Tall Tree chords by Peter Sarstedt
Intro 1
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Dsus4
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In
Verse 1
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the graveyard,
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standing by some terraces,
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There's a torn tree,
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I pray to God it never perishes.
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I want my children to see it
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D
coming in the bloom.
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And I can watch them
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from the window of my room.
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Then I can say I've made it.
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You know that great tree
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D
has never blossomed in my time
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C
But I've heard legends of leaves
D
falling on their other time
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They say that a cold wind
C
blew in from the wilderness
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G
Taking all the beauty
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And leaving just a barren mess
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But they say, yes they say
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Oh, they say that it will be
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blossoming again
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Oh, they say that it will be
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blossoming again
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As it was before, so it is now
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And evermore shall be,
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never -ending light
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As it is now, so it was before,
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and shall be evermore,
Gsus4
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ending never lies.
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Now in the desert,
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beneath the sand and silences,
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lie the gold fields awaiting
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rediscovery.
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And like that tall tree,
C
let it bloom before I die.
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It was a one scene
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D
shimmering in every eye
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And they say, yes they say, oh they say
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That it will be shimmering again
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Oh they say that it will be
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blossoming again
Dsus4
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I'm to stay
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I'm here to stay
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I'm here to stay you
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