F          C | F    C  |  F  C |  G        C |

                           F                        C                                     G              C               

The oak stands  _ proud and stubborn through the wind and rain and snow.

F                   C         G             C    

Strong and tall it takes it all  

Am                         G   

A rock to every blow

        F                          C                             Em                        F

But given time and ­_ circumstance a fate may then befall

        Em           Am                   F            C

The tree will shake  the bough will break

F                                  G 

The mighty oak will fall

The willow­_ bends and sways to just a gentle little breeze

But by this simple action raging storms it can appease

And if the_ snow lays thick enough to break a hardwood true

It's cap will doff and slough it off

To grow on safely through

Dm                                          C                      G

Life is complicated and full of compromise

     Dm                                        C                               G

Extremes are overrated, the knowledge of the wise

Bm                                       F                          C                             G     G7

Simplistic solutions are little more than lies….. more than lies

There's those of _us who're stubborn

There's those if us will bend

There's those who'll stand unmoving betwixt a foe or friend

But what is ­_seen as strength may in the long term lay them low.

Determined and unyielding till the overwhelming blow

Pig-headed or just resolute

Flexible or fey

Self controlled or dissolute

Gravitas or gay

All's a call or judgement

Hard to find a way,  find a way

There is no _ predetermined pattern,  no one and only way

No guarantees the wise over the fools will have their say

You pick your _ way most carefully between the pavement cracks

Looking to the future hoping someone’s watching for your back

 WYAaEI