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Redwood Hill

The Country Gentlemen

Key of G · Chords: I II III IV V ii vi

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Verse 1

  G                   D
I climbed the Redwood Hill
      Em         B7
'Twas on a rainy day
   C              G
To rise above the throng
    A7                            D
And talk with Mother Nature for a while

Verse 2

    G              D
She told me of her love
        Em              B7
For the children in her trust
    C            G
And of her grave concern
        A7       C              G
For the likes of you and me and us

Chorus

Em
Crying though she was
        G
She did speak these tender words
     C             Am
"The things that I am
C                          D
I could not change for any man"

Verse 3

  G                D
I tried to comfort her
    Em               B7
But she would not be still
    C                G
And how the rain did fall
     A7                C                G
As I found my way back down the Redwood Hill

Chorus

Em
Crying though she was
        G
She did speak these tender words
     C             Am
"The things that I am
C                          D
I could not change for any man"

Verse 4

  G                D
I tried to comfort her
    Em               B7
But she would not be still
     C              G
I'll not forget the day
     A7            C                G
When Mother Nature cried on Redwood Hill
     C              G
I'll not forget the day
     A7            C                G
When Mother Nature cried on Redwood Hill