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AE 12 The Mighty Oak
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A guitar/mandolin folk sonk
philosophy in memorian
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Singer-songwriter, arranger and producer: acoustic contemporary folk but ranging into rock/blues/country/jazz/humour...all very eclectic, I'm afraid!
Martin Stirrup Singer/songwriter An old folkie who got back into it... These days I sing and play guitar(s) and other stringed instruments, then score and orchestrate where appropriate. My taste becomes increasingly eclectic ranging from finger-picked folk through country to soft rock mixed in with a few more alternative and eccentric numbers, including the odd novelty foxtrot...
Song Info
Genre
Acoustic • Acoustic Folk
Charts
Peak #120
Peak in subgenre #26
Author
Martin Stirrup
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Martin Stirrup
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December 13, 2019
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MP3 8.5 MB • 320 kbps • 3:44
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WAV 37.7 MB
Story behind the song
In memoriam for my sister Janette, the mighty oak who stood up to so much in her life but eventually broke.
Lyrics
AE 12 The mighty oak FC FC FC G C F C GC The oak stands _ proud and stubborn through the wind and rain and snow. F C GC Strong and tall it takes it all Am G A rock to every blow FC EmF But given time and _ circumstance a fate may then befall EmAmF C The tree will shake the bough will break FG The mighty oak will fall The willow_ bends and sways to just a gentle little breeze But by this simple action raging storms it can appease And if the_ snow lays thick enough to break a hardwood true It's cap will doff and slough it off To grow on safely through Dm CG Life is complicated and full of compromise Dm CG Extremes are overrated, the knowledge of the wise Bm F C G G7 Simplistic solutions are little more than lies.. more than lies There's those of _us who're stubborn There's those if us will bend There's those who'll stand unmoving betwixt a foe or friend But what is _seen as strength may in the long term lay them low. Determined and unyielding till the overwhelming blow Pig-headed or just resolute Flexible or fey Self controlled or dissolute Gravitas or gay All's a call or judgement Hard to find a way, find a way There is no _ predetermined pattern, no one and only way No guarantees the wise over the fools will have their say You pick your _ way most carefully between the pavement cracks Looking to the future hoping someones watching for your back ?
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