Chords for Zane Williams "The Oak Tree And The Weed"

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_ _ _ _ _ [F#] [A] My precious darling [E] daughter with your [F#] curls all [B] in a mess
[E] Lie down and spill, let me tell [D] you a story [A] while you rest
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[A] It's a tale about a couple [E] of [F#] sprouts each grown from a tiny [E] seed
One was a baby oak [D] tree and the [A] other was a weed
Now spring came with its heavy [E] rain and [F#] that weed got an early start
[G] [E] It grew up quickly but he was [D] prickly and [A] hollow in his heart
_ That oak tree, he was tiny, [E] just [F#] a twig and [B] not much [F#] more
[E] But there was something strong about him, [D] something sturdy [A] in his core
[B] Well [D] summer came and that weed was [A] the biggest, baddest thing [G#] around
[E] Soaking up all the water while everyone else was [A] turning [Em] brown
[D] He was quite the sight at his [A] height, right near six feet tall
[B] And all the pretty _ [E] wildflowers loved him best of all
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_ _ [E] [A] Well summer turned to autumn [E] [B] and the green leaves turned to [Em] gold
[E] One clear night when the [G] moon was [D] bright there came a [A] freezing cold
A killing frost [E] crept across that [F#] meadow and [B] cast its [G] spell
[E] And in the morning there lay the [D] weed, withered [A] where he fell
_ [F#m] Well winter that year was bitter, cruel and icy [C#] cold
And the snow piled up in drifts along the fence line by the road
[B] And if anything was living it was hidden out of [F#] sight
Hunkering down and [C#] hoping just to make it [F#m] through the night _
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[A] Ah but then the wind blew [E] warm again, [B] the way it always does
[E] Tulips popped up through the [D] snow and the bees began [A] to buzz
_ That weed that once had been so [Em] tall was [F#] now just [G] a memory
_ [E] But there where once a twig had been [D] now stood a [A] young oak tree
_ [F#] [A] He kept right on [E] growing [Bm] and grew up straight and true and tall
[E] And every spring he watched those weeds [D] come up just to wither [A] in the fall
_ He stood through floods and droughts and [E] bouts with [F#] bugs and wind and hail
[E] But his trunk was deeply rooted [D] and his big heart [A] never failed _
[C#] [D] Now a days he stands majestic, [A] the tallest thing for [F#] miles
[E] Mighty arms [G] outstretched to [A] catch the sun when it smiles
[Em] [D] The birds nest in his branches [A] and the deer rest in his [A#] shade
[B] The [F#m] squirrel [B] sitting on [F#] [G] burls eating [E] his acorns, have it made
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my daughter, many [Em] years from now [B] a boy will come along
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[E] He'll catch your eye and make you sigh [D] with a smile [A] or with a song
_ And you'll want to cling together, [E] take a [F#] run and go [B] at [E] life
And he'll kneel and tell you [D] how he feels and he'll ask you to [A] be his wife
_ [G#m] [D] And I'll gladly give you to him [A] when that day finally [E] comes
Knowing I won't lose a daughter but instead I'll [A] gain a son
[D] Just as long as you remember [A] my little [C#] tale about [D] two _ seeds
[Bm] And you make sure that [E] boy's an oak tree, _ _ _ [D] not a weed
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