Tuning: Hole stop down Main riff: D|-2-----2-2---2-2-3-2-0-2-3-2-0---|-3-----3-3---3-3-----------------| A|-3-----3-3---3-3-----------------|-3-----3-3---3-3-3-2-0---0---2---| F|-2-----2-2---2-2-----------------|-0-----0-0---0-0-------2---------| C|-0-----0-0---0-0-----------------|-0-----0-0---0-0-----------------| G|---------------------------------|-2-----2-2---2-2-----------------| D|---------------------------------|-3-----3-3---3-3-----------------| 🎸 Verse: D A I meant to leave the house this morning D G And begin making my way toward where you are D A I meant to leave the house this morning D G I made it halfway across the front yard
🎸 Chorus: D G But the plum tree hung heavy in my head D Bb A And the plum tree hung heavy in my heart D G A And the plum tree hung heavy over me 🎸 Verse: D A So I tore off to the phone D G To call you and tell you something, but I couldn't remember what D A Because through the clean, clean windows D G I saw the plum tree's leaves, as red as fresh blood 🎸 Chorus: D G But the plum tree hung heavy in my head D Bb A And the plum tree hung heavy in my heart D G A And the plum tree hung heavy over me