Key:
Introduction:
Am
The healthy oak was strong and tall
C
Her branches reached for sky
G
Till a maple tree with blighted leaves
E7 Am
Came into her life
Am
At first the Maple seemed so strong
C
But in his trunk, was dark and wrong
G
His roots were twisted, deep and cold
E7 Am
Leaves were shriveled, bark was old
Am
The oak tree she once stood so proud
C
But now she&rsquo s wilting, falling down
G
Her leaves are yellow, fading fast
E7 Am
Her branches bare, she cannot last
F
The blighted tree, the blighted tree
C
He&rsquo s spreading his disease
G E7
Poisoning the healthy oak
Am Am/B C C/B Am
And leaving her in mi-ser-y
F
The blighted tree, the blighted tree
C
He&rsquo s spreading his disease
G E7
Sickening the forest
Am
And killing off the trees
Am
A sturdy elm sprouts next to oak,
C
And sees that she is being choked,
G
She leans on him, their limbs entwine
E7 Am
He lends strength as her health declines
Am
But Oak is also deeply tangled
C
With Maple&rsquo s poisoned sap,
G
Her branches must be trimmed from him
E7 Am
Before her trunk is snapped.
Am
Oak needs to prune herself away
C
But thinks the pain will never fade
G
She&rsquo s shared his roots for many years
E7 Am
And not sure she can face her fears
Am
Elm knows that Oak has been affected
C
By the maple tree infected.
G
Oak grips both and poisons Elm.
E7 Am
And soon they&rsquo ll all be overwhelmed.
F
The blighted tree, the blighted tree
C
He&rsquo s spreading his disease
G E7
Poisoning the healthy oak
Am Am/B C C/B Am
And leaving her in mi-ser-y
F
The blighted tree, the blighted tree
C
He&rsquo s spreading his disease
G E7
Sickening the forest
Am
And killing off the trees
F
Oak decomposed, she never let go
C
Of her toxic mate.
G E7
Elm shed his leaves to blanket her,
Am
And timber was his fate.