Lauren Alaina
Album: Wildflower
2011
1. Georgia Peaches
2. Growing Her Wings
3. Tupelo
4. The Middle
5. Like My Mother Does
6. She's A Wildflower
7. I'm Not One Of Them
8. The Locket
9. Eighteen Inches
10. One Of Those Boys
11. Funny Thing About Love
12. Dirt Road Prayer
1. Georgia Peaches
Georgia Peaches (Lauren Alaina)
Album: Wildflower
Track 1
2011
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 2nd fret
Chords:
E: 022100
C: x32010
G: 320003 or 320033
D: xx0232
B: x24442
Intro: E G - D x2
E
Way beyond the city lights
G D
Lies a cowboys paradise
E
Honeysuckle on the vine
G D
Growing up on southern time
E G - D x2
E
Love to dance and we love to flirt
G D
Ain't afraid of a little dirt
E
We ain't late for Sunday church
G D
Mama raised us not to curse
E G - D x2
C G D E
Our shorts a little shorter cause the sun's a little hotter
C G B
Sipping lemonade, while we're playin' in the water
E
Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh
C G D
Ain't nothing sweeter than us Georgia Peaches
E
Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh
C G D
There's a reason why the boys pick the Georgia Peaches
E G - D x2
E
We grow where the grass is green
G D
We got home grown in our jeans
E
We love country everything
G D
From Alan Jackson to Aldean
E G - D x2
C G D E
Our drawl will drive you crazy when we wink and call you baby
C G B
You don't stand a chance once you've seen a southern lady
E
Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh
C G D
Ain't nothing sweeter than us Georgia Peaches
E
Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh
C G D
There's a reason why the boys pick the Georgia Peaches
E G D E G - D
Oh, ain't nothing sweeter
C G
It don't matter where you're from come on in and have some fun
C B
We're gonna treat you like you're one of us
E
Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh
C G D
Ain't nothing sweeter than us Georgia Peaches
E
Ooh ooh oh oh, ooh ooh oh oh
C G - D
There's a reason why the boys pick
Keep repeating the chorus til the end of the song
End on E
2. Growing Her Wings
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 2nd fret
Chords:
G: 320033 or 320003
C: x32010
D: xx0232
Em: x22000
(You can replace these chords by A D E F#m if you wanna play without a capo)
Intro: G C x4
G C
Brother's in the backyard diggin' in the dirt
G D
Mama's in the kitchen in an old t-shirt
G C
Daddy's diesel's coming up the street
G D G C G C
And she's in her bedroom growing her wings
G C
Ready to Run in her headphones
G D
Pretty in pink on all ten toes
G C
Nose in a Cosmo magazine
G C
All the junk mama says, she's too young to read
G D G
Little do they know she's growing her wings
Em C
They got her whole life on lockdown
G D
Doing time behind her bedroom door
Em C
I guess it's alright for right now
G D
But outside her window there's so much
Em C
More room for running and space to discover
G C
A whole wide world to see
G C
She's dreaming about the girl she's gonna be
G D G C G C
Stuck in Rice County, growing her wings
G C
The neighbor boy taught her how to French kiss
G D
And daddy's got eyes in the back of his head
G C
He said, no dating 'til you're eighteen
G D G
Now she's in her room grounded, growing her wings
Em C
They got her whole life on lockdown
G D
Doing time behind her bedroom door
Em C
I guess it's alright for right now
G D
But outside her window there's so much
Em C
More room for running and space to discover
G C
A whole wide world to see
G C
She's dreaming about the girl she's gonna be
G D G
Stuck in Rice County, growing her wings
Em C G D
She wants to flyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy and never look down
Em C G D
But toniiiiiiiiiiiiight she's tucked inside a tiny little town
Em C G D Em C G
In a little twin bed all safe and sound
D
And there's so much
Em C
