Key: A majorā¢
Verse 1
call from the drive
On a cold December night,
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There stood the homely street
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He said, you grab the shovel
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and you hold the light,
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with me tonight.
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My father's tree
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Bm
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And in the spring be born anew,
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the holly tree my father grew.
I used to ask why mother didn't stay,
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I never could
admit I drank too much,
it was an old familiar crutch
or you will break
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My father's tree
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was ten feet tall
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Bm
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And in the spring, be born anew,
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the holly tree my father grew.
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And the green leaves and the berries
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shine like rubies in the snow.
and the memories last
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in those old photographs
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to see how much we've grown
my father's tree can
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reach the sky
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and every leaf does honor to his life
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Forever proud, forever true
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A
The holly tree my father grew
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA D Esus4 E F#m...
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