E A E B C#m
E
There is a tree, flowers in spring.
C#m E
White cherry buds, twenty-two rings.
C#m E
I helped her grow, but have never seen
B C#m
Carolina winter or Aberdeen.
E
From the Missisippi floodgates my body churned.
C#m E
Up the river delta my mother yearned
C#m E
to taste the sweetness of her pain
B C#m
fallin' down in Carolina rain.
A E
And if I stay I'll stay today.
C#m E
My body has followed in her wake.
A E
If I'm to go, I'll go away
B C#m
to Aberdeen and there I'll wait.
B C#m
E
She stayed by the sea hardened town.
C#m E
Smell of fish watered down,
C#m E
Taste of liquor on her mouth,
B C#m
and her heart it wandered down to the south.
A E
And if I stay I'll stay today.
C#m E
My body has followed in her wake.
A E
If I'm to go, I'll go away
B C#m
to Aberdeen and there I'll wait.
E C#m E C#m E B C#m
E
Her body is now hard from the years.
C#m E
She's still as strong, still as fierce.
C#m E
I've taken all she had to give
B C#m
and given back the will to live.
A E
And if I stay I'll stay today.
C#m E
My body has followed in her wake.
A E
If I'm to go, I'll go away
B C#m
to Aberdeen and there I'll wait.
B C#m
To Aberdeen and there I'll wait
B C#m
To Aberdeen and there I'll wait
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