Chords for The Steeldrivers - Sticks That Made Thunder
Tempo:
145.95 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
Bm
F#m
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I was on my way [C#] home one afternoon, it was [F#] kind of early in the fall and the [E] trees were just starting to change color.
I passed [F#] this great big oak tree, beautiful tree, and the leaves were gold and red and really pretty.
I drove by it every day, but I just kind of looked at it and thought, if that tree [B] could talk, what a story it could tell.
It's right around where the Battle of Nashville was.
Anyway, that night Chris came over to write a song.
[E] As he walked in the door, the first words out of his mouth, he said,
You're going to think I'm [B] crazy, but I've been wanting to write a song about a tree.
[G#] So that's what [B] we did, and we thought if a tree was to try to make [A] sense of something [B] that says war, what would it say?
So this is called, [C] Slicks That Made Thunder.
[F#] [E]
[F#m]
[Bm] [A]
[E]
[Bm] [A]
[E] [Bm]
[A]
[E] My [Bm] roots were deeper than the bones of the others, [F#m] my colors, they changed when I was alive.
[Bm] My winters were higher than anything on the hillside, [F#m] the day that I [E] watched them [F#m] all die.
[Bm]
[A]
[D] [Bm]
[A] [E]
[Bm] Some were the color of the sky in the winter, [F#m] some were as blue as the night.
[Bm] They came like a storm with the light of the morn, [F#m] and they filled through [E] the whole day [F#m] and night.
[A] The rest were like the [E] days in the sky [F#m] as I watched them come over [D] the hill.
[A] Then came my wonder, [E] slicks that made thunder, [F#m] such a great number [D] they still.
[Bm] [A]
[G#m] [D]
[Bm] [A]
[Em]
[Bm] [A]
[E] [Bm]
[A]
[E]
[Bm] Well I came again, there was death on the wind, as [F#m] the blizzards made way for the worms.
[Bm] The little white tree, don't stand near the tree, for [F#] the ones that [Em] will never [F#m] return.
[A] The rest were like the [E] days in the sky [F#m] as I watched them come [D] over the hill.
[A] Then came my wonder, [E] slicks that made thunder, [F#m] such a great number [D] they still.
[Bm] [A]
[E] [D]
[Bm] [A]
[E]
[Bm] [A]
[E] [D]
[Bm] [A]
[E]
[Bm] Those that have fallen, will come when I call them, [F#m] they answer if they can.
[Bm] But all they can see is what they used to be, [F#m] and that's all [E] that they [F#m] [C#] understand.
[A] The colors grew higher, [B] they came to the sky as [F#m] I watched them come over [D] the hill.
Then [A] came my wonder, [E] slicks that [A] made thunder, [F#m] such a great number [D] they still.
[A] The rest were like the [E] days in the sky as [F#m] I watched them come [D] over the hill.
[A] Then came my wonder, [E] slicks that made thunder, [C#m] such a great [D] number they still.
[Bm] [A]
[G#m] [D]
[Bm] [A]
[E]
[A]
[N]
I passed [F#] this great big oak tree, beautiful tree, and the leaves were gold and red and really pretty.
I drove by it every day, but I just kind of looked at it and thought, if that tree [B] could talk, what a story it could tell.
It's right around where the Battle of Nashville was.
Anyway, that night Chris came over to write a song.
[E] As he walked in the door, the first words out of his mouth, he said,
You're going to think I'm [B] crazy, but I've been wanting to write a song about a tree.
[G#] So that's what [B] we did, and we thought if a tree was to try to make [A] sense of something [B] that says war, what would it say?
So this is called, [C] Slicks That Made Thunder.
[F#] [E]
[F#m]
[Bm] [A]
[E]
[Bm] [A]
[E] [Bm]
[A]
[E] My [Bm] roots were deeper than the bones of the others, [F#m] my colors, they changed when I was alive.
[Bm] My winters were higher than anything on the hillside, [F#m] the day that I [E] watched them [F#m] all die.
[Bm]
[A]
[D] [Bm]
[A] [E]
[Bm] Some were the color of the sky in the winter, [F#m] some were as blue as the night.
[Bm] They came like a storm with the light of the morn, [F#m] and they filled through [E] the whole day [F#m] and night.
[A] The rest were like the [E] days in the sky [F#m] as I watched them come over [D] the hill.
[A] Then came my wonder, [E] slicks that made thunder, [F#m] such a great number [D] they still.
[Bm] [A]
[G#m] [D]
[Bm] [A]
[Em]
[Bm] [A]
[E] [Bm]
[A]
[E]
[Bm] Well I came again, there was death on the wind, as [F#m] the blizzards made way for the worms.
[Bm] The little white tree, don't stand near the tree, for [F#] the ones that [Em] will never [F#m] return.
[A] The rest were like the [E] days in the sky [F#m] as I watched them come [D] over the hill.
[A] Then came my wonder, [E] slicks that made thunder, [F#m] such a great number [D] they still.
[Bm] [A]
[E] [D]
[Bm] [A]
[E]
[Bm] [A]
[E] [D]
[Bm] [A]
[E]
[Bm] Those that have fallen, will come when I call them, [F#m] they answer if they can.
[Bm] But all they can see is what they used to be, [F#m] and that's all [E] that they [F#m] [C#] understand.
[A] The colors grew higher, [B] they came to the sky as [F#m] I watched them come over [D] the hill.
