10000 Maniacs - Cherry Tree

      [Intro]
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[Verse 1]
G               Em
Over your shoulder
C                 Em
Please don't mind me
G                Em
If my eyes have fallen
C                G
Onto your magazine
Em                     C       G
I've been watching and wondering
                  Em
Why your face is changing
C                    G
With every line you read


[Chorus]
Bm                  G           Bm          Em
All those lines and circles, to me, a mystery
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Eve pull down the apple and give taste to me
Am                        D
If she could it would be wonderful
C                      Em
But my pride is in the way
G                Em
I cannot read to save my life
C                  G
I'm so ashamed to say


[Verse 2]
G             Em
I live in silence
C           Em
Afraid to speak
G               Em
Of my life of darkness
C                  G
Because i cannot read


[Chorus]
Bm                  G           Bm          Em
All those lines and circles, to me, a mystery
Bm                G         Bm            G
Eve pull down the apple and give taste to me
Am                        D
If she could it would be wonderful
G                             Em
Then I wouldn't need someone else's eyes
C                         Em
To see what's in front of me
G       C       G
No one guiding me


[Verse 3]
G              Em
It makes me humble
C          Em
To be so green
G             Em
At what every kid can do
C                    G
When he learns a to z


[Chorus]
Bm                  G
All those lines and circles
Bm            Em       Bm                  G
Just frighten me and I fear that I'll be trampled
Bm                      G
If you don't reach for me
Am                        D
Before I run I'll have to take a fall


[Outro]
    G         Em            C
And when pick myself up, so slowly
     D            Em
I'll devour every one of those
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Books in the tower of knowledge