More room for running and space to discover
G C
A whole wide world to see
G C
She's dreaming about the girl she's gonna be
G D G C
Stuck in Rice County, growing her wings
G C G C G C
Growing her wings
End on G
3. Tupelo
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 1st fret
Chords:
A: x02220
D: xx0232
Bm: x24432
E: 022100
G: 320033 or 320003
Intro: A D x2
A
Picked a wild flower off the side of the road
D
You put it in my hair
A
Two bare feet up on the dashboard
D
Hands waving through the summer air
A
Looking at you, looking at me
D
With the wind strapped to our backs
Bm A
Flying as high as the bird in the sky
E A
Don't get much better than that
A
And we sang all the way down to Tupelo
D
Love struck right on the money
A
Heart beats beating to the radio
D
Kisses as sweet as the honey
A D
Down to Tupelo
A D
All the way down to Tupelo
A
Counting the white lines mile by mile
D
Worries slipping away
A
Took a back road for a little slow down
D
Off of the interstate
A
We followed the river as far as it goes
D
Smiling in the July sun
Bm A
Hearing you say you're falling in love
E A
I said you ain't the only one
A
And we sang all the way down to Tupelo
D
Love struck right on the money
A
Heart beats beating to the radio
D
Kisses as sweet as the honey
A D
Down to Tupelo
All the way down
G
La la la la la la
E
Wind strapped to our backs
G
La la la la la la
E A
Don't get much better than that
A
And we sang all the way down to Tupelo
D
Love struck right on the money
A
Heart beats beating to the radio
D
Kisses as sweet as the honey
A D
Down to Tupelo
A D
All the way down to Tupelo
A
Lalalalalalalalalalalala
D
Lalalalalalalalalalalala
A D
All the way down to tupelo
A D
All the way down to tupelo
A D
All the way down to tupelo
End on A
4. The Middle
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 1st fret
Chords:
A: x02220
Bm: x24432
F#m: 244222
D: xx0232
E: 022100
or you can play these instead with a capo on the 3rd fret (it's easier):
G: 320033 or 320003
Am: x02210
Em: x22000
C: x32010
D: xx0232
Intro: A Bm F#m D x2
A Bm F#m D
I get this feeling every year, the first days of winter
A Bm F#m D
Pull out that box of souvenirs to read your old letters
A Bm F#m D
In the stack of memories, found a note you left for me
A Bm F#m D
It almost feels like you're still here
E Bm
I hear your voice in every word
E D
You told me to remember
A E Bm
Take each day and make it last
F#m D
'Cause you turn around and the future is the past
A E Bm
Here and now is all we have
F#m D Bm
The beginning and the end mean so little
F#m D
What matters most is what's in the middle
A Bm F#m D
A Bm F#m D
Makes me smile when I look back to every summer
A Bm F#m D
You forget your birthday and just laugh; you say "It's just a number"
A Bm F#m D
But Sunday afternoons, they meant so much to you
A Bm
The simple things were golden
F#m D
You found beauty in every moment
A E Bm
Take each day and make it last
F#m D
'Cause you turn around and the future is the past
A E Bm
Here and now is all we have
F#m D Bm
The beginning and the end mean so little
F#m D
What matters most is what's in the middle
Instrumental part: A Bm
A D
E Bm
The day you're born is just a start
E Bm
Your last breath is a question mark
E Bm F#m D
The story of your life is in the in between
A E Bm
Take each day and make it last
F#m D
'Cause you turn around and the future is the past
A E Bm D
Here and now is all we have
A E Bm
Take each day and make it last
F#m D
'Cause you turn around and the future is the past
A E Bm
Here and now is all we have
F#m D Bm
The beginning and the end mean so little
F#m D
What matters most is what's in the middle
A Bm F#m D A Bm F#m D A
What's in the middle
End on A
5. Like My Mother Does
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 6th fret
Chords:
C: x32010
F: 133211 or x33211
