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Old Birch Tree by Marcus Foster





                  Old Birch Tree







(Strum all chords once)

          A
I will tell all the crooked worms in my grave
                    E/B                  A
To save the eyes, save the eyes
                A
And I will cover all the winding paths on which you pave
            E/B               A
Fallen skies, fallen skies

             D                 A                  A  G#m  F#m
And if I tie up my troubles to the old birch tree
               D                  E/B                          A
And if I don't chop it down, don't chop it down


(Now strum chords normally)

                   A
And I will throw all the stones in the shore at the restless sea
            E/B             A
Till it's dry, till it's dry

                 A
And I will let all the hundred faces in the street
             E/B                A
Pass me by, pass me by

                              D                       A
And if you wanna sell away your sorrows
          A     G#m      F#m
Then save some for me
                                                            E/B
I will keep them from growing in the ground

              D                A                  A   G#m  F#m
And if I tie up my troubles to the old birch tree
               D                 E/B                           A
And if I don't chop it down, don't chop it down

(Marcus freestyles here, and the chords are:
A E/B A
A E/B A)


                              D                       A
And if you wanna sell away your sorrows
          A     G#m      F#m
Then save some for me
                                                            E/B
I will keep them from growing in the ground

              D                A                  A   G#m  F#m
And if I tie up my troubles to the old birch tree
               D                 E/B                           A
And if I don't chop it down, don't chop it down

              D                A                  A   G#m  F#m -- hold
And if I tie up my troubles to the old birch tree
               D                E/B                           A
And if I don't chop it down, don't chop it down









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version 2








   G                                C

I will tell all the crooked worms in my grave
 
          D

Save the eyes

          C

Save the eyes

       G                                        C

I will cover all the winding paths on which you pave

       D

Fallen sky

       C

Fallen sky

         C         C/G             C/G   G     Em

And if I tie up my troubles to the old   birch tree

     C          D                   G 

If I donít chop down, donít chop it down


       G                                               C 

I will throw all the stones in the shore at the raging sea,

           D

Until itís dry

           C

Until itís dry

           G                                C

And I will let all the hundred faces in the street

        D

Pass me by

        C

Pass me by



                 C              C/G   

But if you wanna sell away your sorrows

     C/G    G        Em

Then save   some for me

Em                                   D

I will keep them from growing in the ground

         C         C/G             C/G   G     D

And if I tie up my troubles to the old   birch tree

     C             D                G

If I donít chop it down, donít chop down




If you wanna sell away your sorrows


Then save some for me


I will keep them from growing in the ground


If I tie up me trouble to the old birch tree


And if I donít chop it down, donít chop it down


And if I tie up my troubles to the old birch


If I donít chop it down, donít chop it down


If I donít chop it down, donít chop it down









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