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Tree By The River

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Capo on fret 3 (as written in this song)

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capo on 3
[Verse]
MGary Anne, do you rememCber
the tree by the Amriver
when we were sevenGteen?
GDark canyon wall, the call and thCe answer
and the mare in the Ampasture
pitch black and baring its Gteeth.
I recall the sun in our faces,
stuck and leaning on braces,
and being strangers to change.
Radio and the bones we found frozen,
and all the thorns and the roses
beneath your window pane.
[Chorus]
AmNow I’m asleep in a cGar, I mean the world
to a Ampotty-mouth girl,
a pretty pair of blue-eyed Gbirds.
AmTime isn’t kind or unkinGd, you liked to say.
But I Amwonder to who
what it is you’re saying Gtoday.
Now I’m asleep in a car, I mean the world
to a potty-mouth girl,
a pretty pair of blue-eyed birds.
Time isn’t kind or unkind, you liked to say.
But I wonder to who
what it is you’re saying today.
[Verse]
Mary Anne, do you remember
the tree by the river
when we were seventeen?
Dark canyon road, I was coy in the half-moon;
happy just to be with you,
and you were happy for me.
G320003
C332000
Amxx2010
All chords in this song (3)

The story behind the song

Iron & Wine is the stage name of American singer-songwriter Samuel Ervin Beam, who began his musical journey while working as a film and cinematography professor. He chose his unique moniker from a dietary supplement he spotted in a general store. This song, "Tree By The River," appears on the release "KFOG: Live From the Archives 18." It plays like a quiet reflection, perhaps evoking a sense of enduring solitude or a deep connection to nature.

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