A Thousand Trees Chords by Stereophonics

_ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ [G] _ Standing [Am] at the bus [G] stop with my shopping in [C] my [G] hands
When I'm over here and [Am] elderly ladies [G] as the rumours start to fly
Hear them in the school yard, [A] in the scrap yard, [G] in the chip shop
[C] In the phone [G] box, in the pool [A] hall, at the shoe [G] store
Every corner turned [C] around
[G] Standing with a schoolgirl [A] who was running
[B] Running home [C] to her mother and dad
Told them [G] she was playing [A] in the change room
[G] Of the [C] local club but Santa [G] said, tell us again
She [Am] told him again, [G] tell us the truth
He found it [C] hard to believe cause he [G] thought I was Steve
He [Am] betrayed me, [G] told him that John was her [C] father's name
[Am] It only takes one truth
[F] To make a [C] thousand matches
[Am] It only takes one match
[F] To [C] burn a [G] thousand _ [A] _ _ _ [Bm] [C] trees
[G] A thousand _ [A] _ [G] _ [C] trees
Sitting [G] in the [A] classroom on a swivel
[G] With a [C] matchstick near the [G] neck
At the [Am] scout's hall, at the football
[G] With a [C] rosary crossed the pair
They [G] all honour his name, did a lot for [A] the [G] game
Got his name [C] marked up above the small [G] town gate
Santa whipped them and [A] down, stamped them [G] to ground
He took [C] all his dust in the barn
It only [Am] takes one truth
[F] To [C] make a thousand matches
It only [Am] takes one match
[F] To [C] burn a thousand [G] _ _ [A] _ _ [G] trees
[C] A [G] thousand _ [Am] trees
[G] _ [C] _ _ _
[D] _ Wake [F] up, [C] smell the [D] rain
Check [F] out his [C] box of [D] sale
Hasn't been [F] on a _ [C] holiday
[D] _
Growing [F] seeds on the [C] leaves
While [G] he's _ [Am] _ [Em] gone
_ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ [C] From [G] _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ the school yard, change room
Playing [C] fields, [G] bathroom, phone box, office box
Conners [C] turned around, he [G] died in the flame
[Am] Tossed in the [G] blame, got his name marked up above the small town gate
Santa whipped them and down, stamped them to ground
He took all his [C] dust in the barn
It [Am] only takes one truth
[F] To make a [C] thousand matches
[Am] It only takes one match
[F] To [C] burn a [G] thousand _ [A] _ _ [G] trees
[C] _ _ [G] _ [Am] Thousand _ [G] trees
[C] _ [G] _ _ [Am] Thousand _ [G] truths
[C] _ [G] _ _ _ [A] Thousand [G] trees
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