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The Trees They Do Grow High by Joan Baez
The Trees They Do Grow High
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
Em C Em C
[Verse 1]
Em A C G
Trees they grow high and the leaves they do grow green
Bm Am Em G
Many's the time my true love I've seen
Em A C G
Many an hour I watched him all alone
Bm Am Em A Em C Em
He's young but he is daily growin'
[Verse 2]
Em A C G
Father, dear father, you've done me great wrong
Bm Am Em G
You married me to a boy who is too young
Em A C G
I'm twice twelve and he is but fourteen
Bm Am Em A Em C Em C
He's young but he is daily growin'
[Verse 3]
Em A C G
Daughter, dear daughter, I've done you no wrong
Bm Am Em G
I married you to a great Lord's son
Em A C G
He'll be a man to you when I am dead and gone
Bm Am Em A Em C Em
He's young but he is daily growin'
[Verse 4]
Em A C G
Father, dear father, if you see fit
Bm Am Em G
You send my love to college for one year yet
Em A C G
I'll tie blue ribbons all around his head
Bm Am Em A Em C Em
To let the maidens know that he's married
[Verse 5]
Em A C G
One day I was looking o'er my father's castle' wall
Bm Am Em G
Saw the little boys all playing with their ball
Em A C G
My own true love was the flower of them all
Bm Am Em A Em C Em
He's young but he is daily growin'
[Verse 6]
Em A C G
Trees they grow high and the leaves they do grow green
Bm Am Em G
Many's the time my true love I've seen
Em A C G
Many an hour I watched him all alone
Bm Am Em A Em C Em C
He's young but he is daily growin'
[Verse 7]
Em A C G
At the Age of forteen he was a married man
Bm Am Em G
At the Age of fifteen a father of a son
Em A C G
At the Age of sixteen his grave it was green
Bm Am Em A Em C Em
Cruel death had put an end to his growin'
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