{"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":2668122,"song":"Cottonwood Tree","artist":"Marty Robbins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2668122-cottonwood-tree-chords-by-marty-robbins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2668122?type=chord","rating":4.76137,"votes":27,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI rode into Tucson three hours ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor supplies and a short friendly game[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nOf poker while Smitty put some new shoes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOn old Dan before he goes lame[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI sat in a game at the Miner's Saloon[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSoon I had doubled my stake[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThe cards run like they'd been dealt by Lady Luck[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey were just sealing my fate[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA young cowboy lost more than he could afford[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd accused me of dealing too smart[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis draw was too slow and he fell to the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G7[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith three bullets close to the heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh cottonwood tree are you waiting for me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWaiting to take me away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've done no wrong but the town cannot see[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd so with my life I must pay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nA crowd started gathering the sheriff came in[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI handed him over my gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWas then when I found out the boy I had killed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWas the town's biggest man's only son[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI tried to explain I had shot in defense[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt was the young cowboy or me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThe crowd wouldn't listen so they drug me out[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo the limb of this cottonwood tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nMajestically standing out here all alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's spring and the valley is green[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBut I can't admire a place I don't belong[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo me it's all like a bad dream[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut old Dan's beneath me with new shoes and all[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs they place the noose round my neck[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCowboys I've never laid eyes on before[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAre tying my hands to my back[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh cottonwood tree are you waiting for me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWaiting to take me away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've done no wrong but the town cannot see[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd so with my life I must pay[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nI see hate in the eyes of the town's biggest man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs he pulls a branch from the tree[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo whip the backside of my old pony Dan[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo he'll run out from under me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nInsane he won't listen to my last appeal[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA wild grin has covered his face[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAs I tried to reason just how he would feel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf he were up here in my place[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 10]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThere's many a mountain trail I'll never ride[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nGreen valleys I'll never see[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nA young cowboy died and a man's foolish pride[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBrought me to this cottonwood tree[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 11]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy face is turned upward and I cannot breathe[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe sky's growing dark overhead[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe knot's pulling tight as my body sweeps free[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G7[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA few moments more I'll be dead[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nOh cottonwood tree were you put here for me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPut here to take me away[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've done no wrong but the town cannot see[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd so with my life I must pay[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 10]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 11]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["C","G7","F","A","Em","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}