Am        E         C
There have been many tales
 G           Am    G         Am
Tainted by truth twisted by time…
 Am    E           C
Some choose to forget
 G            C      G             C
Yet it still weaves webs in their minds…
        C                            G
And it seems like she's been here forever
      Dm                      Am
Her branches as black as the seas
       Am             E
She's been through it all
        C            G
By the luck of the draw
       C       G             Am
She became the old hanging tree…

 Am E             C
She asked for nothing
G         Am G         Am
Except maybe a little rain…
  Am E           C
They used her strength
 G             C    G      C
To help them steal lives away…
         C                         G
And she witnessed the sadness and sorrow
         Dm                          Am
To this day she still doesn't know why
         Am     E
But her heart broke
           C             G
When they came with the rope
       C           G             Am
To declare her the old hanging tree…

 G                  C
Life stranger then fiction
     E                 Am
Can make you want to cry
 Dm                 Am
Roots could never stop her
      F        C        G   
From reaching for the sky…

  Am   E              C
Those years have all past
 G        Am  G         Am
Lucky for us lucky for her…
       Am       E          C
Now, children play at her feet
G          C      G          C
And in her arms she cradles birds…
        C                            G
And it seems like she's been here forever
      Dm                      Am
Her branches as black as the seas
       Am             E
She's been through it all
        C            G
By the luck of the draw
       C       G             Am
She became the old hanging tree…

          Am          E           C           G
Yes somewhere in the back of her mind is the time
          Am         G    Em       Am
she was known as the old hanging tree...