{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2118543,"song":"The Maple Tree","artist":"Grey DeLisle","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11459906-the-maple-tree-chords-by-grey-delisle/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2118543?type=chord","rating":0.06513,"votes":0,"content":"Capo 2\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nPoor bottom Virginia[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nIn the spring of '43[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWaltzin' to your Ma's [/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nClawhammer banjo melody[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nTryin' to catch our breath[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBeneath the lonesome maple tree[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShakin' and a weepin' [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou declared your love for me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nSooner than we'd crossed the [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThreshold of your cabin door[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n'Fore the blossoms fell [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOur country called you off to war[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nI saw you to the station[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd above the engines roar[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShakin' and a weepin' [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E7[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSwore I'd wait forever more[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd then soldier who [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThey mistook for you[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nBore the brunt of the battle and died[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe misguided news[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nEnded my life too[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFor shakin' and a weepin' [/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]E7[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI became your brothers bride[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHangin' out the washin' [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOf a boy I hardly knew[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nHeavy with the promise [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nOnly dyin can undo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou crossed the prairie homeward[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWith your heart beat black and blue[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nShakin' and a weepin' cause your [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWoman proved untrue[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd at the break of day[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWatched your body sway[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nFrom the arm of an old maple tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCut the ropes red braid[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWith the same sweet blade[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat shakin' and a weepin' [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]E7[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSent me swiftly home to thee[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]E7[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWakin' and a sleepin' by your side eternaly[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo 2","chords":["A","D","E7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]}}}