Chords for Esperanza Spalding - Apple Blossom(part. Milton Nascimento)

[F#m] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
[D#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D#] _
_ [Gm] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ Mother of the spring, _ her branches cradled sleeping [A#] _ birds, yawning [A] _ open.
_ [Gm] _
Welcome [F#m] by and the _ [D#] _ [D] age _ _ [F#m] when _ [F] he _ grieved. _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [C#m] _
_ With [Fm] memories of [C#] when _ her balls [D] were arms that held [A#] him as a [A] younger _ man.
[Gm] _ Together _ [F#] they would _ [D#] all [D] _
_ relate, [F#m] _ [F] the _ _ _ birds [Dm] of _ _ [F] _ _ [F#m] _ _
springtime.
_ _ [G#m] _ _
_ [E] _ _ Now [B] he stands [G] _ beneath [Gm]
the apple [Am] _ blossoms, _
[C] every _ year where they used [Dm] to go walking.
[C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Am] _ _
[E] _ [D] And he tells her about [G] the [Gm] summer and the autumn, the winter in his heart [Am] and the [D] apple _ blossoms. _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [A#] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ Apple blossoms. _ _
[D] In summer they would _ dream of being three and smile, [A#] _ imagining [A] her wound [Gm] as the apples [F#m] on the ground.
[G#] _ _ [D] That fall [F#m] _ _ [F] they loved _ _ _ [Dm] and _
[F] _ waited.
[F#m] _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ But winter [C#] came too _ soon, before their [D] seed could bloom. _
[E] She [Gm] wilted _ [A]
from [F#] the [Gm] chills _ and all fell [F#m] _ cold _ [D#] _ [D] still. _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ [D#] _ _ [F#] _
Now [Bm] he stands [D] _
beneath [Gm] the apple [Am] _
_ blossoms, [C] _ every year where [A] they used to go walking.
[C] _ _ [F] _
_ [Dm] _ _ [E] _ _
[Bm] And he tells her [Am] _ about [Gm] the summer and the autumn, the winter in his heart [C] and the [A] apple _ [D] blossoms. _ _ _ _ _
[A#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [Bm] As he opened the other she [G] _
opened the [Bm] bread heather.
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ He kisses her cold cheek [G] of wool, _ _ but it [Bm] couldn't [F#m] surrender the [A] hope his _
[D] desire.
_ [Bm] So in her folded hand _ [Gm] he placed [C] her seed _ [D] _ [G] from their favorite tree.
_ _ [Gm] And he laid her to [C] rest _ [Gm]
beneath a blanket of white, till [D] they'd meet [G] _
again [D] in the _ _ springtime.
_ _ _ [A#] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [C#m] _ [D] Now he stands beneath [Gm] the [E] apple _ [F] _ blossoms, [D#] _ every _ [C] year where they used to [A] go [D] walking. _ [Bm] Walking. _ _
[E] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A#] And _ _ [Bm] _ from above [G] she's _ always _ [D] watching. _ _
_ But [A#] her body _ lies beneath the apple _ _ [A] blossoms.
_ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
[A#] _ _ _ [D] Apple _ _ blossoms. _ _
[Bm] In [E] summer _ [D] _ _
_ _ they [Bm] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [A#] would dream [G#] of being three and smile, imagining her wound as the apples on the ground.
Mother of the spring, _ the [D] sleeping bird she _ [A#] cradles slowly _ [A] on oak.
_ [Gm] _ _ Welcome [F#m] by and _ [D#] _ _ _
[D] _ amen, [F#m] _ _ [F]
the _ _ _ grace [Dm] felt _ [F] _ _ [F#m]
fondly. _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ [F#m] _ _ _ [F] The
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_ _ [G] _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ apple _ _ _ blossoms.
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
[F#m] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
[F] _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A#] _ _ _ [D] _
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