Black Pear Tree -tabbed by mike/howardfinkel First, the tab of the EP version w/ piano + Kaki singing. Then I'm going to give what I'm almost sure JD played live. A D E A D E A D E I dug a hole and filled it up with compost A D E Rested on the cool grass for a minute A D E I saw the future in a dream last night F#m A D E There’s nothing in it A F#m D A F#m D I set the sapling in the hole Started gently tamping down the dirt I saw the future in a dream last night Somebody’s gonna get hurt, somebody’s gonna get hurt F#m A D A I hope it’s not me F#m A E D But I suspect it’s going to have to be A F#m D A F#m D I dug my heels in for the winter And I waited for the snow But something’s stuck up in the clouds Something was stuck up there It couldn’t let go And when its time came I could see it happen Blossoms black and sweet as Texas crude I saw the future flowering like a ruptured vessel Somebody’s gonna get screwed It won’t be me Someday I am going to walk out of here free John's live version D G A D G A D G A I dug a hole and filled it up with compost D G A Rested on the cool grass for a minute D G A I saw the future in a dream last night Bm D G A There’s nothing in it D Bm G D Bm G I set the sapling in the hole Started gently tamping down the dirt I saw the future in a dream last night Somebody’s gonna get hurt, somebody’s gonna get hurt Bm D G D I hope it’s not me Bm D A G But I suspect it’s going to have to be D Bm G D Bm G I dug my heels in for the winter And I waited for the snow But something’s stuck up in the clouds Something was stuck up there It couldn’t let go And when its time came I could see it happen Blossoms black and sweet as Texas crude I saw the future flowering like a ruptured vessel Somebody’s gonna get screwed It won’t be me Someday I am going to walk out of here free