The Trees They Grow High Chords by The John Renbourn Group

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[Em] _ _ _ _ _ Trees they [A] grow [Bm] high [Em] and the leaves they do grow [G] green
Many [D] is the time [Em] my true love I've seen
_ [G] Many an hour [Em] I've watched him all alone
[G] He's young [D] but he's [Em] daily growing _ _ _ _
Father, _ _ _ _ dear father, you've done me great [G] wrong
You've [D] married me [Em] to a boy who is too young
_ [G] I'm twice twelve [Em]
and he is but fourteen
[G] He's young but [D] he's [Em] daily growing _ _ _ _
_ Daughter, _ _ _ dear [A] [Bm] daughter, [Em] I've done you no [G] wrong
I've [D] married you to [Em] a brave lord's son
He'll be a man to you when I am dead and gone
He's young [D] but he's daily [Em] growing _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Father, [A] dear [Bm] father, [Em] if you see fit
[G] We'll send my lad to [D] _ college for [Em] one year yet
Tie [G] blue [A] _ [Em] ribbons all around his head
[G] To let the ladies [D] know [Em] that he's married _ _ _ _
One _ _ day I [A] was looking on [Em] my father's castle [G] wall
Saw all [D] the boys [Em] all playing at the ball
My own [Bm] true love [Em] was the flower of them all
[G] He's young but [D] he's [Em] daily growing _ _ _
At _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
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[Gm] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
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_ _ _ the age of [A]
fourteen [Bm] [Em] he was a married man
[G]
Age [D] of fifteen the [Em] father of a son
_ Age of [D] sixteen on [Em] his grave the grass was green
[G] Cruel death had [D] put an end [E] to his growing
[Em] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ I'll make [G] my love [A] a [Bm] [Em] shroud of the fallen so [G] fine
Every [D] stitch I put in it [Em] the tears come a trickling down
Once [A] I had a true [Bm] love [Em] but now I've never won
[G] But I'll watch over his [D] son while [A] he's growing _ _
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