Stereophonics - A Thousand Trees: chords

G               Am7               G/B
Standing at the bus stop with my shopping in
    C
my hands
             G             Am7           G/B
And I'm overhearing elder ladies as the rumours .
           C
start to fly
                            G                  Am7
You can hear them in the school yard, in the scrap
 yard
        G/B                C
In the chip shop, in the phone box
        G                 Am7
In the pool hall, at the shoe store,
        G/B           C
every corner turned around

It started with a school girl
Who was running
Running home to her Mam and Dad
Told them she was playing, in the change room of
the local football side
They said "tell us again", she told them again,
"tell us the truth", they find it hard to believe
Cause he taught our boy Steve, he even trained me,
taught our John who's a father of three

Chorus:
      Am7               Fmaj7      C
Only takes one tree, to make 1000 matches
      Am7
Only takes one match,
   Fmaj7    C     G     Am7  G/B  C
to burn A thousaaaaand trees
       G    Am7 G/B  C
A thousand trees

You see it in the classroom
In the swimming pool
Where the match stick men are made
At the scout's hall, at the football
Where the wise we trust are paid
They all honour his name, he did a lot for the game
Got his name knocked up above the sports
ground gates
But they're ripping them down, stamping the ground
Picture gathers dust behind the bar in the lounge

Chorus

D      Fmaj7           C
Wake up, and smell the rain
D              Fmaj7     C
Shake up, he's back to stay
D                  Fmaj7 C
He hasn't been on a holiday
D                     Fmaj7
Growing seeds don't believe
     C     G  Am7  G/B  C
Why he's beeeeen awaaaaay

From the school yard, changing room
Playing fields, bathroom
Phone box, office blocks
Corners turn around
They keep doubting the flame, tossing the blame
Got his name knocked up above the sports
ground gates
And they're ripping them down, stamping the ground
Picture gathers dust in the bar

Chorus:
Only takes one tree, to make a thousand matches
Only takes one match, to burn A thousand trees
A thousand trees
A thousand trees
A thousand trees