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Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Tall Trees
Intro 
      ||:Em             |C     G        :||x4
-------|----------------|----------------|      -----7----------
-------|----------------|1---1-0---------|      ----------------
-------|----------------|0---0-0---------|      -5/7--(let ring)
-------|--5-4-3-2-------|0h2---0---------|      ----------------
-------|----------0-2-3-|----------------|      ----------------
-3-2-1-|0---------------|------3---3-2-1-|      ----------------
Verse 1
 GYoung leaf from the sCeed that was sGewn
 Two hundred years in the grCoundG  
 EmTall trees hangin' ovCer the rGoad
 Feels like they're starin' me CdownG  
Interlude       Em|  C     G||x2
 GIt's in the way they sway it's the fCeeling I gGet
 They just don't want me aroCundG  
 EmTall trees hangin' ovCer the rGoad
 Feels like they're starin' me CdownG  
 GWho's gonna love you whCen I'm gGone?
 Said the leaves to the lCimbG  
 EmI'll get over you Cin a whGile
 And find somebody new in the SprCingG  
Bridge
 Where the Csun melts the snow, where the water runs down 
 To where the long river flows
 And I lDay with you, missy, in the grass tonight and watch him grDow, grCow, G/Boh, Amohh
Verse 2
 GThink of the way things mCight have bGeen
 Gimme a ride down CtownG  
 EmTall trees hangin' ovCer the roGad
 Feels like they're starin' me CdownG  
 EmTall trees hangin' ovCer the roGad
 Feels like they're starin' me CdownG  
 EmTall trees hangin' ovCer the roGad
 Feels like they're starin' me CdownG  
 They're starin' me CdownG  
 They're starin' me CdownG  
Solo  
           Em|     C        G|         Em|     C         G||
-3-----3-----|3------------|-----------|--------------|
-3h5---3h5---|3h5-3-3------|-----------|--------------|
-------------|------4---pbr|4--2b4r2-0-|2-2b(4)-2b(4)-|
-------------|-------------|-----------|--------------|
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Outro        Em|  C     G||x8   G  

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Tall Trees

by Matt Mays

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G/B

Matt Mays & El Torpedo - Tall Trees

Intro

||:Em |C G :||x4

-------|----------------|----------------| -----7----------

-------|----------------|1---1-0---------| ----------------

-------|----------------|0---0-0---------| -5/7--(let ring)

-------|--5-4-3-2-------|0h2---0---------| ----------------

-------|----------0-2-3-|----------------| ----------------

-3-2-1-|0---------------|------3---3-2-1-| ----------------

Verse 1

G C G

Young leaf from the seed that was sewn

C G

Two hundred years in the ground

Em C G

Tall trees hangin' over the road

C G

Feels like they're starin' me down

Em C G

Interlude | ||x2

G C G

It's in the way they sway it's the feeling I get

C G

They just don't want me around

Em C G

Tall trees hangin' over the road

C G

Feels like they're starin' me down

G C G

Who's gonna love you when I'm gone?

C G

Said the leaves to the limb

Em C G

I'll get over you in a while

C G

And find somebody new in the Spring

Bridge

Where the sun melts the snow, where the water runs down

To where the long river flows

D D C G/B Am

And I lay with you, missy, in the grass tonight and watch him grow, grow, oh, ohh

Verse 2

G C G

Think of the way things might have been

C G

Gimme a ride down town

Em C G

Tall trees hangin' over the road

C G

Feels like they're starin' me down

Em C G

Tall trees hangin' over the road

C G

Feels like they're starin' me down

Em C G

Tall trees hangin' over the road

C G

Feels like they're starin' me down

C G

They're starin' me down

C G

They're starin' me down

Solo

Em C G Em C G

| | | ||

-3-----3-----|3------------|-----------|--------------|

-3h5---3h5---|3h5-3-3------|-----------|--------------|

-------------|------4---pbr|4--2b4r2-0-|2-2b(4)-2b(4)-|

-------------|-------------|-----------|--------------|

Em C G G

Outro | ||x8

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