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Tall Trees

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4.7(6)

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From: marck@nwu.edu (Marck Bailey)

{title:Tall Trees}

{subtitle:N. Finn/T. Finn}

{sot}

INTRO GUITAR RIFF:

----------------------------|---------------------7----||
--------5--7>5--------5-----|-------5--7>5-----------5-||
-4--7-----------4--7-----4--|-4--7----------4--7-------||
----------------------------|--------------------------||
----------------------------|--------------------------||
----------------------------|--------------------------||

INTRO: Em G A (x 2)

{eot}

[Em]Watch out big [G]ships are [A]waiting

[Em]Salt frozen [G]on your [A]cheek

[Em]Saw a girl and [G]boy arr[A]iving

[Em]And a steamer [G]put out to [A]sea

{soc}

[G]Tall [A]tree [Em]stand in the distance

[G]Re[A]member [Em]when you were [C]green

[G]Don't [A]wipe the [Em]salt from your [C]skin

You must keep [D]running the distance

{eoc}

[Em] [G] [A]

[Em]Sun sleeps on [G]misty [A]morning

[Em]Light years from [G]channel [A]3

[Em]I feel [G]halfway to [A]zero

[Em]Call me a hero I might just agree

{comment:Chorus}

{sot}

[F] [G7] [D]

INSTRUMENTAL BREAK -- GUITAR 1 (DISTORTED LEAD)

-0>1---------0---------------------------0------||
-----------------1----0------0>1-------------3--||
-------------------------0----------------------||
------------------------------------------------||
-------3---------------------------3------------||
------------------------------------------------||

GUITAR 2 (RHYTHM GUITAR)

-1-----0------1------0-----|-1-----0-----1-----1-----0----|-2-----2---0---||
----------1-------------1--|----------1-----------------1-|----3--------3-||
---------------------------|----0-----------0-----0-------|---------------||
---4-------------4---------|------------------------------|---------------||
---------------------------|------------------------------|---------------||
---------------------------|------------------------------|---------------||

{eot}

And the [D]roses you grow

Have a [Dm]powerful scent

They'll be [G7]breaking your heart

By the [D]morning

{sot}

_____ ____________

GUITAR SOLO |1. |2.

-12-12-|-12--12---9---9--7--7--5--5--0--0-|-3---|-0----------||
-12-2--|-12--12--10--10--8--8--5--5--3--3-|-2---|-2---7^^^^^-||
------------------------------------------|-----|------------||
------------------------------------------|-----|------------||
------------------------------------------|-----|------------||
------------------------------------------|-----|------------||

{eot}

[G]Tall [A]tree [Em]stand in the distance

[G]Re[A]member [Em]when you were [C]green

[G]Don't [A]wipe the [Em]salt from your [C]skin

[G]Tall [A]trees

{sot}

GUITAR RIFF (over Em):

----------------------||
-8--7--5--------------||
----------7--4--4--4--||
----------------------||
----------------------||
----------------------||

GUITAR RIFF AGAIN

{eot}

[G]Tall [A]trees

[G]Don't [A]wipe the [Em]salt from your [D]skin

You must keep [D]running the distance

[G]Tall [A]trees

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