A Thousand Trees Chords by Stereophonics
Tempo:
111.85 bpm
Chords used:
G
C
Am
A
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [Am] [G] [C]
[G] [Am] [G] [C]
[G] Standing [Am] at the bus stop [G] with my shopping [C] in my hands
When [G] I'm over here [Am] and elder [G] ladies as the rumours start to fly
Hear them in the school yard, [Am] in the scrap [G] yard, in the chip [C] shop, in the phone [G] box
In the pool [A] hall, at the shoe store, [G] every corner [C] turned around
[G] Standing with a schoolgirl [A] who was running, [G] running home to [C] her mum and dad
[G] Told them she was playing [A] in the change [G] room of the local [C] football side
And when I said [G] tell us again, [Am] she told them again
[G] Tell us the truth, we've [C] only hard to believe
Cos [G] he thought I was Steve, he [A] betrayed me
Thought I'd [G] go job [C] as a father of three
Only [Am] takes one tree [F] to make a [C] thousand matches
Only [Am] takes one match [F] to [C] burn a [G] thousand [A]
[Bm] trees [C] [G] [A] Thousand [G] trees
[C] [G] Sitting in the classroom [A] of a swimming [G] pool with a match [C]-fixing man in [G] hand
At the scout's [A] hall, at the football, with [Em] the [C] wisey Charles St-Pierre
They [G] all honour his name, did [A] a lot for the [G] game
Got his name [C] marked up above the sports [G] ground
Gates on the roof and then [A] down, stamp on the [G] ground
Picked up all [C] his dust in the barn, [Am] no longer takes one tree
[F] To make [C] a thousand matches only [Am] takes one match
[F] To [C] burn a thousand [G]
[A] [G] [C] trees
[G] Thousand [Am] [G] [C] trees
[D]
Wake [F] up [C] and [D]
shake [F] out his [C] back to say
[D]
Hasn't been [F] on a [C] holiday
[D] Growing [F] seeds on the [C] leaves while [G] he's [Am] gone
[G] [C] [G] [Am]
[G] [C] [G] [Am]
[G]
[C] [G] From the school yard, change room, playing [C] fields
[G] Bathroom, phone box, office blocks
Car is [C] turned around, he [G] died in the flame
[Am] Tossing the blame, [G] got his name marked up above the sports ground
Gates on the roof and then down, stamp on the ground
Picked up all [Am] his dust in the barn, no longer takes one tree
[F] To make [C] a thousand matches [Am] only takes one match
[F] To burn a [G] thousand [Am]
[G] [C] trees [G] [Am] Thousand [G] [C] trees [G] [Am] Thousand [G] trees [C] [G] [A] Thousand [G] trees
[C]
[G] [Am] [G] [C]
[G] Standing [Am] at the bus stop [G] with my shopping [C] in my hands
When [G] I'm over here [Am] and elder [G] ladies as the rumours start to fly
Hear them in the school yard, [Am] in the scrap [G] yard, in the chip [C] shop, in the phone [G] box
In the pool [A] hall, at the shoe store, [G] every corner [C] turned around
[G] Standing with a schoolgirl [A] who was running, [G] running home to [C] her mum and dad
[G] Told them she was playing [A] in the change [G] room of the local [C] football side
And when I said [G] tell us again, [Am] she told them again
[G] Tell us the truth, we've [C] only hard to believe
Cos [G] he thought I was Steve, he [A] betrayed me
Thought I'd [G] go job [C] as a father of three
Only [Am] takes one tree [F] to make a [C] thousand matches
Only [Am] takes one match [F] to [C] burn a [G] thousand [A]
[Bm] trees [C] [G] [A] Thousand [G] trees
[C] [G] Sitting in the classroom [A] of a swimming [G] pool with a match [C]-fixing man in [G] hand
At the scout's [A] hall, at the football, with [Em] the [C] wisey Charles St-Pierre
They [G] all honour his name, did [A] a lot for the [G] game
Got his name [C] marked up above the sports [G] ground
Gates on the roof and then [A] down, stamp on the [G] ground
Picked up all [C] his dust in the barn, [Am] no longer takes one tree
[F] To make [C] a thousand matches only [Am] takes one match
[F] To [C] burn a thousand [G]
[A] [G] [C] trees
[G] Thousand [Am] [G] [C] trees
[D]
Wake [F] up [C] and [D]
shake [F] out his [C] back to say
[D]
Hasn't been [F] on a [C] holiday
[D] Growing [F] seeds on the [C] leaves while [G] he's [Am] gone
[G] [C] [G] [Am]
[G] [C] [G] [Am]
[G]
[C] [G] From the school yard, change room, playing [C] fields
[G] Bathroom, phone box, office blocks
Car is [C] turned around, he [G] died in the flame
[Am] Tossing the blame, [G] got his name marked up above the sports ground
Gates on the roof and then down, stamp on the ground
Picked up all [Am] his dust in the barn, no longer takes one tree
[F] To make [C] a thousand matches [Am] only takes one match
[F] To burn a [G] thousand [Am]
[G] [C] trees [G] [Am] Thousand [G] [C] trees [G] [Am] Thousand [G] trees [C] [G] [A] Thousand [G] trees
[C]
Key:
G
C
Am
A
F
G
C
Am
[G] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ Standing [Am] at the bus stop [G] with my shopping [C] in my hands
