The Trees They Do Grow High - Martin Carthy Chords
Chords: Em, Bm, A, G, D
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Genre: folk, traditional, english
[Intro]
Em
[Verse 1]
Em Bm
Oh the trees they do grow high and the leaves they do grow green,
Bm A
And many's the cold winter's night my love and I have seen.
G D Em Bm
On a cold winter's night my love you and I alone have been.
Bm Em A Em
Oh my bonny boy is young but he's growing,
G D
Growing, growing,
Em Bm Em
My bonny boy is young but he's growing
[Verse 2]
Em Bm
"Oh father, dear father, you've done to me much harm,
Bm A
For to go and get me married to one who is so young.
G D Em Bm
For he is only sixteen years and I am twenty-one,
Bm Em A Em
Oh my bonny boy is young but he's growing,
G D
Growing, growing,
Em Bm Em
My bonny boy is young but he's growing."
[Verse 3]
Em Bm
"Oh daughter, dear daughter, I'll tell you what I'll do,
Bm A
I'll send your love to college for another year or two.
G D Em Bm
And all around his college cap I'll tie a ribbon blue,
Bm Em A Em
For to let the ladies know that he's married,
G D
Married, married,
Em Bm Em
To let the ladies know that he's married."
[Verse 4]
Em Bm
Now at the age of sixteen he was a married man,
Bm A
And at the age of seventeen the father to a son,
G D Em Bm
And at the age of eighteen the grass grew over him.
Bm Em A Em
Cruel death soon put an end to his growing,
G D
Growing, growing,
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