The Handsome Family

Where The Birch Trees Lean(Chords)

The Handsome Family

Key: E

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Capo on 1st fret
	        
 
 

Intro: E F#m G#m F#m G#m F#m E 

Interlude 
E A C D E G F# B 

Verse 
E                    A            C         D          E 
Now that there are green sprouts pushing through dead leaves, 
     A          E       B 
and fat yellow jackets float on the breeze, 
E                    A            C  D   E 
the waves kiss the shore and the air is warm, 
     A               E      A                 E 
but birch trees are falling now that you are gone. 
 
A C D E Once we walked the crumbling cliffs A C D E where the birch trees lean; A C D E Once I kissed your apple lips A E B high above the sea.
Interlude E A C D E G F# B Verse E A C D E A year ago it was when the last clover grew. A E B Under creaking birch trees I would wait for you. E A C D E We kissed in the salt air between the leaning trees, A E A E white slender branches bent to the sea.
A C D E Once we walked the crumbling cliffs A C D E where the birch trees lean; A C D E now who will kiss your apple lips A E B under the salty sea
Outro E F#m G#m F#m E F#m G#m F#m G#m F#m E

Written by Brett Sparks/Rennie Sparks

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