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Sangen kan høres på http://nrkp3.no/filmpolitiet/2011/03/under-the-maple-tree/

Intro
/ C Em Dm7 Gadd9 /

C                     Em
Yesterday was the day your path crossed mine. 
     Dm7                         Gadd9
They say love makes blind, but I saw you just fine,
            C
And you saw me, and when you saw that I saw that you saw me, 
Em
You just went on by.
   Dm
It was an odd reply, 
Kind of shy, 
G
But I knew it didn't mean goodbye.
F                                               G
‘Cause, even though your lips were sealed, your body language indicated 
         Am7                          F
That you wanted someone there by your side.
        Dm                         Am
I could not tell if you’d felt the love at first sight, 
      Fmaj7                       G
But I felt a slight plight to confirm my sight right. 
Just like a mighty white knight might have done.

          C                     Em
        Today is the day that I get to portray 
               Dm7                    Gadd9
        This unusual scene which took place yesterday.
              C                      Em
        I was out jogging when I ran into this guy. 
           Dm7                      Am        Gadd9
        He said: "I’m sorry!". Then I went on by.
          F                           Gadd9
        I tried to ignore him, but he started to follow. 
    Am7                       F
I accompanied her through the park!
        Dm                       Em7
All the tiresome running made us stop to rest. 
                Fmaj7
        I could not get away.
     G7
We began to undress!
        He began to undress!

       C
It was love, 
        Rape, 
          Am7
Under the maple tree
    Dm7
The best thing I’ve ever done. 
               G7
        He was forcing me 
       F
On the ground in a park
        C/E
We made love in the dark
                   Dm7 G
        Oh, the agony.-

    C                         Am
The smell of her hair and her beautiful skin
             Dm                          G
        No escape here; this guy was too strong; he would win.
    F                     C/E
I became paralyzed by her shiny eyes
           Dm
She set me free
        Please set me free
G
Under the maple tree

Mellomspill
/ C Am Dm G / F C/E Dm G /

        C                            Em
        Never ever in my life have I felt so abused. 
        Dm                        G
        There I lay naked - and a little bit confused
C                           Em
Never ever in my life did I think I would witness 
  Dm                       G
A sexual assault while out jogging... for fitness

F                            G
Please, baby, please tell me what I did wrong? 
  Am                      F
I brought you flowers and I used a condom.
Dm                           Em
All since that day you won’t see me no more. 
    F                                    G              G#dim
You don’t return my calls, and now the police are at my door.

Am         Am/G           Am/F                                Am
Life isn’t easy when it’s filled up to the brim with misunderstandings.
                   Am/G      Am/F                                       Am
        Life isn’t easy when love is a stranger, a stranger is danger indeed!
           Am/G
Love isn’t easy, no, it’s pretty hard,
          Am/F
        I liked your love better when we were apart.
But you’re still in my heart.
   Dm                           Em
So please tell me why you won't see me no more,
    F                       G
And why those policemen are outside my door,
Gsus2                   G7
Hammering, slamming and bunking and banging! 
Somewhere there must have been a really big misunderstanding.

‘Cause all we did was making
C
Love. 
        It was rape!
          Am
Under the maple tree.
                         Dm                        G
        Actually, when I think about it, it was an elm tree.
                   F
But what about the leaves on the ground?                        
              C/E
        Maple leaves aren’t that round!
     Dm G
Usually.

                C                           Am
        I was despoiled in the soil, in the park by my house.
Were we ever a pair?
        Dm                      G
        Send him to jail, I got stains on my blouse.
Was our love just a flare? 
                 Dm
        Make him burn in the chair.
It’s unfair!
                Em
        Let him dangle midair
If I gave you a scare, 
             Dm
        In a rope or his hair.
I was never aware of it.
                 Em
        Jail him in for a year.
Please don’t leave me in there, 
               Dm
        Or for life, I don’t care.

           Em
All that’s left here is only this 
Dm
Beautiful, 
        Terrible, 
Em
Glorious, 
        Unbearable, 
  F
Resplendent, 
        Despicable
G              C
Ravishing memory

Vamp (første akkord inngikk i refrenget)
/ C Am Dm G / F C/E Dm G /

Ravishing memory
        I was ravished!