Tall Pines

Laurie Lewis

Written by Damon Black

Key of D · Chords: I II IV V

Verse 1A

D                   G          D
Once in my youth, I stood on a mountain,
    D            A            D
And planted some pines in the sand.
D              G          D
Every day, I'd look their way,
      D             A    D
But I just coulnd't understand...

Verse 1B

         A                  G           D
Why they never grew, like I wanted them to,
  E7                       A
I just coulnd't understand why.
         D                    G           D
Now I've rambled around, this whole world through,
    D        A             D
And today, I just happened by.

Chorus

     D           G
Tall pines, tall pines,
D                  A
Reaching up to the sky.
     D           G
Tall pines, tall pines,
     D                A       D
I'll bet you wouldn't know me now.

Verse 2A

      D                 G         D
I'll  never forget, the morning I left,
    D          A           D
The hum of the bees in the hay.
    D                     G           D
The farther I walked, the louder they talked,
    D          A          D
How silent, it seems here today.

Verse 2B

             A                  G             D
There's that old rail fence, we built inch by inch,
   E7                      A
Surrounding the old family grave.
                D                G            D
Now there's the one great stone, standing all alone,
      D          A              D
There waiting to meet me in the shade.

Chorus

     D           G
Tall pines, tall pines,
D                  A
Reaching up to the sky.
     D           G
Tall pines, tall pines,
     D                A       D
I'll bet you wouldn't know me now.

Chorus

     D           G
Tall pines, tall pines,
D                  A
Reaching up to the sky.
     D           G
Tall pines, tall pines,
     D                A       D
I'll bet you wouldn't know me now.