Chord/Tab song: The Maple's Lament

Earth and Sky Album
Banjo tuned Eb, Capo 4, Key Bb
Slow tempo



When I w[Bb]as alive, the birds w[D]ould nest upon my [Bb]bough
All through long winter's night the storm would 'round[Eb] us howl
When the[Bb] day would break, I'd re[D]ach my branches to the s[Bb]un
I was a child of earth and sky and all th[Eb]e world was[Bb] one.

But now that I am dead, the birds no longer nest in me,
And I no longer feel the sun and rain as when a tree,
Stretched so tight with wire strings, I have no room to grow,
I am but the slave who sings when master draws the bow.

But sometimes from mem'ry I can sing the birds in flight
And I can sing of sweet dark earth and endless starry nights
But oh, my favourite song of all, I truly do believe
Is the song the sunlight sang to me while dancing on my leaves.