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'