A Thousand Trees

[Intro]
| G Am7 | G/B C | G Am7 | G/B C |

[Verse 1]
G                  Am7             G/B            C
Standing at the bus   stop with my shopping in my hands
               G            Am7
And I'm overhearing elder ladies
       G/B              C
As the rumours start to fly
                         G
You can hear them in the school yard,
       Am7
in the scrap yard
       G/B               C
In the chip shop, in the phone box
       G                 Am7
In the pool hall, at the shoe store
      G/B               C
Every corner turn around
                  G
It started with a school girl
        Am
Who was running
        G/B             C
Running home to her Mam and Dad
                  G
Told them she was playing,
       Am                 G/B       C
in the change room of the local football side
                          G
They said "tell us again", she told them again,
Am
  "tell us the truth",
G/B                     C
   they find it hard to believe
                        G                      Am
Cause he taught our boy Steve, he even trained me,
           G/B                 C
taught our John who's a father of three

[Chorus]
          Am7
Only takes   one tree,
   Fadd9           C
to make a thousand matches
          Am7
Only takes   one match,
   Fadd9  C       G     Am7 G/B C
to burn a thousand trees
          G Am7  G/B C
A thousand  trees
                  G
You see it in the classroom

[Verse 2]
       Am
In the swimming pool
          G/B             C
Where the match stick men are made
       G                    Am
At the scout's hall, at the football
          G/B           C
Where the wise we trust are paid
They all honour his name,
G                         Am
 he did a lot for the game
        G/B              C
Got his name knocked up above the sports ground gates
            G
But they're ripping them down,
Am
stamping the ground
G/B                    C
Picture gathers dust behind the bar in the lounge

[Chorus]
          Am7
Only takes   one tree,
   Fadd9           C
to make a thousand matches
          Am7
Only takes   one match,
   Fadd9  C       G     Am7 G/B C
to burn a thousand trees
          G Am7  G/B C
A thousand  trees

[Interlude]
D/A            F          C
   Wake up, and smell the rain
D/A               F           C D/A
   Shake up, he's back to stay
                 F      C
Hasn't been on a holiday
D/A                    F
   Growing seeds don't believe

[Solo]
C        G   Am7    G/B C G Am7 G/B C
Why he's been   away

[Bridge]
G Am7 G/B C G Am7
G/B C         G            Am7
     From the school yard, changing room

[Verse 3]
G/B            C
Playing fields, bathroom
G          Am7
Phone box, office blocks
G/B          C
Corners turn around
They keep doubting the flame,
G                 Am7
 tossing the blame
        G/B              C
Got his name knocked up above the sports ground gates
            G
And they're ripping them down,
Am7
stamping the ground
G/B                  C
Picture gathers dust in the bar

[Chorus]
          Am7
Only takes   one tree,
   Fadd9           C
to make a thousand matches
          Am7
Only takes   one match,
   Fadd9  C       G     Am7 G/B C
to burn a thousand trees
          G Am7  G/B C
A thousand  trees
          G Am7  G/B C
A thousand  trees
          G Am7     G/B C
A thousand     trees