Chords for Stereophonics - A Thousand Trees (Official Video)
Tempo:
111.5 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Am
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Key:
G
C
Am
A
F
G
C
Am
[G] .
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[Am] [G] [C] .
[G] [Am] [G] [C] .
[G] [Am] [G] .
[C] [G] I'm over here in [Am] elder ladies [G] as the rumors [C] start to fly.
[G] Hear them in the school yard, [Am] 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 school girl [A] who was running, [G] running home [C] to her mom and dad.
Told them [G] she was playing [A] in the change room [G] of the [C] locker room from beside her.
Said tell [G] us again, told [A] him again, tell [G] us the truth, [C] he found it hard to believe.
cause he [G] thought I was Steve, he [A] betrayed me.
[G] Thought I could [C] jive with a father of three.
[Am] Only takes one tree [F] to make a [C] thousand matches.
[Am] Only takes one match [F] to [C] burn a [G] thousand [A] .
[Bm] [C] trees.
[G] [A] .
[G] [C] See it in [G] the [A] classroom, or the swimming pool, [G] or the match [C] that you never [G] met.
At the [A] scout's home, at the football, [G] or the [C] Wazoo trust.
Hey they [G] all honor his name, did a lot for [A] the [G] game.
He had his name [C] marked up above the sports [G] ground gates.
And they're ripping [A] them down, stamping [G] the ground.
He took [C] all his best in the [Am] bar, no longer takes one tree.
[F] To [C] make a thousand matches, only [Am] takes one match.
[F] To [C] burn a thousand [G] [A] .
[G] [C] trees, [G] thousand [Am] .
[G] [C] trees.
[D] Wake up, [F] [C] smell the [D] rain, check [F] out his [C] back.
He said [D] he hasn't been [F] on a [C] holiday.
[D] Growing [F] seeds, don't [C] believe, while [G] he's [Am] been [Em].
away.
[C] [G] [Am] .
[G] [C] [G] [Am] .
[G] [C] [G] .
In the school yard, change room, playing [C] fields, [G] bathroom, phone box, office blocks.
Harness [C] turned around, he [G] died in the flame, tossing the blame.
Got his name marked [C] up above the [G] sports ground gates.
Now they're ripping him down, stamping the ground.
He took all his [C] best in the bar, no [Am] longer takes one tree.
[F] To make [C] a thousand matches, [Am] only takes one match.
[F] To [C] burn a [G] thousand [Am] .
[G] trees, [C] [G] thousand [Am] .
[G] trees.
[C] [G] [Am] Thousand trees, [G] [C] [G] thousand [A] .
[G] [C] trees.
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[N] .
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[Am] [G] [C] .
[G] [Am] [G] [C] .
[G] [Am] [G] .
[C] [G] I'm over here in [Am] elder ladies [G] as the rumors [C] start to fly.
[G] Hear them in the school yard, [Am] 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 school girl [A] who was running, [G] running home [C] to her mom and dad.
Told them [G] she was playing [A] in the change room [G] of the [C] locker room from beside her.
Said tell [G] us again, told [A] him again, tell [G] us the truth, [C] he found it hard to believe.
cause he [G] thought I was Steve, he [A] betrayed me.
[G] Thought I could [C] jive with a father of three.
[Am] Only takes one tree [F] to make a [C] thousand matches.
[Am] Only takes one match [F] to [C] burn a [G] thousand [A] .
[Bm] [C] trees.
[G] [A] .
[G] [C] See it in [G] the [A] classroom, or the swimming pool, [G] or the match [C] that you never [G] met.
At the [A] scout's home, at the football, [G] or the [C] Wazoo trust.
Hey they [G] all honor his name, did a lot for [A] the [G] game.
He had his name [C] marked up above the sports [G] ground gates.
And they're ripping [A] them down, stamping [G] the ground.
He took [C] all his best in the [Am] bar, no longer takes one tree.
[F] To [C] make a thousand matches, only [Am] takes one match.
[F] To [C] burn a thousand [G] [A] .
[G] [C] trees, [G] thousand [Am] .
[G] [C] trees.
[D] Wake up, [F] [C] smell the [D] rain, check [F] out his [C] back.
He said [D] he hasn't been [F] on a [C] holiday.
[D] Growing [F] seeds, don't [C] believe, while [G] he's [Am] been [Em].
away.
[C] [G] [Am] .
[G] [C] [G] [Am] .
[G] [C] [G] .
In the school yard, change room, playing [C] fields, [G] bathroom, phone box, office blocks.
Harness [C] turned around, he [G] died in the flame, tossing the blame.
Got his name marked [C] up above the [G] sports ground gates.
Now they're ripping him down, stamping the ground.
He took all his [C] best in the bar, no [Am] longer takes one tree.
[F] To make [C] a thousand matches, [Am] only takes one match.
[F] To [C] burn a [G] thousand [Am] .
[G] trees, [C] [G] thousand [Am] .
[G] trees.
[C] [G] [Am] Thousand trees, [G] [C] [G] thousand [A] .
[G] [C] trees.
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[N] .