G: 320033 or 320003
Am: x02210
Dm: xx0231
D: xx0232
Bm: x24432
A: x02220
Intro: C F x2
C
People always say
F
I have a laugh
C
Like my mother does
C
Guess that makes sense
F
She taught me how to smile
G
When things get rough
C
I've got her spirit
G
She's always got my back
C F
When I look at her I think
G
I want to be just like that
C
When I love
F
I give it all I've got
C
Like my mother does
C
When I'm scared
F
I bow my head and pray
C
Like my mother does
Am G
When I feel weak and unpretty
F C
I know I'm beautiful and strong
Dm G C
Because I see myself like my mother does
C
I never met a stranger
F
I can talk to anyone
C
Like my mother does
C
I let my temper fly
F
And she can walk away
G
When she's had enough
C
She sees everybody
G
For who they really are
C F
I'm so thankful for her guidance
G
She helped me get this far
C
When I love
F
I give it all I've got
C
Like my mother does
C
When I'm scared
F
I bow my head and pray
C
Like my mother does
Am G
When I feel weak and unpretty
F C
I know I'm beautiful and strong
Dm G C
Because I see myself like my mother does
Am
She's a rock
G
She is grace
F
She's an angel
C Dm
She's my heart and soul
G
She does it all
D
When I love
G
I give it all I've got
D
Like my mother does
D
When I'm scared
G
I bow my head and pray
D
Like my mother does
Bm A
When I'm weak and unpretty
G D
I know I'm beautiful and strong
Em A
Because I see myself
D G
Like my mother does
D G
Like my mother does
D
I hear people saying
G
I'm starting to look
D
Like my mother does
End on D
6. She's A Wildflower
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 3rd fret
Chords:
D: xx0232
G: 320033 or 320003
C: x32010
Intro: D G x2
D G
She was the kind of girl that never quite fit in
D G
Holes in her shoes and freckles on her skin
D G
Every time she saw those school doors open wide
D G
She'd wanna turn around and run back home and hide
D G
Yeah yeah yeah, oh
D G
She got used to being stuck at the back of the line
D G
The kind that kept her head down most of the time
D G
Secret dreams 'bout the boy in the high school band
D G
Then wake up thinking she'd never have a chance
D
She's a wildflower
C
Just waitin' on a sunny day
G D
Just waitin" on the winds of change to blow
D
Just a red hot spark
C
That's looking for a little flame, yeah
G D
Trying to find the perfect place to grow
D G
She's a wildflower
D G
She's a wildflower
D G
She makes a wish on every single star she sees
D G
Yeah somewhere deep down she still believes
D G
She prays every night before she goes to bed
D
Pretty soon her luck is gonna change
G
She just doesn't know it yet
D
She's a wildflower
C
Just waitin on a sunny day
G D
Just waitin on the winds of change to blow
D
Just a red hot spark
C
That's looking for a little flame, yeah
G D
Trying to find the perfect place to grow
D C G D
She's a wildflower
D G C G D
She's a wildflower
D
She's a wildflower
C
Just waitin' on a sunny day
G D
Just waitin' on the winds of change to blow
D
Just a red hot spark
C
That's looking for a little flame, yeah
G
Trying to find the perfect place
D
Yeah she's trying to find a place
D C
She's a wildflower that's waiting on a sunny day
G D
She's the secret that nobody knows
D G D G D G (etc)
She's a wildflower
End on D
7. I'm Not One Of Them
Standard Tuning
No Capo
Chords:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/l/lauren_alaina/wildflower_crd.html ]
G*: 300033
F: 133211 or x33211
G: 320033 or 320003
Cadd9: x32033
D: xx0232
Em: x22000
Intro: G* x6
G*
You pull up in that jacked-up ride
Open the door on the passenger side
F
There's a lot of girls who might
G
Wanna climb inside
G*
But I'm not one of them
G*
You start flashing that country boy grin
And your big city money clip
F G
There's a lot of girls who'd love to go cashing in
G*
But I'm not one of them
Baby, baby
Cadd9 D G
