A Day In The Life Of A Tree by Suzzy And Maggie Roche
Key:AA| Capo:0fr|
IntroGVerse 1
Feel the wind burn through my skin
CG
The pain, the air is killing me
For years my limbs stretched to the sky
AmCGA nest for birds to sit and sing
Verse 2CDEm
But now my branches suffer
GAm
And my leaves don't bear the glow
CG
They did so long ago
Verse 3CGCG
One day I was full of life
CDG
My sap was rich and I was strong
CG
From seed to tree I grew so tall
CDG
Through wind and rain I could not fall
Verse 4CDCmEm
But now my branches suffer
CGAm
And my leaves don't offer
DG
Poetry to men of song
Verse 5]
C
Trees like me weren't meant to live
GC
If all this world can give
G
Pollution and slow death
Verse 6]
Oh, lord, I lay me down
AmG
There's no life to be found
There's nothing left for a tree like me
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