There Was A Tall Oak Tree Chords & Lyrics - Glen Campbell

[INTRO]

[A] [E] [A] [F#m] [A] [E] [F#m]
[A] [E] [A] [F#m] [A] [E] [C]

[VERSE 1]

[N.C]There was a tall o[A]ak tre[E]e [A]
That loved the [F#m]babblin' [A]brook [E]
[F#m]And the babblin' [A]brook [E]
[A]Loved the [F#m]mountain high[A] [E] [F#m]
And the mountain hi[A]gh..... [E] [A]
Loved the sky above [F#m]
You know The [B]Creator looked down
And [E]saw everyt[E7]hing was lo[A]ve l[D]ove lo[A]ve

[VERSE 2]

[N.C]Then he took a [A]bone [E] [A]
And a piece of mud [E] [A]
He made a [F#m]man and a [A]woman [E] [A]
To be [E]flesh and [A]blood [E] [A]
But then a[E]long came the [A]devil [E] [A]
From up out of the ground [E] [F#m]
You know [B]he tempted woman
And [E]that spread [E7]sin all [A]around [D] [A]

[CHORUS]

If she'd [D]left that apple[Bb]

On the apple tree
There'd be no [F]tears an [Bb]sorrow

We'd live eternally

[VERSE 3]

But then along came Man [D#] [Bb]
And burned the oak tree down [D#] [Bb]
And now the babblin' brook [D#] [Bb]
Well it's a solid ground [D#] [Bb]
And the mountains high [D#] [Bb]
They don't stand so high [Dm] [Gm]
And there's a [C]cloud of smoke
That [F]covers up the [F7]clear blue [Bb]sky [D#] [Bb]

[CHORUS]

If she'd left that apple [B] [E] [B]
On the apple tree [E] [B]
There'd be no tears an sorrow [E] [B]
We'd live [E]eterna[B]lly

[VERSE 4]

Then along came [C]Man [F] [C]
To burned the oak tree down [F] [C]
And now the babblin' brook [F] [C]
Lord it's solid ground [F] [C]
And the mountains high [F] [C]
Well they don't stand so high.[G] ..[Am] ...
And there's a [D]cloud of smoke
That [F]covers up the [F7]clear blue [C]sky [F] [C]

[VERSE 5]

There was a tall oak tree [F] [C]
That loved a [F]babblin' [C]brook [F] [C]
And the [F]babblin' [C]brook [G]
[C]Loved the [F]mountians [C]high.[G] ..[C] ..
And the [F]Mountians [C]high [G] [C]
They loved the [F]sky ab[C]ove [G] [C]
Oh the Creator [G]looked [C]down
He saw [F]nothin' but [C]love [G] [C]

[OUTRO]

There [F]was a tall [C]oak tree [G] [C]
There was a [F]tall oak [C]tree [G] [C]
There was a [F]tall oak [C]tree [G] [C] [G] [C]

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