Apple Tree chords by Erykah Badu

Em G Bm F

Intro:
Em   G
              Bm
I'd like to dedicate this to all of the
F
Creator's righteous children
Em                 G                    Bm
     I have some food in my bag for you
      F                         Em
Not that edible food the food you eat?
   G           Bm
No I have some food for thought
       F                           Em                 G
Since knowledge is infinite it has infinitely fell on me
Bm   F
So umm

Verse:
Em               G
It was a stormy night
Bm                          F
You know the kind where the lightning strike
Em          G                           Bm
  And I was hangin' out wit some of my "artsy" friends
F
Ooh wee ooh wee ooh
    Em                  G
The night was long the night went on
Bm                           F
People coolin' out until the break of dawn
Em             G                      Bm    F
   Incense was burnin' so I'm feelin right aight

Pre-Chorus:
      Em                       G
See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
   Bm                           F
& Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
   Em                       G
I don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not
   Bm                            F
I don't waste my time trying ta get what you got
  Em                          G
I work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you
    Bm            F
And that's why I do what I do
    Em                    G
My soul flies free like a willow tree
    Bm              F
Doo wee doo wee do wee

Chorus:
   Em                    G
And if you don't want to be down with me
    Bm                         F
You don't want to pick from my appletree
    Em                   G
And if you don't want to be down with me
          Bm                        F
Then you don't want to pick from my appletree
    Em                   G
And if you don't want to be down with me
          Bm                        F
Then you don't want to pick from my appletree
    Em                   G
And if you don't want to be down with me
         Bm               F
You just don't want to be down

Verse:
Em       G
I have a ho
Bm                   F
And I take it everywhere I go
Em                 G
Cause I'm planting seeds
                  Bm      F
So I reaps What I sow ya know
   Em        G
Oh on & on & on & on
    Bm                        F
My cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
Em          G                       Bm
I can't control the soul flowin' in me
    F
Ooh wee

Pre-Chorus:
      Em                       G
See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
   Bm                           F
& Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
   Em                       G
I don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not
   Bm                            F
I don't waste my time trying ta get what you got
  Em                          G
I work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you
    Bm            F
And that's why I do what I do
    Em                    G
My soul flies free like a willow tree
    Bm              F
Doo wee doo wee do wee

Chorus:
   Em                    G
And if you don't want to be down with me
    Bm                         F
You don't want to pick from my appletree
    Em                   G
And if you don't want to be down with me
          Bm                        F
Then you don't want to pick from my appletree
    Em                   G
And if you don't want to be down with me
          Bm                        F
Then you don't want to pick from my appletree
    Em                   G
And if you don't want to be down with me
         Bm               F
You just don't want to be down

Interlude:
Em    G
Oh my my my
Bm     F
Oh my my my
Em       G
Oh my my my ah
Bm           F
Oh my my my my my my my
Oh

Pre-Chorus:
      Em                       G
See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
   Bm                           F
& Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
   Em                       G
I don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not
   Bm                            F
I don't waste my time trying ta get what you got
  Em                          G
I work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you
    Bm            F
And that's why I do what I do
    Em                    G
My soul flies free like a willow tree
    Bm              F
Doo wee doo wee do wee

Chorus:
   Em                    G
And if you don't want to be down with me
    Bm                         F
You don't want to pick from my appletree
    Em                   G
And if you don't want to be down with me
          Bm                        F
Then you don't want to pick from my appletree
    Em                   G
And if you don't want to be down with me
          Bm                        F
Then you don't want to pick from my appletree
    Em                   G
And if you don't want to be down with me
         Bm               F
You just don't want to be down

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