A Thousand Trees Chords by Stereophonics

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[G] I'm standing at [Am] the bus stop with [G] my shopping in [C] my hands when I'm over here and [Am] elderly
[G] ladies as the rumours start to fly.
I hear them in the school yard, [Am] in the scrap yard, [G] in the chip shop, in the phone box,
in the pool [A] hall, at the shoe store, [G] every corner turned [C] around.
Starting with [G] a school girl [A] who was running, [Bm] running home to her [C] mom and dad.
Told them [G] she was playing [A] in the change room of the [C] local football side.
I said, tell [G] us again, she [A] told him again, [G] tell us the truth, he found it [C] hard to believe
because he [G] thought I was Steve, he betrayed me.
Told Uncle John it was a [C] follow three.
[Am] It only takes one tree [F] to make a [C] thousand matches.
It [Am] only takes one match to [C] burn a thousand [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[C] trees.
_ [G] _ _ _ Thousand trees.
_ [C] _ Sitting [G] in the classroom, [A] on the swimming pool, with a [C] matchstick man in [G] hand.
At the scout's hall, [A] at the football, with the [C] Wazzer trusts of hand.
They [G] all honour his name, did a lot for the game.
Got his name [C] marked up above the sports [G] ground gates.
And they're whipping them down, stamping the ground.
[C] Together, stashed in the barn, the land that [Am] takes one tree.
To [C] make a thousand matches, only [Am] takes one match.
[F] To [C] burn a thousand [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[C] trees.
_ _ [G] _ _ [Am] Thousand [G] trees.
_ [C] _ _ [A] _ Wake [F] up, [C] it's made of [D] rain.
Shake [F] out, he's [C] back to stay.
[D] _ Hasn't been [F] on a _ [C] holiday.
[A] _ Growing [F] seeds, don't believe [C] what [G] _ he's been.
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_ In the school yard, change room, playing [C] fields, bathroom, phone box, office box.
The card is turned around, he's out [G] in the flame, tossing the blame.
Got his name marked up [C] above the sports ground gates.
And they're whipping him down, stamping the ground.
Put together, stashed in the barn, the [Am] land that takes one tree.
[C] To make a thousand matches, [Am] only takes one match.
[C] To burn a [G] thousand _ [A] _ _ [G]
trees.
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ [A] Thousand [C] trees.
_ _ [G] Thousand [Am] trees.
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_ [C] _ _ [G] Thousand [A] _ trees.
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