If A Tree Falls In Love With A River chords by Jacob Collier

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Advanced

Key: FF

♫ Verse 1:
   Fadd9Fadd9      F7F7     Gm7Gm7
If a tree falls in love with a river
      G minorGm       F#augF#aug    Bb/FBb/F C7/EC7/E
'Cause the sun makes her golden and bright
    DmDm   Dm/B      C majorC
Can the tree understand and forgive her
     Bb majorBb FF  G minorGm FF C majorC  FF  C majorC
For the darkness she carries at night?
     Bb majorBb FF  G minorGm FF C majorC    FF
For the darkness she carries at night?

♫ Verse 2:
     Eb6Eb6       Ab7Ab7        G7G7
If the spring makes her eyes green with laughter
     Cm7Cm7      BaugBaug     Eb/BbEb/Bb F7/A
And the winds brush her hair from the skies
     Ddim7Ddim7          C majorC
Will he love her as well moments after
    Bb majorBb FF  G minorGm FF C majorC  FF  C majorC
In the winter when everything dies?
    Bb majorBb FF  G minorGm FF    C majorC  FF
In the wintеr when everything diеs?

♫ Verse 3:
       DmDm     G minorGm       C majorC
And would he notice her face when it changes
    DmDm     AbAb   EbM7
And her water turns into a sea?
D7D7      G minorGm    F#augF#aug Bb/FBb/F  C7/EC7/E
Or would he deem her a liar, a stranger?
    Bb majorBb FF G minorGm FF  C majorC  FF  C majorC
Praise forever who she used to be?
     Bb majorBb FF G minorGm FF  C majorC    FF
Praise forever who she used to be?

♫ Interlude:
Badd#11/Eb Dm7b5Dm7b5 Abm6-Abm
G7G7 C majorC
Bb majorBb FF C majorC
Bb majorBb A7A7 DmDm

♫ Verse 4:
    Fadd9Fadd9      F7F7      G minorGm
’Cause a tree stands too still for a river
   G minorGm     F#augF#aug   Bb/FBb/F C7/EC7/E
And a river's too wild for a tree
     DmDm     Dm/B    C majorC
Would he cut off his roots to be with her?
     Bb majorBb FF G minorGm FF C majorC  FF  C majorC
Would she ever give up on the sea?
     Bb majorBb FF G minorGm FF C majorC    FF
Would she ever give up on the sea?

♫ Verse 5:
     Eb6Eb6    AbAb     G7G7
Would he aim to maintain his desire
   Cm7Cm7      BaugBaug  Eb/BbEb/Bb F7/A
For a swamp that can no longer dance?
   Ddim7Ddim7          C majorC
If he were to be thrown in the fire
    Bb majorBb FF G minorGm   FF  C majorC  FF C majorC
In her eyes, he would not stand a chance
    Bb majorBb  FF G minorGm   FF  C majorC    FF
In her eyes, he would not stand a chance

♫ Verse 6:
      DmDm      G minorGm       C majorC
But in the fall, he could stand from a distance
     DmDm     AbAb   EbM7
Leaves of red so they dance on her hairs
D7D7      G minorGm   F#augF#aug     Bb/FBb/F C7/EC7/E
And she could show him proof of her existence
     Bb majorBb FF  G minorGm FF C majorC  FF  C majorC
When the summer rain kisses his lips
     Bb majorBb FF  G minorGm  FF   C majorC  FF
When the summer rain kisses his lips

♫ Outro:
N.C.
'Cause a tree stands too still for a river
N.C.
And a river is too wild for a tree
     DmDm     Dm/B    C majorC
He would not cut his roots to be with her
     Bb majorBb FF G minorGm  FF C majorC  FF C majorC
And she’d never give up on the sea
     Bb majorBb FF  G minorGm FF C majorC   FF
She would never give up on the sea



CHORDS
Badd#11/Eb- x6446x
Dm7b5Dm7b5 -   x5656x
Abm6Abm6 -   4x646x
AbmAbm -    4x644x