Apple Tree

Johnny Rivers

  • A
  • B
  • Bm
  • C
  • D
  • E
  • F#m
  • G
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Key:
[Intro] E [First Part]
E A E B E I used to sit in a big apple tree
E A F#m Welcome the sun as he shone down
B G on me
G F#m G Watch the fruit ripen, smell the
D land grow
D G C Felt the fall rains get colder
Bm E and turn into snow [Second Part]
E A E Than in the summer, I'd walk
B E through the trees
E A F#m Roll up my trousers way over my
B G knees
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G F#m G Waded a stream 'til the rocks
D hurt my feet
G C Bm The water was cool and the summer
E was sweet [Third Part]
E A E Autumn got lonely when harvest
B E came 'round
E A F#m Green leaves turned golden and
B G fell to the ground
G F#m G Clear nights got colder with the
D G stars bright above
G C Bm And in thе winter, I first fell in
E love [Fourth Part]
E A E Shе loved me truly 'til winter
B E passed by
E A F#m Left without warning and never
B G said why
G F#m G Babe she's lonely, needs me
D G somewhere
G C Bm E Maybe by summer I won't even care
[Outro] E D E A E B
E A F#m B
G F#m G D
G C Bm E
A E B E
A F#m B G
Song details

Composition: Gram Parsons

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