Capo: 4 Intro: Am Em Am Em VERSE 1: Am G Am Way up in the mountains on the high timberline G Dm G Am there's a twisted old tree called the bristle cone pine F Am G Am the wind there it's bitter and cut's like a knife G Dm G Am Em Am And keeps that tree holdin on for dear life VERSE 2: Am G Am Hold on it does stand in it's ground G Dm G Am Standing as empires rise and fall down F Am G Am When Jesus was gathering lambs to his fold G Dm G Am Em Am The tree was already a thousand years old CHORUS 1: F C G C Now the way I have lived there aint no way to tell F C G when I die if I'm goin' to heaven or hell F C G Am so when I'm laid to rest it'll suite me just fine F G Am to sleep at the feet of the Bristlecone Pine VERSE 3: Am G Am And as I would slowly return to this earth G Dm G Am What little this body of mine might be worth F Am G Am It'd soon start to nourish the roots of that tree G Dm G Am Em Am And it would par - take of the essence of me VERSE 4: Am G Am And who knows but that as the century's turn G Dm G Am A small spark in me might continue to burn F Am G Am As long as the sun does continue to shine G Dm G Am Em Am Down on the limbs of the Bristlecone Pine CHORUS 2: F C G C By the way I have lived there aint no way to tell F C G When I die if I'm goin to heaven or hell F C G Am But I'd just soon serve out eternity's time F G Am Asleep at the feet of the Bristlecone Pine REPEAT CHORUS 2 Charlie Sizemore official page: http://www.charliesizemoreband.com/?page_id=13