G              C              G
Beside a 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

[Verse 2]
 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 a sky of baby blue
  G                C              G
Beside the lily 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

[Interlude]
C  G  x4

[Verse 3]
 G              C              G
A cardinal sang just for me and I thanked him for the song
          C              G              A7            D
Then the sun went slowly down the west and I had to move along
  G                C                      G
These were some of the things on which my mind and spirit feed
    C                     G               C                    G
But flesh and blood needs flesh and blood 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

[Verse 4]
    G                C              G
So, when the day was ended I was still not satisfied
      C                 G              A7             D
For I knew everything I touched would wither away and die
    G                C               G
And love is all that will remain and grow from all these seeds
    C                     G              C           G
Mother's 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