Final Trees Lament

Intro 
Am Am 


 
           Am                F 
First they took the willows sighs 
         Am                     C 
Then the redwoods, stripped and skinned 
        F                   Am 
Now the crows dont call at morning 
         G                 Am 
Just the grind of steel on wind 
 

 
Am          F             C 
   Is there anyone wholl listen? 
      G              Am 
Or am I the last who knows? 
      Am               F 
I can taste the diesel drifting 
         G                     Am 
Count my rings as the last one goes 
 

Interlude 
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Am Am F G 
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     Am                F 
They called it better sunlight 
         C               C 
Laid the concrete like a shroud 
       F                 Am 
Men in suits point at my branches 
           G             Am 
Say, Its prettier as a cloud 
 

 
Am        F                   C 
   Do you hear my roots snap, cracking? 
         G                   Am 
Does the earth still feel it too? 
        Am           F 
Or am I just a ghost already 
       G                   Am 
Just a shadow theyll walk through? 
 

 
Am       F                   C 
   Now I know theres no one coming 
        G               Am 
No more stories left to grow 
         Am              F 
Just the hush of falling timber 
         G                   Am 
Then the world theyll never know 
 

Outro 
Am   F    C    G 
Wu.. Wu.. Wu.. Wu.. 
Am   F    G    Am 
Wu.. Wu.. Wu.. Wu