The Giving Tree Chords & Tabs
(Pitch for "leaves": B string- 5th fret)
VERSE 1
Am Em G D
All the leaves on the Giving Tree have fallen
Am Em G D
No shade to crawl in underneath
Am Em
I've got scars from a pocket knife
G D Am Em G D
Where you carved your heart into me
CHORUS
Am Em
If all you wanted was love
D A
Why would you use me up
Em Fm G D
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
Am Em C G
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
Em Fm C G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
VERSE 2
Am Em G D
I lie in the dead of night and I wonder
Am Em G D
Whose covers you're between
Am Em
And it's sad laying in his bed
G D Am Em G D
You feel hollow, so you crawl home back to me
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CHORUS
Am Em
If all you wanted was love
D A
Why would you use me up
Em Fm G D
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
Am Em C G
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
Em Fm C 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 A G
With nothing left but roots to show, oh oh
CHORUS
Am Em
If all you wanted was love
D A
Why would you use me up
Em Fm G D
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
Am Em C G
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
Em Fm C G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
(One Strum per chord)
Em Fm C G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
