The white birch and the sycamore chords by Peggy Lee

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Verse 1
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 (E minor)  (D major)  (G major)  (F sharpdim)  (B major)  (E minor) One day  (A minor) 
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 (F sharpdim) when I    (E minor) was   (F sharpdim) feel     ing very low
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 (E minor) My love had gone and  (F sharpdim) oh I loved him so
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The  (E minor) sky  was dim, the  (C major) grass was  (G major) gray
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 (B major) And then I heard the white  (F sharpdim) birch     (B major) say
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 (E minor) Yes  the white birch said to the sycamore

Verse 2
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Did you see him  (A minor) walk ing  (G major) out the door?
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 (E minor) If he'd bend a bit,  (C major) it would  (E minor) help a lot
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 (F sharpdim) Cause    the  (E minor) trees all  (F sharpdim) know
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what the  (E minor) man   (A minor) forgot
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Verse 3

My love,

will you go walking through the trees

And hear them talking with the gentle breeze

I turn to go and heard again

A conversation with a ram

Yes the buled mouse said to the little

Verse 4
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Do you think he's com (D major) ing
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 (G major) home again?
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 (E minor) If he'd been a  (C major) bit, it  (E minor) would help a lot
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Cause the trees all know  (F sharpdim)  (E minor) what the man
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 (A minor)  (E minor) for  got  (A minor)  (E minor) 

Verse 5
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I stayed  (E minor) a while and watched
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the  (F sharpdim) daylight go
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 (E minor) The sun had set and left
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a  (A minor) lovely glow  (F sharpdim) 
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The  (E minor) little sounds of  (C major) earth and sky  (G major) 
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 (E minor) Still  (F sharpdim) give  (B major) me hope
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that he'll  (F sharpdim) pass by  (B major) 

Verse 6
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 (E minor) And the crickets  (F sharpdim) chirped   (A minor) till the
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 (E minor) shades grew long
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And the little bird  (D major) sang an  (G major) evening song
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 (E minor) Then the white birch said  (C major) 
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to the sy (E minor) camore
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 (G major)  (F sharpdim) There's   (E minor) the key that  (F sharpdim) fit      s
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 (A minor) to his  (E minor) own   (A minor) front  (E minor) door
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 (A minor)  (C major)  (E minor) 