Chords for Yusuf / Cat Stevens - King Of Trees (live, Majikat - Earth Tour 1976)

[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _
[F] _ [C] He was the king of trees, [Em] keeper of the leaves,
_ [F] The deep [C] green gulf of a young [Em] love stained memory. _
_ [Dm] We used to [C] meet by, [Bm] [Am] far from the [G] hustling town.
[F] I love you, now to come to cut you down, _ [C] _
[F] down.
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ _
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [F] He was [C] the guardian of [Em] the days we held the same,
_ [F] _ [C] Beneath the shade he [Em] gave shelter from the rain.
_ [Dm] Oh [C] Lord, how it's empty now, [Am] with nothing [G] save the breeze.
I [F] love you, now to come to burn the leaves,
_ _ _ [C] _
[F] Don't burn the [C] leaves.
_ [Dm] _ _ [D] _
[Eb] _ [Ab] And [Bb] if my mind breaks [Gm] up in oh so [F] many ways,
[Ab] I [Bb] know the meaning of [Gm] the words, I [F] love you.
_ [Ab] And [Bb] if my body [Gm] falls aside, and [F] I leave grey,
[Em] The forest [C] and the [Dbm] evergreens are coming to [Abm] take me back,
[Db] So [E] slowly [A] as I roll [D] down the track.
[G] The forest [C] and the [G] evergreens are coming to [C] take me back.
[G] The forest and [C] the [F] evergreens are coming to take me back.
_ _ _ _ [C] Please take [F] me back.
[C] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ [F]
He [C] was the king of trees, [Em] keeper of the glades.
_ [F]
The way [C] he lightened my life [Em] makes me so amazed.
_ [Dm]
We used to [C] meet by, [Bm] [Am] many years [G] ago.
[F] I love you, now to come to lay the road.
I love _ _ _ you, _ [C] _ now to come [Dm] to lay _ [C] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
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_ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] the _ [F] _
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_ [C] _ [F] road.
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