Version I, with (the way I like to play it) Intro: Intro gtr II (here the riff from the original starts) e|-------------------------------------------------0--2-0-------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------3----------3-1-0--0h1p0----3--1--0------| G|--0-2-4--4-2-0-2-4-2--0--------------0--2--4-------------------------0-----------2-0--| D|-------------------------4----4-4-4---------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| You were a child Crawling on your knees toward him Making momma so proud But your voice is too loud We like to watch you laughing Picking insects off of plants No time to think of consequences Control yourself Take only what you need from them A family of trees wanting to be haunted (x2) The water is warm But it's sending me shivers A baby is born Crying out for attention Your memories fade Like looking through a fogged mirror Decisions to Decisions are made and not bought But I thought this wouldn't hurt a lot I guess not Control yourself Take only what you need from them A family of trees wanting to be haunted (x2) Control yourself Take only what you need from them A family of trees wanting to be haunted (x3) A family of trees... Version II, without capo(the way the kooks actually played it ) You were a child Crawling on your knees toward him Making momma so proud But your voice is too loud We like to watch you laughing Picking insects off of plants No time to think of consequences And so on... | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note

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