The Sorrow Estate - The Cottonwood Tree

      The Cottonwood Tree  -- CAPO on 3 for key of C
by: The Sorrow Estate
(official chords from artist)


[Instrumental Intro]

A                          E         A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree
                          D    E     A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree

 
[Verse 1]

    A              D      A 
One day a boy was ‘venturing
     D   F#m          E       A 
Heading down to the shallow creek
    A                 D      A
He saw a girl- pretty as can be
                            E        A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree


[Chorus]

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                            E        A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree
                          D     E     A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree


[Verse 2]

     A                 D           A
she saw him watchin’ across the stream
      D     F#m      E   A 
said hi, my name is Kimberly
     A                       D          A
Her hair was golden and her eyes were green
                              E          A
The same bright green as the cottonwood tree


[Chorus]

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                            E           A
her eyes were green as the cottonwood tree
                             D    E     A
her eyes were green as the cottonwood tree


[Instrumental Verse] 
(fiddle melody)

    A              D      A 
One day a boy was ‘venturing
     D   F#m          E       A 
Heading down to the shallow creek
    A                 D      A
He saw a girl- pretty as can be
                            E        A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree


[Chorus]

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                            E        A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree
                          D     E     A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree
 

[Verse 3]

  A                D      A 
well they started twice a week 
 D       F#m          E       A
walking down to that spot to meet
    A                          D      A
sittin, and a talkin’, and a sippin’ tea
    D              F#m               E         A
a sippin’ and a laughin’ neath the cottonwood tree


[Chorus]

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                                    E           A
a sippin’ and a laughin’ neath the cottonwood tree
                                    D     E    A
a sippin’ and a laughin’ neath the cottonwood tree
 

[Verse 4]

     A                        D      A 
oh several years later, one fair morning
     D          F#m          E       A
he brought her there and he took a knee 
    A               D      A
asked dear Kim his wife to be  
      D              F#m                  E        A
he tackled him and kissed him neath the cottonwood tree


[Chorus]

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                                E          A
cryin’ and a kissin’ neath the cottonwood tree
                               D       E   A
cryin’ and a kissin’ neath the cottonwood tree


[Verse 5]

      A                   D      A 
they went together every Sunday eve 
D       F#m       E      A
singin hymns and whistling   
       A                          D            A
their hair turned white, but her eyes stayed green
       D       F#m                E           A 
their love it bloomed like their cottonwood tree


[Chorus]

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                                  E         A
their love it bloomed like their cottonwood tree
                                 D     E     A
their love it bloomed like their cottonwood tree


[Instrumental Verse 2] 
(fiddle melody)

    A              D      A 
One day a boy was ‘venturing
     D   F#m          E       A 
Heading down to the shallow creek
    A                 D      A
He saw a girl- pretty as can be
                            E        A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree


[Chorus]

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                            E        A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree
                          D     E     A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree
 

[Verse 6]

     A                   D      A 
the day she died he felt so had he
 D            F#m            E        A
layin’ on the roots she was six feet deep
   A                          D      A
cried and he hollered til he fell asleep
                            E         A
all curled up neath their cottonwood tree


[Chorus]

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                                  E         A
curled up, shiverin’ neath their cottonwood tree
                                 D       E    A
curled up, shiverin’ neath their cottonwood tree
 
 
[Verse 7]

    A                       D     A 
he went to heaven not long after she
      D      F#m          E           A
laid next to her in the place they’d meet
        A                            D           A
if you trod by the river near that place you’ll see
     D          F#m       E           A
two headstones neath the cottonwood tree
     D          F#m       E           A
two headstones neath that cottonwood tree
 
A A
 

[Outro]

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                          E          A
two headstones neath the cottonwood tree
 F#m                       D      E    A
a love so sweet neath the cottonwood tree