Prettiest Tree On The Mountain Cifras

You can pretty much figure out the finger picking for yourself, I personally
 like plucking the strings at "But neither you nor I'd been" and single
downstrokes at "sure ain't gonna hold you down." Also, I think in some
versions he holds the F at "Hills of Kentucky" for an extra measure. Enjoy!
 
 
       C                F
Well a robin flew by my window
           C               G
I thought it just might be you
              C
Judging from the colour of its breast
        F
And the sound of its song
     C         G         C
But I'm just thinking of you
 
    C                   F
Cos you're in sunny California
    C                           G
The fertile land John Steinbeck wrote,
           C
But when I came
      F
not a single fertile patch
         C          G       C   C7
Could be spared for you and me
 
            F        G       C
You see I wanted to love you baby
C                                  G
But neither you nor I'd been loved before
                    C        C7              F
I thought I could change the world if I just held you high enough
          C              G              C
The truth is I couldn't hold you up at all
 
 
           Am     G  F
I couldn't hold you up
            Am   G  C5
I couldn't hold you up
        G                       C
And I sure ain't gonna hold you down
 
*Solo* (same chords as verse)
 
         C
Well I'm leaving
                F
Walking back home
         C                        G
I don't care if it takes years or more
         C                 F
But as I walk through the hills of Kentucky
       C                  G
The leaves begin to turn red
 
        Am   G  F
And I think of you
         Am   G  C
Yes, I think of you
      G                    C
The prettiest tree on the mountain.
 
 
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