You're gonna have to do better than that
Cadd9
If you want my love
D G
You gotta give me some back
Cadd9
Give me something real
D G Em D
Not another come on, baby, come on
F
There's a lot of girls who might
G
Just fall for what you got
G*
But I'm not one of them
G*
Now some may get into your kind of thing
That only you can make their little hearts sing
F G
Well, you can go on thinking what you want to think
G*
I'm not one of them
Baby, baby
Cadd9 D G
You're gonna have to do better than that
Cadd9
If you want my love
D G
You gotta give me some back
Cadd9
Give me something real
D G Em D
Not another come on, baby, come on
F
There's a lot of girls who might
G
Just fall for what you got
G*
But I'm not one of them
D Cadd9
I'm not some notch
D
On your Facebook wall
D Cadd9
And I'm not some last chance
D
Midnight call
Baby, baby
Cadd9 D G
You're gonna have to do better than that
Cadd9
If you want my love
D G
You gotta give me some back
Cadd9
Give me something real
D G Em D
Not another come on, baby, come on, yeah
Cadd9 D G
You're gonna have to do better than that
Cadd9
If you want my love
D G
You gotta give me some back
Cadd9
Give me something real
D G Em D
Not another come on, baby, come on
F
There's a lot of girls who might
G
Just fall for what you got
G*
But I'm not one of them
G*
I'm not one of them
End on G*
8. The Locket
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 5th fret
Chords:
D: xx0232
Bm: x24432
G: 320033 or 320003
A: x02220
Intro: D G x2
D Bm
Back in '41 you met a brown eyed boy
G D
Who called you pretty
Bm G
He'd walk everyday a couple miles out of his way to hold your hand
D
And keep you company
Bm G D
Your mama said don't call it love at 14
G A
But sitting on that front porch swing
D
He gave you his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck
Bm
Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget
G D
The way it felt when he held your hand
And you swore that you would never take it off
Bm
And the butterflies you felt said it all
G D
You were falling with the boy inside your locket
D Bm
Back in '43 your brown eyed boy went over seas
G D
And had to leave town for a little while
Bm
He swore he'd marry you as soon as the war was through
G D
You would be his wife
Bm G D
Standing in the pouring rain
G A
You cried as you watched him ride away
Bm A
But everyday
D
You had his picture in a locket that you wore around your neck
Bm
Left it right beside your heart so you would not forget
G D
The way his kiss tasted on your lips
And everyday felt like a lifetime with him gone
Bm
And you prayed that God would bring him safely home
G D
'Cause you made a promise to the boy inside your locket
Bm G D A
Oh, 60 years you two had together and he's been gone for a couple now
Bm G
And it breaks my heart to see you struggle to remember
D A
And I've been writing all your memories down
G D
And I stopped by today to read a couple pages
Bm D
Grandma, you sure look pretty
G D G D G
And you smile that smile, the one I haven't seen in quite a while
A
And you said to me, I want you to keep
D
His picture in a locket that I wore around my neck
Bm
The one I left beside my heart so I would not forget
G D
The greatest love and the greatest man I've ever known
But it's getting time for me to head on home
Bm
She said, that brown eyed boy is waiting and I don't wanna keep him long
G
Heaven is calling, and she said, my heart is longing
D G D G
For the boy inside your locket
End on D
9. Eighteen Inches (Lauren Alaina)
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 2nd fret (Studio Version)
Capo on the 1st fret (Most Live Versions)
Chords:
Cadd9: x32033
G: 320033 or 320003
D: xx0232
Em7: x22033
Bm7: x23042 ( if you prefer you can replace Bm7 by Bm: x24432 )
Em: x22000
Intro: Cadd9 G D x4
Cadd9 G D Bm7
It's about fifteen hundred miles to California
