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A Tree Too Weak To Stand

Biography:

Gordon Meredith Lightfoot, Jr., (born November 17, 1938) is a Canadian singer and songwriter who achieved international success in folk, country, and popular music. He came to prominence in the 1960s, and broke through on the international music charts in the 1970s with songs such as "If You Could Read My Mind" (1970), "Sundown" (1974) and "The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald" (1976). His songs have been recorded by some of the world's most successful recording artists, including Elvis Presley, Johnny Cash and Bob Dylan.

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A Tree Too Weak To Stand - Gordon Lightfoot
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Tabbed by:Skilly1
E-mail: [email protected]

Tuning: Standard

Capo 3rd fret

This pattern is the chords below and they are played for the intro and throughout the song

e|------------2------------------2--------------------2-----------------|
B|------------3------------------3--------------------3-----------------|
G|------------2------------------2--------------------0-----------------|
D|------------0------------------x--------------------0-----------------|
A|-------------------4-----------------------2---------------------0----|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|

-------2----------------0--------------2--------|
-------3----------------2--------------3--------|
-------2----------------2--------------2--------|
-------0----------------2--------------0--------|
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D D/C# Gmaj7/B D/A A D
I see a place where candles burn and lovers rest tonight

D D/C# Gmaj7/B D/A A D
The hollow sound inside me now keeps telling me to write

G D G D A
But songs of love will never leave love's feelings undefiled

D D/C# Gmaj7/B D/A A D
The tide has turned, the waves roll in, the waters fill my eyes

The price of lust has risen till the ceiling will not stand

The tears I shed were not in shame, the world was in my hands

If trust was just a simple thing then trusting I would be

But deep within my soul I know it's better to be free

The days fly by, the waves roll in, but freedom has not come

I fear my faith will soon give out, my senses come undone

My role is played, the demon dogs come stealin' o'er land

And foolish I would climb once more a tree too weak to stand

I see a place where candles burn and lovers rest tonight

The hollow sound inside me now keeps telling me to write

But songs of love should not be sung where staying is not planned

And foolish I would climb once more a tree too weak to stand

And foolish I would climb once more a tree too weak to stand