WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Plain White T's - The Giving Tree Chords | Ver. 2
I suggest a different chord progression than the existing tab.
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Capo 1st Fret
Am - intro and verse (577555) (except for bridge where a regular Am is played)
D* - xx0235
[Intro]
Em (pickie 3rd) G Am G Bm7
[Verse]
Em G
All the leaves on the Giving Tree have fallen
D* G Bm7
No shade to crawl in underneath
Em
I've got scars from a pocket knife
G Am G D
Where you carved your heart into me
[Chorus]
C G
If all you wanted was love
D G
Why would you use me up
C D G G7
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
C G B Em
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
Em7 C D G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
[Verse 2]
Em G
I lie in the dead of night and I wonder
D* G Bm7
Whose covers you're between
Em
And it's sad laying in his bed
G Am G D
You feel hollow, so you crawl home back to me
[Chorus]
C G
If all you wanted was love
D G
Why would you use me up
C D G G7
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
C G B Em
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
Em7 C D G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
[Bridge]
Am
Well, I see a trail that starts
C G
A line of broken hearts behind you
D
That lead you back to me
Am
The once sad and lonely fool
C D Dsus4 D
With nothing left but roots to show, oh oh
[Chorus]
(Single strum per chord)
C G
If all you wanted was love
D G
Why would you use me up
(Resume regular strumming)
C D G G7
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
C G B Em
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
Em7 C D G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
(Single Strum per chord)
C D G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
