the trees they do grow high chords by Martin Carthy

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Verse 1
Dm 
Oh the trees they do grow high
Am 
and the leaves they do grow green,
And many's the cold winter's
G 
night my love and I have seen.
F 
C 
On a cold winter's night my love
Dm 
Am 
you and I   alone have been.
G 
Oh my bonny boy is young
Dm 
but he's growing,
F 
C 
Growing, growing,
Dm 
Am 
My bonny boy is young
Dm 
but he's growing

Verse 2
Dm 
"Oh father, dear father,
Am 
you've done to me much harm,
For to go and get me married
G 
to one who is so young.
F 
C 
For he is only sixteen years old and
Dm 
Am 
I   am twenty- one,
G 
Oh my bonny boy is young
Dm 
but he's growing,
F 
C 
Growing, growing,
Dm 
Am 
My bonny boy is young
Dm 
but he's growing."

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Verse 3
Dm 
"Oh daughter, dear daughter,
Am 
I'll tell you what I'll do,
I'll send your love to college
G 
for another year or two.
F 
C 
And all around his college cap
Dm 
Am 
I'll tie a ribbon blue,
G 
For to let the ladies know
Dm 
that he's married,
F 
C 
Married, married,
Dm 
Am 
To let the ladies know
Dm 
that he's married."

Verse 4
Dm 
Now at the age of sixteen he
Am 
was a married man,
And at the age of seventeen
G 
the father to a son,
F 
C 
And at the age of eighteen
Dm 
Am 
the grass grew over him.
G 
Cruel death soon put an end
Dm 
to his growing,
F 
C 
Growing, growing,
Dm 
Cruel death soon put an
Am 
Dm 
end to his growing.

Verse 5
Dm 
And now my love is dead and
Am 
in his grave doth lie,
The green grass grows over
G 
him so very very high.
F 
C 
I'll sit here and mourn his death
Dm 
Am 
until the day I die
G 
And I'll watch all o'er his child
Dm 
while he's growing,
F 
C 
Growing, growing,
Dm 
I'll watch all o'er his
Am 
Dm 
child while he's growing.