Cypress Tree chords by The Black Crowes

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

D C D C
D C G
D C G



🎸 Verse:

        D
So you found yourself a killer
C                 G
The one with blue eyes
            D                                C G
I guess the bloodstains on the blanket don't lie
       D
Well I guess I saw it comin'
C                      G
Like a boy I just kept runnin'
D                                C    G  f F#
But through this crime I have survived

🎸 Chorus:

G                               D           F F#
They're gonna hang you from the cypress tree
G                               D             F F#
The crowd gonna cheer when they see you swing
G                                    D             F F#
Yeah they're gonna hang you from the cypress tree
G                    D
Tell me now do you believe?


🎸 Interlude:


D C G
D C G


🎸 Verse 2:

D
Glory Hallelujah
C                G
I raise my glass up to you
      D                          C     G
And I bow my head with utmost respect
       D
But I think it's only fair to warn you
               C                      G
That there's a storm that's coming up on you
             D
And like the wind and the rain
             C     G f F#
My words are direct


🎸 Chorus 2:

G                               D           F F#
They're gonna hang you from the cypress tree
G                               D             F F#
The crowd gonna cheer when they see you swing
G                                    D             F F#
Yeah they're gonna hang you from the cypress tree
G                    D
Tell me now do you believe?


🎸 Bridge:

G


🎸 Bridge:


       D
It's a funny word 'friends'
           C                   G
You get beginnings and you got ends
         D                             C   G F F#
I guess I'll see you when we're ashes again


🎸 Chorus 3:

G                               D           F F#
They're gonna hang you from the cypress tree
G                               D             F F#
The crowd gonna cheer when they see you swing
G                                    D             F F#
Yeah they're gonna hang you from the cypress tree
G                    D
Tell me now do you believe?

You believe me

You believe me