DAD |--------------------------------| |--------------------------------| |--------------2---2-------------| |----------------4---4----0-2b-0-| |-0--2-4-5-----------------------| |--------------------------------| G D Down in the Valley of Hollow Logs A Two lovers lay in the weeds G D Safe in the net of their sweaty arms A D Safe from the wind in the trees G D My love, said the boy, you're the clear blue sky A You're the air I gulp to breathe G D I feel you rushing through my veins A D Like the wind rushing through the trees G D My love, said the girl, you're my secret pearl A You're a string of tiny glass beads G D You're a burning star I keep in a jar A D Safe from the wind in the trees GDAGDAD |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------2-----2-3-2--------------| |-----3-5-3---------------------------------------------------------------------3-5---3---------3------------| |-2/4-------4--0-2------------------------2---------------------4-4--4-4-2-0--2-------------------2-0--------| |-------------------0-2b-0---------0--0/4---4-2-------------------------------------------------------4-2b-0-| |----------------------------0-2-4---------------0-2b-0---0--------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------4------------------------------------------------| G D Down in the Valley of Hollow Logs A Two lovers lay back in the weeds G D Listening to the howl of hunting dogs A D And the wind howling through the trees G D Then insects ran for the underbrush A As the wind filled the air with dead leaves G D And every stone turned slowly to dust A D As the wind tore through the trees GDAGDAD |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-9--9-9-9-7----7----------------7-------------9--9-9-9-7-----7-----------------------------| |------------10-----9---------------9-7----7--------------10-----9-----------9--7-----------| |---------------------10-----10------------------------------------10----10--------10----10-| (Bass arr. for guitar) G D So the young girl pierced her lily-white breast A Her blood poured over dark weeds G D A silver dagger through her burning heart A D Cold as the wind in the trees G D Then the boy picked up that bloody knife A And stove it through his chest G D Farewell, farewell to the wind and the trees A D I'll die with the one I love best