Boy In A Tree     (Hofstede-Kloet-Stips / Hofstede)

     E    A    E    A

           E
  When she drops in town a little handkerchief
     A
  He picks it up for her
E                               A
  Although he's not a prince of charm
          E
  Now she stands upon his shoulders
      A
  And looks across the garden
E
  And sees the oak behind the farm

     G
     I'm up here in the waving tree
       Fmaj7
     I feel my mother looks at me
     G                         Fmaj7     E   A   E   A
     She is living near to the bone


  There were times when she was beautiful
  She was dancing with my uncles
  Her hair was darker than this house
  Although it's true that she was proud of him
  Standing on his shoulders
  She saw the lights of other towns


      On Friday night she took the train
      Sunday she is back again
      Bringing home stories near the bone

        H             E
        Boy in a tree
        H             E
        Boy in a tree
        H
        Boy in a tree
                          E
        He's been looking round and round and round and round


                E    A    E    A


   The mirror shows another day
   She is forty years or older
   Her hair will fade from black to grey
   She drives and drives through the night
   A parrot on her shoulder
   Until the darkness goes away


      She is standing near the waving tree
      Looking up she talks to me
      All I hear is the wind in the leaves


         Boy in a tree...


         H             E
         Boy in a tree
         H
         Boy in a tree
                           E
         He's been looking round and round and round and round
         H             E
         Boy in a tree
                    H
         There were times when she was beautiful
               E
         She's dancing on my shoulders


               (ad libbing to the end using H and E)


(transcription by Suonna Kononen suseko@cc.jyu.fi)