Shaking The Tree chords by Peter Gabriel

Chords with lyrics

Intro: D MajorD  G+G  D MajorD  G+G (2x)


D MajorD       G+G           D MajorD        G+G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
D MajorD       G+G           D MajorD        G+G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree


D MajorD                G+G
Waiting your time, dreaming of a better life
D MajorD                  G+G
Waiting your time, you're more than just a wife
C majorC             G+G
Don't have to do what your mother has done
    D MajorD
She has done
              G+G
This is your life, this new life has begun
     D MajorD        G+G
It's your day - a woman's day
     D MajorD        G+G
It's your day - a woman's day

D MajorD                G+G
Turning the tide, you are on the incoming wave
D MajorD                G+G
Turning the tide, No, you are nobody's slave
C majorC
Find your Sisters and Brothers    (or: Find your Brothers and Sisters 1989 version)
    G+G               D MajorD
Who can hear all the truth in what you say
                 G+G
They can support you when you're on your way
     D MajorD        G+G
It's your day - a woman's day
     D MajorD        G+G
It's your day - a woman's day


D MajorD       G+G           D MajorD        G+G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
D MajorD       G+G           D MajorD        G+G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree

D MajorD                   G+G
Changing your ways, changing those surrounding you
D MajorD                 G+G
Changing your ways, more than any man can do
C majorC               G+G           D MajorD
Open your heart, show him the anger and pain, so you heal
              G+G           D MajorD
Maybe he's looking for his womanly side, let him feel

      G+G       D MajorD
You have to be so strong
     G+G
I can do nothing wrong
           D MajorD
Nothing wrong at all
      G+G       D MajorD
We're gonna break it down
      G+G
We have to shake it down

Shake it all around


D MajorD       G+G           D MajorD        D MajorD
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
D MajorD       G+G           D MajorD        G+G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree
D MajorD       G+G           D MajorD        G+G
Souma Yergon, Sou Nou Yergon, We are shakin' the tree