Donovan – Young But Growing (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Versions (2)

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As recorded by Donovan (From the 1990 Album RISING - CD BONUS TRACK) [Verse 1]
Em                       Am
  The trees they do grow high

    Em                  G
The leaves they do grow green

Bm                 Em
Many's the time my love I have seen

C        Am      Em                 G
Many the hour, I watched him on the go

     Bm             Am    Em
He's young but he's daily growing
[Verse 2]
Em           Am
Father, dear father

       Em               G        
You've done to me great wrong

Bm                     Em                      
You've married me to a boy who is too young

C         Am         Em            G          
I'm twice twelve and he is but fourteen

           Bm       Am    Em        
He's young but he's daily growing
[Verse 3]
Em             Am                       
Daughter, dear daughter

     Em             G        
I've done to you no wrong

Bm                    Em                
I've married you to a rich man's son

             Am                     G       
He'll make a Lord for you to wed to borne

           Bm       Am    Em               
He's young but he's daily growing
[Verse 4]
Em              Am       
Oh father, dear father

      Em           G     
If in you besee-ee fit

          Bm                 Em              
I'll send him to college for one year yet

C             Am      Em             G         
I'll tie blue ribbons all around his head

   Bm              Am             Em            
To let the maidens know that he's married
[Flute Solo] Em Am Em [Verse 5]
Em                  Am         
One day while I was walking

      Em              G      
On my father's castle wall

  Bm                     Em                       
I saw the boys they were playin' with the ball

C           Am           Em             G        
My own true love was the flower of them all

     Bm             Am    Em               
He's young but he's daily growing
[Verse 6]
Em            Am                     
At the age of fifteen

   Em            G      
He was a married man

Bm                    Em                 
The age of sixteen, a father of a son

C          Am                             G      
The age of seventeen, the grass grew over him

     Bm               Am         Em          
Grew that soon put an end to his growing
[Verse 7]
    Am                                  
The trees they do grow high

    Em                  G       
The leaves they do grow green

Bm                 Em                  
Many's the time my love I have seen

C        Am                 Em   G        
Many the hour I watched him all alone

     Bm             Am           Em                            
He's young but he's daily growing