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PULP - THE TREES
Chorded By: James Allenby
Websites: www.jamesallenby.8k.com
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INTRO - F#
[F#]I took an air-rifle, shot a magpie to the ground
[B]And it died without a [F#]sound
[F#]Your skin so pale against the fallen autumn leaves
[B]And no one saw us but the [F#]trees
[F#]Yeah the trees, those useless trees
Produce the [B]air that I am [F#]breathing
Yeah the [F#]trees, those useless trees
They never [B]said that you were [F#]leaving
[F#]I carved your name with a heart just up above
[B]No swollen, distorted, unrecog[F#]nisable; like our love
[F#]The smell of leaf mould and the sweetness of decay
[B]Are the incense at the funeral pro[F#]cession here, today
[F#]In the trees, those useless trees
Produce the [B]air that I am [F#]breathing
Yeah the [F#]trees, those useless trees
They never [B]said that you were [F#]leaving
[B]You try to shape the world to what you want the world to be
Carving your name a thousand won't bring you back to me
Oh [F#]no I might as well
I might as well just go tell it to the trees
G---4--10--11--8--6 (x2)
G--8--10--8--6--4
G--4s10--11
Oh yeah the [F#]trees, those useless trees
Produce the [B]air that I am [F#]breathing
Yeah the [F#]trees, those useless trees
They never [B]said that you were [F#]leaving
[F#]Go and tell it to the trees yeah
[F#]Go and tell it to the trees yeah
[F#]Go and tell it to the trees yeah
[F#]Go and tell it to the trees yeah
[F#]Go and tell it to the trees yeah
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Jer Average |
#1 by Jer at Nov 25, 1973 at 12:40 AM EST |
| I love the thought of the trees as silent witnesses and also the frustration in their silence: "I might as well just go and tell it to the trees". | |
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Vinnie Rhythm Player |
#2 by Vinnie Valium at Oct 12, 1975 at 5:39 AM EST |
| bittersweet little pulp number, this one. | |
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Lenny Judd (Pap Wanna Be |
#3 by Lenny Judd (Papa Smurf) at Sep 8, 1977 at 1:47 PM EST |
| I just found a quote of Jarvis talking about this song (on the website www.acrylicafternoons.com). He says: "In a romantic situation, people carve names on them and stuff, 'cos, I guess, you get some kind of permanence by doing it. But go back five years later and you can't read it 'cos trees don't grow uniformly - you're left with a distorted blob. The idea is, trees keep growing long after a relationship has gone down the pan." Eloquently put. Tht's pretty much what I was trying to say in my last comment anyway.♥ | |
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The MADMAN Average |
#4 by The MADMAN All the way at Sep 12, 1979 at 10:30 PM EST |
| I just read that a magpie is a symbol of happiness and joy in the Chinese culture. The first line is probably symbolic of his destruction of a relationship. | |
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John Wanna Be |
#5 by John Merritt at Sep 9, 1990 at 8:24 PM EST |
| i think this song is about something bad he did that has ended his relationship " he shot the magpie "meaning he killed his relationship.i find it dificult to understand what the trees are but obviously the trees are used as a metaphor. | |
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Rich Average |
#6 by Rich Frazer at Dec 16, 1991 at 12:12 AM EST |
| I'm pretty sure the bit about carving her name is literal. When you carve something in a tree, it grows out of shape - the tree grows unevenly, so the image gets distorted. "Like our love." ♥ | |
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steve Wanna Be |
#7 by steve hoffmann at Apr 26, 1994 at 10:11 PM EST |
| I just found a quote of Jarvis talking about this song (on the website www.acrylicafternoons.com). He says: "In a romantic situation, people carve names on them and stuff, 'cos, I guess, you get some kind of permanence by doing it. But go back five years later and you can't read it 'cos trees don't grow uniformly - you're left with a distorted blob. The idea is, trees keep growing long after a relationship has gone down the pan." Eloquently put. Tht's pretty much what I was trying to say in my last comment anyway.♥ | |
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nate Average |
#8 by nate eastman at Sep 7, 1997 at 6:18 AM EST |
| I got the idea that this guy had split up with his girlfriend went back to this spot in perhaps some woods where they'd shared a romantic moment, he shot the magpie out of anger that he was no longer with her. Maybe this is his way of saying goodbye to the relationship, the funeral of their love 'The smell of leaf mould & the sweetness of decay are the incense at the funeral procession here, today. ' | |
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chris Average |
#9 by chris ovari at Sep 16, 2004 at 1:39 AM EST |
| Probably Jarvis reminiscing over and mourning a dead girlfriend. kinda sad, yet kinda beautiful too | |
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chris Average |
#10 by chris at Jun 16, 2005 at 5:50 AM EST |
| On the other hand, Jarvis could have committed murder, which makes it that much more intriguing. | |
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