Then [A] came my wonder, [E] slicks that [A] made thunder, [F#m] such a great number [D] they still.
[A] The rest were like the [E] days in the sky as [F#m] I watched them come [D] over the hill.
[A] Then came my wonder, [E] slicks that made thunder, [C#m] such a great [D] number they still.
[Bm] [A]
[G#m] [D]
[Bm] [A]
[E]
[A]
[N]
Key:
A
E
Bm
F#m
D
A
E
Bm
I was on my way [C#] home one afternoon, it was [F#] kind of early in the fall and the [E] trees were just starting to change color.
I passed [F#] this great big oak tree, beautiful tree, and the leaves were gold and red and really pretty.
I drove by it every day, but I just kind of looked at it and thought, if that tree [B] could talk, what a story it could tell.
It's right around where the Battle of Nashville was.
_ Anyway, that night Chris came over to write a song.
_ [E] As he walked in the door, the first words out of his mouth, he said,
You're going to think I'm [B] crazy, but I've been wanting to write a song about a tree.
[G#] So that's what [B] we did, and we thought if a tree was to try to make [A] sense of something [B] that _ says _ war, what would it say?
_ So this is called, [C] Slicks That Made Thunder. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ My _ [Bm] roots were deeper than the bones of the others, [F#m] my colors, they changed when I was alive.
_ _ [Bm] My winters were higher than anything on the hillside, [F#m] the day that I [E] watched them [F#m] all die.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Some were the color of the sky in the winter, _ [F#m] some were as blue as the night.
_ _ [Bm] They came like a storm with the light of the morn, [F#m] and they filled through [E] the whole day [F#m] and _ night.
_ _ [A] The rest were like the [E] days in the sky [F#m] as I watched them come over [D] the hill.
_ _ [A] _ Then came my wonder, [E] _ slicks that made thunder, [F#m] such a great number _ [D] they still.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [D] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] Well I came again, there was death on the wind, as [F#m] the blizzards made way for the worms. _
[Bm] The little white tree, don't stand near the tree, for [F#] the ones that [Em] will never [F#m] _ return. _ _
_ [A] The rest were like the [E] days in the sky [F#m] as I watched them come [D] over the hill. _
_ _ [A] Then came my wonder, _ [E] slicks that made thunder, [F#m] such a great number _ [D] they still.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] Those that have fallen, will come when I call them, [F#m] they answer if they can. _ _
_ [Bm] But all they can see is what they used to be, [F#m] and that's all [E] that they _ [F#m] _ [C#] understand. _
_ _ [A] The colors grew higher, [B] they came to the sky as [F#m] I watched them come over [D] the hill.
Then _ [A] _ came my wonder, [E] slicks that [A] made thunder, [F#m] such a great number [D] they _ still.
_ [A] _ The rest were like the [E] days in the sky as [F#m] I watched them come _ [D] over the hill.
_ _ [A] Then came my wonder, [E] slicks that made thunder, [C#m] such a great [D] number they still. _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _
I passed [F#] this great big oak tree, beautiful tree, and the leaves were gold and red and really pretty.
I drove by it every day, but I just kind of looked at it and thought, if that tree [B] could talk, what a story it could tell.
It's right around where the Battle of Nashville was.
_ Anyway, that night Chris came over to write a song.
_ [E] As he walked in the door, the first words out of his mouth, he said,
You're going to think I'm [B] crazy, but I've been wanting to write a song about a tree.
[G#] So that's what [B] we did, and we thought if a tree was to try to make [A] sense of something [B] that _ says _ war, what would it say?
_ So this is called, [C] Slicks That Made Thunder. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ My _ [Bm] roots were deeper than the bones of the others, [F#m] my colors, they changed when I was alive.
_ _ [Bm] My winters were higher than anything on the hillside, [F#m] the day that I [E] watched them [F#m] all die.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bm] Some were the color of the sky in the winter, _ [F#m] some were as blue as the night.
_ _ [Bm] They came like a storm with the light of the morn, [F#m] and they filled through [E] the whole day [F#m] and _ night.
_ _ [A] The rest were like the [E] days in the sky [F#m] as I watched them come over [D] the hill.
_ _ [A] _ Then came my wonder, [E] _ slicks that made thunder, [F#m] such a great number _ [D] they still.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [G#m] _ _ [D] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [Bm] Well I came again, there was death on the wind, as [F#m] the blizzards made way for the worms. _
[Bm] The little white tree, don't stand near the tree, for [F#] the ones that [Em] will never [F#m] _ return. _ _
_ [A] The rest were like the [E] days in the sky [F#m] as I watched them come [D] over the hill. _
_ _ [A] Then came my wonder, _ [E] slicks that made thunder, [F#m] such a great number _ [D] they still.
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ [Bm] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] Those that have fallen, will come when I call them, [F#m] they answer if they can. _ _
_ [Bm] But all they can see is what they used to be, [F#m] and that's all [E] that they _ [F#m] _ [C#] understand. _
_ _ [A] The colors grew higher, [B] they came to the sky as [F#m] I watched them come over [D] the hill.
Then _ [A] _ came my wonder, [E] slicks that [A] made thunder, [F#m] such a great number [D] they _ still.
_ [A] _ The rest were like the [E] days in the sky as [F#m] I watched them come _ [D] over the hill.
_ _ [A] Then came my wonder, [E] slicks that made thunder, [C#m] such a great [D] number they still. _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [G#m] _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _