The Yew Tree   (Battlefield Band)

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DmA (xx0231@1)mile frae Pentcaitland, on the road to the sea
Stands a yew tree a thousand years old
And the old women swear by the grey o' their hair
That it knows what the future will hold
        G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)            DmFor (xx0231@1)the shadows of Scotland stand round it
         C (x32010@1)                       G'Mid (320003@1)the kail and the corn and the kye
        F (133211@1)                      CAll (x32010@1)the hopes and the fears of a thousand long years
Dm (xx0231@1)      C (x32010@1)     BbUnder (x1333x@1)the Lothian sky
              CMy (x32010@1)bonnie yew tree
                     DmTell (xx0231@1)me what did you see

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Em (022000@1)             D (xx0232@1)         C (x32010@1)         EmDid (022000@1)you look through the haze o' the lang summer days
        C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)         EmTae (022000@1)the South and the far English border
       Em (022000@1)       D (xx0232@1)      C (x32010@1)           EmA' (022000@1)the bonnets o' steel on Flodden's far field
         C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)          EmDid (022000@1)they march by your side in good order
        A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)            EmDid (022000@1)you ask them the price o' their glory
         D (xx0232@1)                         AWhen (x02220@1)you heard the great slaughter begin
        G (320003@1)                            D (xx0232@1)         Bm (x24432@1)  
For the dust o' their bones would rise up from the stones
         Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)         EmTo (022000@1)bring tears to the eyes o' the wind
              DMy (xx0232@1)bonnie yew tree
                     Em (022000@1)   C (x32010@1)  Em (022000@1)  
Tell me what did you see
 
    Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)           C (x32010@1)          EmNot (022000@1)once did you speak for the poor and the weak
         C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)         EmWhen (022000@1)the moss-troopers lay in your shade
   Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)         C (x32010@1)           EmTo (022000@1)count out the plunder and hide frae the thunder
    C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)             EmAnd (022000@1)share out the spoils o' their raid
    A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)           EmBut (022000@1)you saw the smiles o' the gentry
        D (xx0232@1)                        AAnd (x02220@1)the laughter of lords at their gains
         G (320003@1)                       D (xx0232@1)           
When the poor hunt the poor across mountain and moor
    Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)          EmThe (022000@1)rich man can keep them in chains
              DMy (xx0232@1)bonnie yew tree 
                     Em (022000@1)   C (x32010@1) Em (022000@1)Tell me what did you see

Em (022000@1)          D (xx0232@1)       C (x32010@1)          EmDid (022000@1)you no' think tae tell when John Knox himsel'
         C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)          EmPreached (022000@1)under your branches sae black
      Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)            C (x32010@1)         EmTo (022000@1)the poor common folk who would lift up the yoke
       C (x32010@1)         D (xx0232@1)                EmO' (022000@1)the bishops and priests frae their backs
    A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)        EmBut (022000@1)you knew the bargain he sold them
    D (xx0232@1)                  AAnd (x02220@1)freedom was only one part
        G (320003@1)                        D (xx0232@1)        Bm (x24432@1)
For the price o' their souls was a gospel sae cold
N.C.
It would freeze up the joy in their hearts
              DMy (xx0232@1)bonnie yew tree 
                     Em (022000@1)    C (x32010@1) EmTell (022000@1)me what did you see

Solo

Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1)Am (x02210@1)D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) Em (022000@1)F (133211@1) Em (022000@1)F (133211@1) Em (022000@1)F (133211@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)Em (022000@1)                         
And I thought as I stood and laid hands on your wood
    
That it might be a kindness to fell you
            
One kiss o' the axe and you're freed frae the racks
       C (x32010@1)        D (xx0232@1)            EmO' (022000@1)the sad bloody tales that men tell you

Slowed down
      A (x02220@1)           D (xx0232@1)           EmBut (022000@1)a wee bird flew out from your branches
    D (xx0232@1)                 AAnd (x02220@1)sang out as never before
        G (320003@1)                      D (xx0232@1)            Bm (x24432@1)
And the words o' the song were a thousand years long
       Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)           EmAnd (022000@1)to learn them's a long thousand more
              DMy (xx0232@1)bonnie yew tree 
                     EmTell (022000@1)me what CAN you see



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