• Song:

    Prettiest Tree On The Mountain

  • Artist:

    Ben Sollee

  • Album:

    Live From The Grocery O...

You can pretty much figure out the finger picking for yourself, I personally
 like plucking the strings at "But neither you nor I'd been" and single
downstrokes at "sure ain't gonna hold you down." Also, I think in some
versions he holds the F at "Hills of Kentucky" for an extra measure. Enjoy!

C (x32010@1)              FWell (133211@1)a robin flew by my window
           C (x32010@1)             GI (320003@1)thought it just might be you
              CJudging (x32010@1)from the colour of its breast
        FAnd (133211@1)the sound of its song
     C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1)       C (x32010@1)   
But I'm just thinking of you

Cos you're in sunny California
The fertile land John Steinbeck wrote,
But when I came not a single fertile patch
Could be spared for you and me

F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)    CYou (x32010@1)see I wanted to love you baby
C (x32010@1)                                GBut (320003@1)neither you nor I'd been loved before
                    C (x32010@1)                      F (133211@1)	
I thought I could change the world if I just held you high enough
             C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)            CThe (x32010@1)truth is I couldn't hold you up at all

Am (x02210@1)   G (320003@1)FI (133211@1)couldn't hold you up
            Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)CI (x32010@1)couldn't hold you up
        G (320003@1)                     CAnd (x32010@1)I sure ain't gonna hold you down

*Solo*

CWell (x32010@1)I'm leaving
 		FWalking (133211@1)back home
	 C (x32010@1)              GI (320003@1)don't care if it takes years or more
         C (x32010@1)               FBut (133211@1)as I walk through the hills of Kentucky
       C (x32010@1)                GThe (320003@1)leaves begin to turn red

Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)FAnd (133211@1)I think of you
         Am (x02210@1) G (320003@1)CYes, (x32010@1)I think of you
      G (320003@1)                  C (x32010@1)The prettiest tree on the mountain.

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