Key: Ebm Time: 4/4, then 6/8 (Note: The timing may seem weird in the beginning because the accents aren't always on the first beats of the measures, and they start the song with a one-beat pickup.) Intro: Ebm Ebm7 B B F# F# B9 B Ebm Ebm7 B I swung beneath the battered trees F# B9 B The sunlight kissed and greeted me Ebm Ebm7 B It broke right through the clouded skies above F# B9 B Adorned the trees with shining love and Ebm C# B C# Ebm C# B C# Bbm - Ebm - Bbm - Ebm Veils of doubt and shadows fled my eyes (switch to 6/8) Ebm The saddest looking trees Bbm Broken and bruised in the fateful october's storm Abm Stripped of their majesty Ebm The storm came in the night Bbm It crippled this town, unannounced and unmercifully bawling Abm tears of wet snow B F# C# Though the trees cried through the night Ebm7 C# B There was none to cure their plight B F# C# And it seemed their better days Ebm7 C# B Would behind them , ever stay. C# F# Bbm Bbm Ebm Oh, Oh, Ohhh Ebm On that clouded day Bbm Years had since passed since the fury of october's storm Abm When I found that old swing Ebm They were standing high above Bbm The sunlight came down and revealed to my eyes such a wonder Abm They were bursting with life Ebm Ebm7 Whoah No matter what storms you've seen Bbm No matter the broken dreams Abm you've yet to see mend Ebm Consider the the battered trees Ebm7 Their leaves dancing in the breeze Bbm Abm - Bbm Recalling no memory of octobers's storm B F# C# Though the trees cried through the night Ebm7 C# B There was none to cure their plight B F# C# And it seemed their better days Ebm7 C# B Would behind them , ever stay.
