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Wild Strawberries

Biography:

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr., (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music. He came to prominence in the 1960s, and broke through on the international music charts in the 1970s with songs such as "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974) and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976). His songs have been recorded by some of the world's most successful recording artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan.

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Gordon Lightfoot - Wild Strawberries

## ~ = Walk-Down from C to F ##

CAPO: 4th Fret

[VERSE 1:]
C G F C
If I had a dollar, if I had a cent
G F G
I would play most anywhere, if it would pay my rent
F G F G
I'd be living on the downside in my old apartment
C F G Em
For the rest of my days
F
People always ask why the world is on the run
Em F Em
People like you and like me

[VERSE 2:]
F
Is it really true, you can really never win
G Am G F
Moving to the upside, tell me when does the fun begin
C
Deep as the sea and as wild as the weather
F C F G
We will go, just you and me, to pick wild strawberries together
C
Or be living on our own, in a cabin in a meadow
F G
Or meandering alone, we can face the world forever or we'll

[CHORUS:]
C ~ F G C
Hit the bounding main, or be on a railroad train
~ F G C
Hit the boundless tide, or be on a steamboat ride
~ F G C
Hit the bounding main, or be on a midnight plane
~ F G C Em
Hit the pounding tide, or be on a rainbow ride

[VERSE 3:]
F G
People often ask me just the way it must feel
F Em
To be standing up here with you down there
F
Let it now be known that throughout all of these years
G Am G F C
I have been wearing polka dot underwear

[VERSE 4:]

Deep as the sea and as wild as the weather
F C F G
We will go, just wait and see, to gather crab-apples together
C
And be wandering along toward a cabin in the meadow
F G
Or meandering alone, we can face the world together or we'll

[CHORUS:]
C ~ F G C
Hit the bounding main, or be on a railroad train
~ F G C
Hit the boundless tide, or be on a steamboat ride
~ F G C
Hit the bounding main, or be on a midnight plane
~ F G C Em
Hit the pounding tide, or be on a rainbow ride

[INSTRUMENTAL:] G C G C G C G C G C G C Em

[VERSE 5:]
F
People always ask why the world is on the slide
Em F Em
People like you and like me
F
Is it really true there will be no place left to hide
G Am G F C
Turning to the upside, when does the fun begin

[VERSE 6:]

Deep as the sea and as wild as the weather
F C F G
We might go, just you and me, to pick wild strawberries together
C
Or be living on our own, in a cabin in a meadow
F
And the cows will come home
G
They can face the world forever and we'll

[CHORUS:]
C ~ F G C
Hit the bounding main, or be on a railroad train
~ F G C
Hit the boundless tide, or be on a steamboat ride
~ F G C
Hit the bounding main, or be on a midnight plane
~ F G C
Hit the pounding tide, or be on a rainbow ride
~ F G C
Hit the bounding main or be on a midnight plane

[OUTRO:] C ~ F G C