A Thousand Trees Chords by Stereophonics

[G] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ [G] _ Standing [Am] at the bus stop [G] with my shopping [C] in my hands
When [G] I'm over here and elder [Am] [G] ladies as the rumours [C] start to fly
[G] I hear them in the school [Am] yard, in the scrap [G] yard, in the chip shop
In [C] the phone [G] box, in the pool hall, [A] at the shoe store
[G] Every corner [C] turned around
[G] Sometimes with a school [A] girl who was running
[G] When he hugged her [C] her mum and dad
[G] Sometimes she was playing [A] in the change [G] room
Of the local [C] football side
I [G] said tell us again, she told him [A] again
Tell us [G] the truth if [C] only he'd believe
[G] That he'd turn out a steed
He'd [A] betray me, thought I [G] could jive
[C] As I followed three
It only [Am] takes one dream
[F] To make a [C] thousand matches
It [Am] only takes one match
[F] To [C] burn a [G] thousand _ [A] _
_ [Bm] trees
[C] A [G] thousand _ [A] _
[G] trees
_ [C] _ [G] Sitting in the [A] classroom, on the swimming [G] pool
With a [C] matchstick man and [G] me
At the scouts [Am] hall, at the football
With [G] the wives [C] we trust
Hey they [G] all honour his name, did a lot for the [A] [G] game
Let his name [C] rise up above the small [G] town gates
And they're looking them [A] down, stamping the [G] ground
You'd tip on [C] the dust in the barn, [Am] it only takes one dream
[F] To make [C] a thousand matches
It only [Am] takes one match
[F] To [C] burn a thousand [G] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] [C] trees
[G] A thousand _
[Am] _ _ [G] [C] trees
_ _ [D] _
Wake [F] up, [C] smell the [D] rain
Check [F] out, he's [C] back to say
[D] _
Hasn't been [F] on a _ [C] holiday
_ [D] Growing [F] seeds, don't [C] believe
Why [G] he's [Am]
gone
[Em] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] From [Am] _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] the school yard, change room
Laying [C] fields, bathroom
[G] Phone box, office blocks
His heart is [C] turned around, he's [G] out on the flame
Tossing the blame
Let his name rise [C] up above the small town [G] gates
And they're ripping him down, stamping the ground
You'd tip on [Am] the dust in the barn, it only takes one dream
[F] To make [C] a thousand matches
[Am] It only takes one match
[F] To [C] burn a [G] thousand _ [Am] _
_ _ [G] [C] trees
A [G] thousand _ [A] _
_ [G] trees
A [C] _ [G] thousand _ [Am] _
[G] trees
_ [C] A [G] thousand _ [A] _
_ [G] trees
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _