Key: C major•
Verse 1
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When I was a little kid,
not very old,
me and Susie at the top of the road,
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we used to run in the garden free,
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playing games around the big tree.
One afternoon, whilst we played,
we was led to the big tree shade,
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and I showed her, she
Big tree, what do you know?
Why do you spread your
branches low?
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Well, the big tree was her friend,
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and the big tree knew how it would end.
Soft grass on a leafy bend,
we touched tongues and
giggled instead.
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I showed her, she showed me,
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but we got caught behind the big tree.
It was a neighbor who complained,
she told us both to be ashamed.
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I got cuffed, Susie cried,
Big tree, why do you sigh?
Big tree, raise your branches high.
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an d I've seen him tremble in the wind
Ain't it a crime or is it a sin
The bard from the garden couldn't get in
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Me and Susie got nothing to hide
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But I guess we'll make it in the world outside
Interlude 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC G Am F
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