [C]later I heard words sung a[D]long
[C]Now I hear that music and sur[G]render
But [C]in my mind words of a different [Em]song [D]
Chorus
[G]Don’t forget when you leave the [D]mountains [G]
[G]Though your journeys take you wide and [D]far [G]
[G]You were born in the middle of these [C]mountains [G]
[G]And you’ll always have them wherever you [D]are [G] [Em]
Verse 3
There [C]was a day I thought I’d [G]forgotten
I [C]seemed to have let the mountains slip my [D]mind
Then a [C]trip took me up the grade near [G]Old Fort
And I [C]started humming that old tune as I [Em]climbed[D]
Verse 4
[C]Starting down I could see Black [G]Mountain
[C]Further on Swannanoa [D]too
[C]Past Oteen and then on in to [G]Asheville
[C]All those mountain memories staying [Em]true [D]
Chorus
[G]Don’t forget when you leave the [D]mountains [G]
[G]Though your journeys take you wide and [D]far [G]
[G]You were born in the middle of these [C]mountains [G]
[G]And you’ll always have them wherever you [D]are [G] [Em]
Verse 5
I [C]guess that’s why it always seems I’m [G]seeking
A [C]way to settle roots in textured [D]land
A [C]land with deep valleys and steep [G]rises
Some [C]place to help me feel at home a[Em]gain [D]
Verse 6
[C]Home to me is looking out my [G]window
And [C]seeing ridges blue that fill the [D]sky
And [C]carried on the wind that distant [G]melody
The [C]one that takes me back to days gone [Em]by [D]
Chorus
[G]Don’t forget when you leave the [D]mountains [G]
[G]Though your journeys take you wide and [D]far [G]
[G]You were born in the middle of these [C]mountains [G]
[G]And you’ll always have them wherever you [Em]are [C]
Wherever you are[G]
J E T S
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
...and yet a Washington Commanders fan (unless they change their name again) ...long story...HTT...C
