Silver Birch And Weeping Willow chords by Mary Hopkin

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: C

Recorded by Mary Hopkin, written by Ralph McTell

♫ Verse 1:
C                F       C
Silver birch and weepin’ willow
C                F        C
Glidin’ swan and circlin’ swallow
    F        G#                C   Em Am
I’m standin’ here watching the sun go down
        F            G       C
And I’m wond’rin’ if he will come

♫ Verse 2:
C                F       C
Silver birch and weepin’ willow
C               F       C
Heather bed and bracken pillow
    F       G#                C   Em Am
I’m sittin’ here watchin’ the sun go down
            F          G       C
And I don’t think that he will come

Instrumental ♫ Break:
C  F  C
C  F  C
F  G#  C  Em  Am
F  G  C

♫ Verse 3:
C          F                C
Lyin’ here watchin’ the sun sink
C                 F        C
Change the river, turn the swans pink
      F    G#           C   Em Am
Lyin’ here watchin’ the sun go down
            F              G        C
And I don’t care at all if he don’t come

♫ Outro:
C                F       C
Silver birch and weepin’ willow
C             F      C
Mm-mm-mm, mm, mm-mm, mm-mm
    F      G#  C         Em Am
Mm, mm-mm, mm, mm-mm-mm, mm-mm
           F      G      C
Mm-mm, mm, mm-mm, la-la, la