The Shooting Tree (for Folke Bernadotte)
07/20/14 - FtLd

If I shoot you and you shoot me
Then who’s left to shoot in the shooting tree
Uh huh... oh no

Cause everyone sings a different song
And no one cares what’s right or wrong
In the shooting tree... uh ho

And two wrongs never make a right
But they’ll get you through another night
In the shooting tree... uh huh

And if I kill you ‘fore you kill me
Then my lies become history
In the shooting tree... oh no

Cause everyone sings a different song
And no one wants to get along
In the shooting tree... uh ho

Though I only need one nest
My god tells me take all the rest
In the shooting tree... uh huh

And I know that you’ll do the same
So I’ll kill you in my god’s name
In the shooting tree... oh no

Yet no two god’s are quite the same
But everyone kills in their god’s name
In the shooting tree... uh ho

So maybe I’ll just settle down
Somewhere peaceful upon the ground
Out of the shooting tree... uh huh

But if I do will you shoot me
For leaving the insanity
Of the shooting tree... oh no

Cause killing only causes pain
And pain drives everyone insane
In the shooting tree... uh ho
In the shooting tree... uh huh
In the shooting tree... oh no
In the shooting tree

verse:
Am - Ef1 - Am

chorus:
Ef1 - D - Dm - Am
Ef1 - D - 15.26.35 - E - E+13.23

end:
Ef1 - D - 15.26.35 - 27.35.47

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