Chords with lyrics
Difficulty: Novice
D MajorD F#m/D Em7/D D7D7
Feel the wind burn through my skin
Em7/D A7/D D MajorD
The pain, the air is killing me
D MajorD F#m/D Em7/D D7D7
For years my limbs stretched to the sky
Em7/D A7/D D MajorD
A augmentedA nest for birds to sit and sing
G+G A7A7 A# diminished A#dim B minorBm D7D7 E minorEm
But now my branches suffer and my leaves don't bear the glow
F# minorF#m Em7/G A7A7 D MajorD
They did so long ago
D MajorD F#m/D Em7/D D7D7
One day I was full of life
Em7/D A7/D D MajorD
My sap was rich and I was strong
D MajorD F#m/D Em7/D D7D7
From seed to tree I grew so tall
Em7/D A7/D D MajorD
Through wind and rain I could not fall
G+G A7A7 A# diminished A#dim B minorBm D7D7 E minorEm
But now my branches suffer and my leaves don't offer
F# minorF#m Em7/G A7A7 D MajorD
Poetry to men of song
D MajorD F#m/D Em7/D D7D7 Em7/D
Trees like me weren't meant to live if all this world can give
A7/D D MajorD
Is pollution and slow death
F#m/D FF Em7/D D7D7 Em7/D
Oh Lord I lay me down no life's left to be found
A7/D D MajorD
There's nothing left for me
(D MajorD) F#m/D Em7/D D7D7 Em7/D
Trees like me weren't meant to live if all this earth can give
A7/D D MajorD
Is pollution
F#m/D Em7/D D7D7 Em7/D
Oh Lord I lay me down my branches to the ground
A7/D D MajorD
There's nothing left for me