The Maple’s Lament Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G][C][G][C][G][D][C]
[G][C][D][G][C][D][G]

[Verse 1]
When [C]I was [G]alive,
the birds would [Em]nest [G]upon my [C]bough[G]s
And all through long winter nights,
the storm[C]s would '[D]round me h[G]owl[D]
[C]And when the day would come,
[G]I'd raise my [Am]branches [C]to the sun
[D]I was[G] the child of [C]earth and s[G]ky,
and [C]all the [D]world [G]was one
[C][D]

[Verse 2]
[G]
But [C]now, that I am [G]dead, the birds,
no longer sing in [C]me[G]
And I feel no more, the [C]wind [G]an d rain,
as [C]when [G]I was [D]a tree
[C]But bound so tight, [G]in wire strings,
[Am]I have no [C]room [D]to grow
And [G]I am b[C]ut the slave w[G]ho sings,
when [C]master [D]draws the [G]bow[C][G]
[C][G][C][D][G]

[Verse 3]
But [C]sometimes, from my [G]memories,
I can sing the birds in [C]flight[G]
And I can sing of sweet dark earth,
and [C]endless [G]starry nights
[D]But[C] oh, my favorite son[G]g of all,
I [C]truly do believe
[D]Is the[G] song, the sunlight sang to [C]me,[G]
while [C]dancing [D]on [G]my leaves
[C][D][G]