Joan Baez – The Trees They Do Grow High (Guitar)

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[Intro] Em C Em C [Verse 1]
Em              A             C                   G
Trees they grow high and the leaves they do grow green

Bm          Am     Em              G
Many's the time my true love I've seen

Em       A      C              G
Many an hour I watched him all alone

     Bm              Am    Em   A  Em C Em
He's young but he is daily growin'
[Verse 2]
Em           A               C            G
Father, dear father, you've done me great wrong

Bm          Am      Em             G
You married me to a boy who is too young

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

     Bm              Am    Em   A  Em C Em C
He's young but he is daily growin'
[Verse 3]
Em              A             C            G
Daughter, dear daughter, I've done you no wrong

Bm        Am       Em              G
I married you to a great Lord's son

Em          A         C                  G
He'll be a man to you when I am dead and gone

     Bm              Am    Em   A  Em C Em
He's young but he is daily growin'
[Verse 4]
Em              A             C                   G
Father, dear father, if you see fit

Bm          Am     Em              G
You send my love to college for one year yet

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

    Bm              Am            Em   A  Em C Em
To let the maidens know that he's married
[Verse 5]
Em              A             C                   G
One day I was looking o'er my father's castle' wall

Bm          Am     Em              G
Saw the little boys all playing with their ball

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

     Bm              Am    Em   A  Em C Em
He's young but he is daily growin'
[Verse 6]
Em              A             C                   G
Trees they grow high and the leaves they do grow green

Bm          Am     Em              G
Many's the time my true love I've seen

Em       A      C              G
Many an hour I watched him all alone

     Bm              Am    Em   A  Em C Em C
He's young but he is daily growin'
[Verse 7]
Em              A             C        G
At the Age of forteen he was a married man

       Bm          Am    Em          G
At the Age of fifteen a father of a son

       Em         A       C             G
At the Age of sixteen his grave it was green

      Bm               Am         Em   A  Em C Em
Cruel death had put an end to his growin'