The Cottonwood Tree chords by The Sorrow Estate

• Capo on 3rd

The Cottonwood Tree  -- CAPO on 3 for key of C
by: The Sorrow Estate
(official chords from artist)


Instrumental Intro:

A                          E         A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree
                          D    E     A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree


Verse 1:

    A              D      A
One day a boy was ‘venturing
     D   F#m          E       A
Heading down to the shallow creek
    A                 D      A
He saw a girl- pretty as can be
                            E        A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree

Chorus:

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                            E        A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree
                          D     E     A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree


Verse 2:

     A                 D           A
she saw him watchin’ across the stream
      D     F#m      E   A
said hi, my name is Kimberly
     A                       D          A
Her hair was golden and her eyes were green
                              E          A
The same bright green as the cottonwood tree


Chorus:

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                            E           A
her eyes were green as the cottonwood tree
                             D    E     A
her eyes were green as the cottonwood tree


Instrumental Verse:
(fiddle melody)

    A              D      A
One day a boy was ‘venturing
     D   F#m          E       A
Heading down to the shallow creek
    A                 D      A
He saw a girl- pretty as can be
                            E        A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree


Chorus:

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                            E        A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree
                          D     E     A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree


Verse 3:

  A                D      A
well they started twice a week
 D       F#m          E       A
walking down to that spot to meet
    A                          D      A
sittin, and a talkin’, and a sippin’ tea
    D              F#m               E         A
a sippin’ and a laughin’ neath the cottonwood tree


Chorus:

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                                    E           A
a sippin’ and a laughin’ neath the cottonwood tree
                                    D     E    A
a sippin’ and a laughin’ neath the cottonwood tree


Verse 4:

     A                        D      A
oh several years later, one fair morning
     D          F#m          E       A
he brought her there and he took a knee
    A               D      A
asked dear Kim his wife to be
      D              F#m                  E        A
he tackled him and kissed him neath the cottonwood tree


Chorus:

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                                E          A
cryin’ and a kissin’ neath the cottonwood tree
                               D       E   A
cryin’ and a kissin’ neath the cottonwood tree


Verse 5:

      A                   D      A
they went together every Sunday eve
D       F#m       E      A
singin hymns and whistling
       A                          D            A
their hair turned white, but her eyes stayed green
       D       F#m                E           A
their love it bloomed like their cottonwood tree


Chorus:

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                                  E         A
their love it bloomed like their cottonwood tree
                                 D     E     A
their love it bloomed like their cottonwood tree


Instrumental Verse 2:
(fiddle melody)

    A              D      A
One day a boy was ‘venturing
     D   F#m          E       A
Heading down to the shallow creek
    A                 D      A
He saw a girl- pretty as can be
                            E        A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree


Chorus:

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                            E        A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree
                          D     E     A
Sitting there ‘neath the cottonwood tree


Verse 6:

     A                   D      A
the day she died he felt so had he
 D            F#m            E        A
layin’ on the roots she was six feet deep
   A                          D      A
cried and he hollered til he fell asleep
                            E         A
all curled up neath their cottonwood tree


Chorus:

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                                  E         A
curled up, shiverin’ neath their cottonwood tree
                                 D       E    A
curled up, shiverin’ neath their cottonwood tree


Verse 7:

    A                       D     A
he went to heaven not long after she
      D      F#m          E           A
laid next to her in the place they’d meet
        A                            D           A
if you trod by the river near that place you’ll see
     D          F#m       E           A
two headstones neath the cottonwood tree
     D          F#m       E           A
two headstones neath that cottonwood tree

A A


Outro:

A
the cottonwood tree, the cottonwood tree
                          E          A
two headstones neath the cottonwood tree
 F#m                       D      E    A