The Life And Death Of An Oak Tree chords by Careful Gaze

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Intro:

G+G  C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G


🎸 Verse 1:
N.C.  G+G     C majorC G+G         C majorC G+G
I am a seedling,   whatever you do,
  D MajorD    E minorEm    D MajorD      G+G   C majorC G+G
wherever you plant me, do it in the shade
    G+G  C majorC G+G             C majorC G+G
Keep me safe   under your careful gaze,
D MajorD     E minorEm             D MajorD      G+G   C majorC G+G
let every naïve leaf that stems be a memory we've made

Refrain:
   A augmentedA        C majorC         G+G   C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G
Every autumn night the memories start to fade


🎸 Verse 2:
N.C.  G+G    C majorC G+G        C majorC G+G
I am a sapling,  water my roots,
   D MajorD      E minorEm     D MajorD     G+G  C majorC G+G
take pictures of me, you can give me a name
    G+G    C majorC G+G            C majorC G+G
Keep a journal,  write in it every day,
D MajorD     E minorEm
say that I look like a stubborn tree,
D MajorD     G+G   C majorC G+G
staking my claim


Refrain:
    A augmentedA        C majorC          G+G   C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G
If the children come to crush me, send them away


🎸 Verse 3:
N.C.  G+G    C majorC G+G         C majorC G+G
I am an oak tree,  strong and tall,
  D MajorD     E minorEm    D MajorD     G+G   C majorC G+G
providing you shelter, giving you hope
  G+G      C majorC G+G              C majorC G+G
If anyone ever   hangs themselves from me,
     D MajorD    E minorEm    D MajorD     G+G   C majorC G+G
Would you cut them down, but leave the rope

Refrain:
    A augmentedA           C majorC         G+G   C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G
May it represent that I stood proud while others choked


🎸 Verse 4:
N.C.     G+G    C majorC G+G         C majorC G+G
Ohhhh, I am a bad tree,  you cut me down,
   D MajorD    E minorEm        D MajorD     G+G   C majorC G+G
take your ax to me, curse the day I was born
     G+G    C majorC G+G           C majorC G+G
Stand on my trunk,  victorious and happy,
     D MajorD      E minorEm     D MajorD       G+G   C majorC G+G
while the tree-huggers sit on the sidelines and mourn


Refrain:
     A augmentedA        C majorC            G+G   C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G
Tell them all that I'll be prettier once my bark is shorn


🎸 Verse 5:
N.C. G+G    C majorC G+G             C majorC G+G
I am kindling,  stripped of my strength,
D MajorD    E minorEm          D MajorD    G+G   C majorC G+G
used to start the fires that keep you warm
   G+G    C majorC G+G        C majorC G+G
I am rotten,   sad, and damp
     D MajorD      E minorEm            D MajorD     G+G   C majorC G+G
from the day that you left me in a pile in the midst of a storm


Refrain:
     A augmentedA           C majorC              G+G   C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G  C majorC G+G
Read your journal, look at your pictures, and let the tears form