Leesylvania chords by Hannah Rebekah

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

🎸 Intro:

Am C Am C



🎸 Verse 1:

    Am                      C
This tree began growing when you were just a boy
           Am                                      C
​A revolutionary war hero up the river from Mount Vernon
         Am
Dip your feet in the Potomac
            C
A road will run right through this house
                    Am                                     C
They’re gonna put a train right through here after you are dead

🎸 Interlude:

F / / / G / / /

🎸 Verse 2:

    Am
The trees enslaved folks planted
      C
Stand tall from whence they came
              Am
Your sons will choose the wrong side of history
          C
Centuries later people doin’ the same

🎸 Chorus:

Am
Stomp stomp, clash, voices crack
C                          Am             C
Don’t they know where they caaaaaaaaaaame from?
Am
Stomp stomp, clash, voices crack
C                          Am              C
Don’t they know where they caaaaaaaaaaame from?

🎸 Interlude:

G / / / F / / / E7 / / /

🎸 Verse 3:

    Am
Well there’s no whistle in the wind
     C
As I wonder ‘bout the length of time
             Am
It takes for bones to decompose
         C
How every person has to die
       Am                         C
And if that guy can do it, so can I
   Am                         C
If that guy can do it, so can I

                 Am
While I’m still alive
                     C
I’d like to hear your story
                 Am
While I’m still alive
                     C
I’d like to read your story
                 Am
While I’m still alive
                     C
I’d like to tell your story
                 Am
While I’m still alive

🎸 Outro:

Am
Stomp stomp, clash, voices crack
C                          Am             C
Don’t they know where they caaaaaaaaaaame from?
Am
Stomp stomp, clash, voices crack
C                          Am              C
Don’t they know where they caaaaaaaaaaame from?

C