Date: 1/30/99; 1:17:41 PM
From: "Jennifer George" <pezz00@hotmail.com>
Subject: Tree of Hearts, Bryan White

Tree Of Hearts
performed by Bryan White on the album "The Right Place"
written by Skip Ewing and Don Sampson

G                  C
On a tree inside a heart
                 D                        G      
A dull boy scout knife took half a day to carve
        G         C
Michael loves Caroline
                 D               G
He'd just turned ten and she was nine
           G                   C
The summer she turned sweet sixteen
                     D                         G
He finally found his nerve and took her out to see
             G               C
And what she saw through her tears
          D                G
Was seven hearts for seven years
         C       G         D             G
And they stood beneath the tree of hearts
         C             G            D       
And they watched their feelings grow
         C            G     D       G
And they swore they'd never be apart
Em        C          D
True love left its mark
C      D         G
On the tree of hearts
          G                    C
The tenth time he carved their names
    D                          G
Caroline's dad was giving her away
        G                 C
There beneath the shelter of 
            D                         G
The tree of hearts they pledged their love
         C                    G
And then four hearts down the road
                 C        Em       D
They brought the first of two born home
         C        G         D             G
And they played beneath the tree of hearts
         C             G            D
And they watched their children grow
           C            G     D       G
Where they swore they'd never be apart
Em        C          D
True love left its mark
C      D         G
On the tree of hearts
       C        Em    D
In the blinking of an eye
         C           D
Somehow  fifty-seven hearts flew by
      G            C
Fifty-eight, fifty-nine
       D             G
Sixty, he missed Caroline
      G            C
Sixty-one, Michael knew
               D             G
There wouldn't be a sixty-two
         C     G         D             G
Now they lay beneath the tree of hearts 
        C           G              D
You can watch their love still grow 
           C            G     D       G
Where they swore they'd never be apart
Em        C          D
True love left its mark
C     D         G
On my tree of hearts

Note that the rhythm in this song is kind of odd, so you're usually 
switching chords in a place that looks funny on paper.  You should 
definitely listen to the song to get a handle on the rhythm before you 
try anything.  I don't know if this is the same key as Bryan sings it 
in, because I put chords to it in a key that my voice can handle, but as 
transcribed it sounds all right.  If you have any corrections, feel free 
to e-mail me.

--Jenn