Cadd9 G D
They'll get there Friday if they leave tonight
Cadd9 G D Em7
She sneaks out at three thirty in the morning
Cadd9 G D G
Leaves a note so she won't see her daddy cry
Cadd9 G D x2
Cadd9 G D Bm7
He cuts the engine when he coasts in the driveway
Cadd9 G D
She slides in and gives him one kiss for the road
Cadd9 G D Em7
No friends and no family, no job out there waiting
Cadd9 G D G
The whole town will call them crazy but they gotta go
Cadd9 G D Em7
'Cause when you're young and in love, yeah
Cadd9 G D
You might do some things that don't seem all that smart
Cadd9 G D Em7 Cadd9 G
'Cause there ain't no greater distance than the eighteen inches from your
D G
Head to your heart
Cadd9 G D x2
Cadd9 G D Bm7
They can barely make rent on a rundown apartment
Cadd9 G D
She's waiting tables and he's a valet
Cadd9 G D Em7
They're behind on the bills and the car's barely running
Cadd9 G D G
But he buys a ring with the tips that he's saved
Cadd9 G D Em7
'Cause when you're young and in love, yeah
Cadd9 G D
You might do some things that don't seem all that smart
Cadd9 G D Em7 Cadd9 G
'Cause there ain't no greater distance than the eighteen inches from your
D G
Head to your heart
Cadd9 G D
Em D Cadd9 D Cadd9
Last thing they need is another mouth to feed, but they won't call
Em D Cadd9 D Cadd9
Just kids themselves but that's all to change in nine more months
Cadd9 G D Em7
She wakes him up at three thirty in the morning
Cadd9 G D
Ready or not their new life's gonna start
Cadd9 G D Bm7
Seven pounds and eighteen inches
Cadd9 G D G
The doctor lays that new baby's head right on her heart
Cadd9 G D
Cadd9 G D Em7
'Cause when you're young and in love, yeah
Cadd9 G D (Dsus4)
You might do some things that don't seem all that smart
Cadd9 G D Em7
But thank God for those eighteen inches
Cadd9 G D G
The distance it is from your head to your heart
Cadd9 G D x4
End on Cadd9
10. One Of Those Boys
Standard Tuning
No Capo
Chords:
Dm: xx0231
G: 320033 or 320003
F: 133211 or x33211
C: x32010
A: x02220
Intro: Dm G Dm G F
Dm
I gotta little picture painted in my mind
G
Of that special, not so perfect guy
Dm F
My heart wants me to find
Dm
He ain't too pretty, he ain't to sweet
G
A little rough around the edges
A
Cute and country just like me
Dm
One of those t-shirt, blue jean wearin'
F
Mama lovin', fishin' pole carryin
C
Swears a John Deere revvin' up
G F
Is music instead of noise
Dm
Dirt road, 4-wheel drivin'
F
Riverside saturday night and
C G Dm G F
Sunday mornin' church goin' kinda boys
Dm
He ain't gotta have money or a brand new truck
G
But he better shake my daddy's hand
Dm F
When he comes to pick me up
Dm
Gotta be a little reckless, a whole lotta fun
Dm
And he's gotta know my midnight curfew
A
Don't mean 12:01
Dm
One of those t-shirt, blue jean wearin'
F
Mama lovin', fishin' pole carryin
C
Swears a John Deere revvin' up
G F
Is music instead of noise
Dm
Dirt road, 4-wheel drivin'
F
Riverside saturday night and
C G Dm
Sunday mornin' church goin' kinda boys
G
One of those cornfed, bonfires
Dm
Goin' down a hill in a tractor tire
G
Cow tippin', rope swingin'
A
Backwoods, front porch swingin' boys
Instrumental: G Dm G A
Dm
One of those t-shirt, blue jean wearin'
F
Mama lovin', fishin' pole carryin
C
Swears a John Deere revvin' up
G F
Is music instead of noise
Dm
Dirt road, 4-wheel drivin'
F
Riverside saturday night and
C G Dm
Sunday mornin' church goin' kinda boys
C G Dm
Sunday mornin' church goin' kinda boys
C G Dm
Sunday mornin' church goin' kinda boys
Yeah
End on Dm
11. Funny Thing About Love
Standard Tuning
No Capo
Chords:
E: 022100
B*: 099800
A: x02220
G: 320033 or 320003
D: xx0232
B: x12221
Intro: E B* A x4
E B*
You used to want me
A E B*
But I didn't want you
A E B*
But now I want you
A E B* A
Oh, but you don't want me
G
Why can't our two hearts
D
Just make up their minds?