When [G] I'm over here [Am] and elder [G] ladies as the rumours start to fly
Hear them in the school yard, [Am] in the scrap [G] yard, in the chip [C] shop, in the phone [G] box
In the pool [A] hall, at the shoe store, [G] every corner [C] turned around
[G] Standing with a schoolgirl [A] who was running, [G] running home to [C] her mum and dad
[G] Told them she was playing [A] in the change [G] room of the local [C] football side
And when I said [G] tell us again, [Am] she told them again
[G] Tell us the truth, we've [C] only hard to believe
Cos [G] he thought I was Steve, he [A] betrayed me
Thought I'd [G] go job [C] as a father of three
Only [Am] takes one tree [F] to make a [C] thousand matches
Only [Am] takes one match [F] to [C] burn a [G] thousand _ [A] _
_ [Bm] trees [C] _ _ [G] _ [A] Thousand _ [G] trees
[C] _ [G] Sitting in the classroom [A] of a swimming [G] pool with a match [C]-fixing man in [G] hand
At the scout's [A] hall, at the football, with [Em] the [C] wisey Charles St-Pierre
They [G] all honour his name, did [A] a lot for the [G] game
Got his name [C] marked up above the sports [G] ground
Gates on the roof and then [A] down, stamp on the [G] ground
Picked up all [C] his dust in the barn, [Am] no longer takes one tree
[F] To make [C] a thousand matches only [Am] takes one match
[F] To [C] burn a thousand [G] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] [C] trees
_ [G] Thousand _ [Am] _ _ [G] [C] trees
_ _ [D] _
Wake [F] up _ [C] _ and [D] _
shake [F] out his [C] back to say
_ [D] _
Hasn't been [F] on a _ [C] holiday
_ [D] Growing [F] seeds on the [C] leaves while [G] he's [Am] gone
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] From the school yard, change room, playing [C] fields
[G] Bathroom, phone box, office blocks
Car is [C] turned around, he [G] died in the flame
[Am] Tossing the blame, [G] got his name marked up above the sports ground
Gates on the roof and then down, stamp on the ground
Picked up all [Am] his dust in the barn, no longer takes one tree
[F] To make [C] a thousand matches [Am] only takes one match
[F] To burn a [G] thousand _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ [C] trees _ [G] _ [Am] Thousand _ [G] _ [C] trees _ [G] _ [Am] Thousand [G] trees _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [A] Thousand _ [G] trees
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ Standing [Am] at the bus stop [G] with my shopping [C] in my hands
When [G] I'm over here [Am] and elder [G] ladies as the rumours start to fly
Hear them in the school yard, [Am] in the scrap [G] yard, in the chip [C] shop, in the phone [G] box
In the pool [A] hall, at the shoe store, [G] every corner [C] turned around
[G] Standing with a schoolgirl [A] who was running, [G] running home to [C] her mum and dad
[G] Told them she was playing [A] in the change [G] room of the local [C] football side
And when I said [G] tell us again, [Am] she told them again
[G] Tell us the truth, we've [C] only hard to believe
Cos [G] he thought I was Steve, he [A] betrayed me
Thought I'd [G] go job [C] as a father of three
Only [Am] takes one tree [F] to make a [C] thousand matches
Only [Am] takes one match [F] to [C] burn a [G] thousand _ [A] _
_ [Bm] trees [C] _ _ [G] _ [A] Thousand _ [G] trees
[C] _ [G] Sitting in the classroom [A] of a swimming [G] pool with a match [C]-fixing man in [G] hand
At the scout's [A] hall, at the football, with [Em] the [C] wisey Charles St-Pierre
They [G] all honour his name, did [A] a lot for the [G] game
Got his name [C] marked up above the sports [G] ground
Gates on the roof and then [A] down, stamp on the [G] ground
Picked up all [C] his dust in the barn, [Am] no longer takes one tree
[F] To make [C] a thousand matches only [Am] takes one match
[F] To [C] burn a thousand [G] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] [C] trees
_ [G] Thousand _ [Am] _ _ [G] [C] trees
_ _ [D] _
Wake [F] up _ [C] _ and [D] _
shake [F] out his [C] back to say
_ [D] _
Hasn't been [F] on a _ [C] holiday
_ [D] Growing [F] seeds on the [C] leaves while [G] he's [Am] gone
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ [G] From the school yard, change room, playing [C] fields
[G] Bathroom, phone box, office blocks
Car is [C] turned around, he [G] died in the flame
[Am] Tossing the blame, [G] got his name marked up above the sports ground
Gates on the roof and then down, stamp on the ground
Picked up all [Am] his dust in the barn, no longer takes one tree
[F] To make [C] a thousand matches [Am] only takes one match
[F] To burn a [G] thousand _ [Am] _
_ [G] _ [C] trees _ [G] _ [Am] Thousand _ [G] _ [C] trees _ [G] _ [Am] Thousand [G] trees _ [C] _ _ [G] _ [A] Thousand _ [G] trees
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _