Judy Collins – Wedding Song (Guitar)

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There is a bamboo tree that blooms

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Only once in a hundred years

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This is the year, your wedding year

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And the bamboo blossoms just for you

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For you the Columbine is blue

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The paint brush flames upon the hills

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For Allison and Denver John

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A double sunrise lights the dawn

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I've watched you blossom since you met

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You've made a garden out of love

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With splendid flowers and bowered paths

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Where I am satisfied to walk

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There was a thorn in Denver's side

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That Allison has pruned and clipped

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A sorrow Allison could hide

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That Denver soothed and comforted

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Each tending to the others need

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Tears and smiles looked after now

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The thorns and sorrows have their place

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In proper balance, like the stars

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You are both brave and beautiful

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My brother, whom I've loved for life

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And now a sister, newly mine

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To love and treasure day and night

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Home to the mountains, then, we come

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To celebrate in unison

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All peace, and pleasure, joy and bliss

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To Denver John and Allison

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Today for you the Columbine is blue

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The paint brush flames upon the hills

    C   G       C      Am
For Allison and Denver John

         F       G          C    Am  G  C
A double sunrise lights the dawn