G
And want the same thing
B
At the same time
E B*
The funny thing about looooooooooove
A
It never makes sense
E B*
It just keeps messing you uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup
A
It never makes sense, never makes sense
E B*
You let it go, never want it back
A
You turn around and just like that
G B
You swear you can't get enough
E B* A
That's the funny thing about looooooove
E B* A
That's the funny thing about looooooove
E B* A
We were best friends
E B* A
Until I kissed you
E B* A
You know you liked it
E B* A
And I did too
G D
As soon you admit you're crazy about me
G B
I'm off and running, the soon enough you'll see
E B*
The funny thing about looooooooooove
A
It never makes sense
E B*
It just keeps messing you uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup
A
It never makes sense, never makes sense
E B*
You let it go, never want it back
A
You turn around and just like that
G B
You swear you can't get enough
E B* A
That's the funny thing about looooooove
E B* A
That's the funny thing about looooooove
G
It makes you crazy
D B-A B-D B-A B-D
It will make you do the stupidest stuff
G
You can't live without it yeah
D B
That's the funny thing about love, yeah
E B*
The funny thing about looooooooooove
A
It never makes sense
E B*
It just keeps messing you uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup
A
It never makes sense, never makes sense
E B*
You let it go, never want it back
A
You turn around and just like that
G A
You swear you can't get enough
G B
You swear you can't get enough
E B* A
That's the funny thing about looooooove
E B* A
That's the funny thing about looooooove
E B*
The funny thing about looooooooooove
A
It never makes sense
E B* A
It just keeps messing you uuuuuuuuuuuuuuup
E B* A x2
End on E
12. Dirt Road Prayer
Standard Tuning
Capo on the 3rd fret
Chords:
G: 320033 or 320003
C: x32010
Am: x02210
F: 133211 or x33211
C G
Let the light shine on my mama
Am
She's been worried about me
G F
And I can tell she's tired
C G
Walk my brother in a straight line
Am
I know he's only 16
G F
But he's been playing with fire
C G
Give my grandpa a little peace and quiet
Am G F
I can feel the years of hard work in his hands
C G
Make my days pass just a little bit slower
Am
I've been runnin' so fast
G F
I've forgotten who I am
C
And so I go where the green grass grows
G
The weeds are high and the sun hangs low
Am
Look to the sky and I say hello
F G
Like it's the very first time
C
It doesn't matter how long it's been
G
I can talk to God like hes my best friend
Am G F
Take my heart lay it down again right there
G C G
In a dirt road prayer
C
He's a good guy
G
Looks dad in the eye
Am G F
And I wonder if you made him just for me
F
But before I fall give me patience
G
Until you show me where to take this
C
Yeah I go where the green grass grows
G
The weeds are high and the sun hangs low
Am
Look to the sky and I say hello
F G
Like it's the very first time
C
It doesn't matter how long it's been
G
I can talk to God like hes my best friend
Am G F
Take my heart lay it down again right there
G C G Am F G
In a dirt road prayer
F
It's good to know I can
C
Always go where the green grass grows
G
The weeds are high and the sun hangs low
Am F G
Look to the sky and I say hello ooo yeah
C
It doesn't matter how long it's been
G
I can talk to God like he's my best friend
Am G F
Take my heart and lay it down again right there
G C G
In a dirt road prayer
Am F
yeah yeah
G C G
In a dirt road prayer
Am F G (etc)
yeah yeah
End on C
