Beneath The Lindens chords by Catherine MacLellan

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
F#m  A   D   Bm
D    D   A   A

Verse 1:
           A                                    D
I draw the outline of a tree, I see memories of me
     Bm                               D                A
As a young girl in a small town, underneath the linden trees
       A                                             D
I drew pictures, I wrote poems, I spent all my time alone
           Bm                                            A
'Neath the lindens in the graveyard close by my mother's home

Instrumental:
F#m  A   D   Bm  D

Verse 2:
         A                                                          D
Well, my voice, it had a closed door, there was a closed door to my heart
            Bm                              D              A
I liked the quiet of my own time, liked the view from far apart
        A                                              D
But you saw me in the shadows and you brought me to the light
      Bm                                                   A
And I listened as you taught me all the new things I could like

Chorus:
           D              A
There were flowers on the graves
           D                   Bm
There were lost and there were saved
           D                 D
There were days upon endless days
           A
'Neath the lindens

Instrumental:
F#m  A    D    Bm
D    D    D    A
D    Bm   D    D
A    A    A

Verse 3:
        A                                         D
I found clarity and strength in the pages I would write
      Bm                                D                    A
And I found I had my own thoughts; that yours weren't always mine
     A                                          D
So I went back to the shadows of a winter in my home
        Bm                                         A
And you watched my every move from behind the gravestones

Verse 4:
          A                                                D
Well, you fought to keep me with you and I fought to stay alone
              Bm                             D               A
and though my childhood was ending, I wasn't ready to let it go
        A                                                       D
Bees in springtime look for nectar, how the sweetness fills the well
           Bm                                           A
Leaves you empty when it's gone 'til you find it in yourself

Chorus:
           D              A
There were flowers on the graves
           D                   Bm
There were lost and there were saved
           D                 D
There were days upon endless days
           D              A
There were flowers on the graves
           D                   Bm
There were lost and there were saved
           D                 D
There were days upon endless days
           A
'Neath the lindens

Outro:
D    A    D    Bm
D    D    D    A
D    Bm   D    D
A    A