Capo 2nd fret

Intro:

|     G     |     G     |     G     |     G     |     G     |

     G                      C                       G

Be-side the singin' mountain stream     where the willow grew,

                 C                  G                     A7                  D

Where the silver leaf of maple sparkled in the mornin' dew,

  G                        C                       G

I braided twigs of willow, made a string of buckeye beads.

       C                                 G                     C                              G

But flesh and blood needs flesh and blood and you're the one I need.

C                                  G                      C                              G

Flesh and blood needs flesh and blood and you're the one I need.

G                                   C                        G

I leaned against the bark      of birch and I breathed the honeydew.

             C                             G                        A7                      D

I saw a northbound flock of geese against the sky of baby blue.

G                      C                      G

Beside the lilly pads I carved a whistle from a reed.

             C                     G            C                       G

Mother nature's quite a lady, but you're the one I need.

C                                  G                      C                              G

Flesh and blood needs flesh and blood and you're the one I need.

G                       C                      G

A cardinal sang just for me and I thanked him for the song.

             C                         G                     A7                                D

The the sun went slowly down the west and I had to move along.

G                                             C                     G

These were some of the things      on wich my mind and spirit feed.

       C                                 G                     C                              G

But flesh and blood needs flesh and blood and you're the one I need.

C                                  G                      C                              G

Flesh and blood needs flesh and blood and you're the one I need.

       G                          C                 G

So, when the day was ended I was still not satisfied,

       C                        G                              A7                      D

For I knew ev'rything     I touched would wither and would die.

        G                          C                     G

And love is all that will     remain and grow from all these seeds.

             C                     G            C                       G

Mother nature's quite a lady, but you're the one I need.

C                                  G                      C                              G

Flesh and blood needs flesh and blood and you're the one I need.

Outro:

||:    G     |     G    :||    Repeat and fade