C  G  C  Am   F  G  C

[Verse 1]
                         Am
There is a bamboo tree that blooms
               F       G
Only once in a hundred years
     C      G          C       Am
This is the year, your wedding year
        F      G                 C    Am  G  C
And the bamboo blossoms just for you


[Verse 2]
                         Am
For you the Columbine is blue
                F               G
The paint brush flames upon the hills
    C   G       C      Am
For Allison and Denver John
         F       G          C    Am  G  C
A double sunrise lights the dawn


[Verse 3]
                                   Am
I've watched you blossom since you met
              F             G
You've made a garden out of love
     C        G           C       Am
With splendid flowers and bowered paths
      F    G            C    Am  G  C
Where I am satisfied to walk


[Verse 4]
                              Am
There was a thorn in Denver's side
                 F          G
That Allison has pruned and clipped
  C      G   C         Am
A sorrow Allison could hide
     F      G              C       Am  G  C
That Denver soothed and comforted


[Verse 5]
                           Am
Each tending to the others need
          F                   G
Tears and smiles looked after now
    C          G       C          Am
The thorns and sorrows have their place
          F        G        C      Am  G  C
In proper balance, like the stars


[Verse 6]
                       Am
You are both brave and beautiful
                      F         G
My brother, whom I've loved for life
    C     G       C     Am
And now a sister, newly mine
            F        G       C      Am  G  C
To love and treasure day and night


[Verse 7]
                                Am
Home to the mountains, then, we come
       F           G
To celebrate in unison
    C          G         C       Am
All peace, and pleasure, joy and bliss
          F        G   C    Am  G  C
To Denver John and Allison


[Verse 8]
                               Am
Today for you the Columbine is blue
                F               G
The paint brush flames upon the hills
    C   G       C      Am
For Allison and Denver John
         F       G          C    Am  G  C
A double sunrise lights the dawn