Chords for Laurie Lewis ~ The Maple's Lament ~ Fiddle Tunes 2010

to mute in the forest.
_ Now, in death, I sing.
_ _ And I thought, well, that's really beautiful,
_ but I bet that's not how the tree sings. _ _
_ _ So I wrote this song. _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
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_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
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_ [D#] _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _ _
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[F] When I was [C#] alive, the birds would nest [F#] upon my _ [B] grass
_ _ And on [G#m] a windy [G#] night, the storm did ram me [C#] _ out _ _
And [C] when the [D] day would come, I'd raise my [D#m] branches to the _ [F#] sun _ _
[Bm] _ _ I was the [G#m] child of earth and [B] sky _ and _ [Bm]
moon
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_ _ [E] _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
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[Bm] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
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_ _ _ _ But [F#] now that I'm dead, the birds no longer sing me _
_ [A#] And I [B] feel no more the wind and rain _ as when I was a [F#] tree
_ _ _ [G#] But bound so [C#] tight and why stay? _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [B] And _ I am but the [G#] slave we [B] see _ [A#m] when I stand on [B] _ the pole _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [C#] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
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[F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ But sometimes from my memory I can see the birds in _ flight _ _
And I can [G#m] sing a sweet [B]
jingle and tell a story now
[F#] _ _ _ _ [B] But [Em] oh, my favorite [B] song of all, [G#] I truly do [E] believe
[F#m] _ _ _
_ [B] Is the _ song the sunlight sang to _ me
While dancing _ on my knees
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