The Trees They Grow Tall chords by Sarah Hayes

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Verse 1
Em 
 (E minor) The trees they grow high
Am 
Em 
G 
 (A minor) and the leaves  (E minor) they do grow  (G major) green
Bm 
Em 
Many's  (B minor) the time my  (E minor) true love I've seen
C 
Am 
 (C major) Many an hour  (A minor) I've
Em 
 (E minor) watched him all alone
G 
Bm 
 (G major) He's  (B minor) young,
A 
Am 
Em 
but he's  (A major) daily  (A minor) grow (E minor) ing.
Am 
Father, dear father,  (A minor) 
Em 
G 
you've  (E minor) done me great  (G major) wrong.
Bm 
Em 
 (B minor) You've married me to  (E minor) 
a boy who is too young.
C 
Am 
Em 
 (C major) I'm twice  (A minor) twelve and  (E minor) he
is but fourteen.
G 
Bm 
 (G major) He's  (B minor) young,
Am 
Em 
but he's  (A minor) daily grow (E minor) ing.
Am 
Daughter, dear  (A minor) daughter,
Em 
G 
I've  (E minor) done you no  (G major) wrong.
Bm 
 (B minor) I've married you to
Em 
a great  (E minor) Lord's son.
C 
Am 
Em 
 (C major) He'll make a  (A minor) load for  (E minor) you to wait upon.
G 
Bm 
 (G major) He's  (B minor) young,
A 
Am 
Em 
but he's daily  (A major)  (A minor) grow (E minor) ing
Am 
Em 
Father, dear father,  (A minor) if  (E minor) you see fit
G 
Bm 
Em 
 (G major) We'll  (B minor) send him to college for  (E minor) one year
yet
C 
Am 
Em 
G 
I'll  (C major) tie blue  (A minor) ribbons all  (E minor) around his  (G major) head
Bm 
Am 
To let  (B minor) the maidens know  (A minor) 
Em 
that he's  (E minor) married
Am 
One day I was  (A minor) looking o 'er my
Em 
 (E minor) father's castle wall
G 
Bm 
 (G major) I  (B minor) spied all the boys a
Em 
-play (E minor) ing with the ball
C 
Am 
My  (C major) own true love  (A minor) was a
Em 
G 
 (E minor) flower of them  (G major) all
Bm 
Am 
Em 
He's  (B minor) young, but he's  (A minor) daily grow (E minor) ing
At the age of fourteen,
Am 
Em 
 (A minor) he was  (E minor) a married man
G 
Bm 
Em 
 (G major) At the  (B minor) age of fifteen, the  (E minor) father of a son
C 
Am 
At the  (C major) age of sixteen,  (A minor) 
Em 
his  (E minor) grave it was green
G 
Bm 
Am 
Em 
 (G major) And  (B minor) death had put an en (A minor) d to his  (E minor) glory.