{"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":2300939,"song":"The Trees They Do Grow High","artist":"Wild Silk","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11481244-the-trees-they-do-grow-high-chords-by-wild-silk/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2300939?type=chord","rating":4.98515,"votes":8,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTrees they grow high and the leaves they do grow green[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMany years that I my true love have seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMany an hour I watched him all alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe's young but he is daily growin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFather, dear father, you done me great wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou married me to a boy who is too young[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI'm twice twelve and he is just forteen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe's young but he is daily growin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nDaughter, dearest daughter, I've done you no wrong[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nI married you to a great Lord's son[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe'll be a man to you when I am dead and gone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe's young but he is daily growin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFather, dear father, if you see fit[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou send my love to college for one year yet[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTie blue ribbons all around his head[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTo let the ladies know that he's married[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOne day I was looking from my father's castle' wall[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSaw the little boys all playing with their ball[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMy own true love was the flower of them all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe's young but he is daily growin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTrees they grow high and the leaves they do grow green[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMany years that I my true love have seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMany an hour I watched him all alone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHe's young but he is daily growin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAge of forteen he was a married man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAge of fifteen a father of a son[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nAge of sixteen on his grave the grass grew green[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCruel death it put an end with growin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nCruel death it put an end with growin[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]","chords":["Em","D","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]}}}