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There was A Tall oak Tree
Glen Campbell
[Intro]
A E A F#m A E F#m
A E A F#m A E C
[Verse 1]
N.C                    A   E                  A  
There was a tall oak tree
That loved the F#mbabblin' AbrookE  
F#mAnd the babblin' AbrookE  
ALoved the F#mmountain highA  E  F#m  
And the mountain hiAgh.....E  A  
Loved the sky aboveF#m  
You know The BCreator looked down
And Esaw everytE7hing was loAve lDove loAve
[Verse 2]
N.C                A   E  A  
Then he took a bone
And a piece of mud E  A  
He made a F#mman and a AwomanE  A  
To be Eflesh and AbloodE  A  
But then aElong came the AdevilE  A  
From up out of the ground E  F#m  
You know    Bhe tempted woman
And Ethat spread E7sin all Aaround D  A  
[Chorus]
If she'd Dleft that appleBb  
On the apple tree
There'd be no Ftears an Bbsorrow
We'd live eternally
[Verse 3]
But then along came ManD#  Bb  
And burned the oak tree downD#  Bb  
And now the babblin' brookD#  Bb  
Well it's a solid groundD#  Bb  
And the mountains highD#  Bb  
They don't stand so highDm  Gm  
And there's a Ccloud of smoke
That Fcovers up the F7clear blue Bbsky D#  Bb  
[Chorus]
If she'd left that appleB  E  B  
On the apple treeE  B  
There'd be no tears an sorrowE  B  
We'd live EeternaBlly
[Verse 4]
Then along came CManF  C  
To burned the oak tree downF  C  
And now the babblin' brookF  C  
Lord it's solid groundF  C  
And the mountains highF  C  
Well they don't stand so high.G..Am...
And there's a Dcloud of smoke
That Fcovers up the F7clear blue Csky F  C  
[Verse 5]
There was a tall oak treeF  C  
That loved a Fbabblin' CbrookF  C  
And the Fbabblin' CbrookG  
CLoved the Fmountians Chigh.G..C..
And the FMountians ChighG  C  
They loved the Fsky abCoveG  C  
Oh the Creator Glooked Cdown
He saw Fnothin' but CloveG  C  
[Outro]
There Fwas a tall Coak treeG  C  
There was a Ftall oak CtreeG  C  
There was a Ftall oak CtreeG  C  G  C  
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There Was A Tall Oak Tree

by Glen Campbell

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F#m

There was A Tall oak Tree

Glen Campbell

[Intro]

A E A F#m A E F#m

A E A F#m A E C

[Verse 1]

A E A

N.C

There was a tall oak tree

F#m A E

That loved the babblin' brook

F#m A E

And the babblin' brook

A F#m A E F#m

Loved the mountain high

A E A

And the mountain high.....

F#m

Loved the sky above

You know The Creator looked down

E E7 A D A

And saw everything was love love love

[Verse 2]

A E A

N.C

Then he took a bone

E A

And a piece of mud

F#m A E A

He made a man and a woman

E A E A

To be flesh and blood

E A E A

But then along came the devil

E F#m

From up out of the ground

You know he tempted woman

E E7 A D A

And that spread sin all around

[Chorus]

D Bb

If she'd left that apple

On the apple tree

F Bb

There'd be no tears an sorrow

We'd live eternally

[Verse 3]

D# Bb

But then along came Man

D# Bb

And burned the oak tree down

D# Bb

And now the babblin' brook

D# Bb

Well it's a solid ground

D# Bb

And the mountains high

Dm Gm

They don't stand so high

And there's a cloud of smoke

F F7 Bb D# Bb

That covers up the clear blue sky

[Chorus]

B E B

If she'd left that apple

E B

On the apple tree

E B

There'd be no tears an sorrow

E B

We'd live eternally

[Verse 4]

C F C

Then along came Man

F C

To burned the oak tree down

F C

And now the babblin' brook

F C

Lord it's solid ground

F C

And the mountains high

G Am

Well they don't stand so high......

And there's a cloud of smoke

F F7 C F C

That covers up the clear blue sky

[Verse 5]

F C

There was a tall oak tree

F C F C

That loved a babblin' brook

F C G

And the babblin' brook

C F C G C

Loved the mountians high.....

F C G C

And the Mountians high

F C G C

They loved the sky above

G C

Oh the Creator looked down

F C G C

He saw nothin' but love

[Outro]

F C G C

There was a tall oak tree

F C G C

There was a tall oak tree

F C G C G C

There was a tall oak tree

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