Tender Branch Chords
by Tift Merritt
Tender Branch by Tift Merritt is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords C, Am7, F, Am, G, E7 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
nd Fret
Intro: C Am7 F C Am G C
Am F C
Once I ran like the wildest horse
Am7 F G C
I reached up high and I clenched my fist
Am F C
What happened then goes just like this
G C
Oh, the tender branch is gonna fall
Am F C
I was young and I thought it brave
Am7 F G C
Fighting to find the mystery's face
Am F C
You got to give it a gentler chase
G C
'Cause, oh, the tender branch is gonna fall
G C E7
Oh, the tender branch is gonna fall
Am F
Sometimes you fall up these stairs
Am F G E7
It's a long time 'fore you know
Am F
No matter where my heart is now
Am Em G
There's a long, long way to go
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