Intro: E F#m G#m F#m G#m F#m E
Interlude
E A C D E G F# B
Verse
E A C D E
Now that there are green sprouts pushing through dead leaves,
A E B
and fat yellow jackets float on the breeze,
E A C D E
the waves kiss the shore and the air is warm,
A E A E
but birch trees are falling now that you are gone.
A C D E
Once we walked the crumbling cliffs
A C D E
where the birch trees lean;
A C D E
Once I kissed your apple lips
A E B
high above the sea.
Interlude
E A C D E G F# B
Verse
E A C D E
A year ago it was when the last clover grew.
A E B
Under creaking birch trees I would wait for you.
E A C D E
We kissed in the salt air between the leaning trees,
A E A E
white slender branches bent to the sea.
A C D E
Once we walked the crumbling cliffs
A C D E
where the birch trees lean;
A C D E
now who will kiss your apple lips
A E B
under the salty sea
Outro
E F#m G#m F#m
E F#m G#m F#m G#m F#m E