Hanging Tree

COUNTING CROWS

HANGING TREE

Tabbed by Nicolas Levy ([email protected])

CAPO 1

STANDARD TUNING

Intro: D - G - C x4

Verse 1:

D G

She brings her friends

C G

so we won't have to be alone

D G

I fear that I might lose my composure

C

without warning

D G

I am a child of fire, I am a lion

C

I have desires and

D G C

I was born inside the sun this morning

Chorus 1:

D G

This dizzy life of mine

C G

Is hangin' me up all the time

D G Am

This dizzy life is just a hanging tree

D G

This dizzy life of mine

C G

Is hangin' me up all the time

D G Am

This dizzy life is just a hanging tree

Verse 2:

D G C G

They say good evening when they don't know what to say

(G) D C G

And they say good morning when they wish you would go home

D G C G

You open windows and you wait for someone warm to come inside

D G C

and then you freeze to death alone

Chorus 2:

D G

This dizzy life of mine

C G

Is hangin' me up all the time

D G Am

This dizzy life is just a hanging tree

D G

This dizzy life of mine

C G

Is hangin' me up all the time

D G Am

This dizzy life is just a hanging tree

Solo:

D - G - C - G x4

Verse 3:

D G C G

She calls the waittress when it's time for her to go

D G C

I know everyones eventually leaving

D G C G

I got a pair of wings for my birthday

D G C

and I will fall down through the sun this evening

Chorus 3:

D G

This dizzy life of mine

C G

Is hangin' me up all the time

D G Am

This dizzy life is just a hanging tree

D G

This dizzy life of mine

C G

Is hangin' me up all the time

D G Am

This dizzy life is just a hanging tree

Outro (Improvise lyrics):

D - G - C - G til end