Chords with lyrics (Ver. 3)
(Pitch for "leaves": 
BB string- 5th fret)
VERSE 1
A minorAm 
E minorEm 
G+G 
D MajorD
All the leaves on the Giving Tree have fallen
A minorAm E minorEm G+G D MajorD
No shade to crawl in underneath
A minorAm E minorEm
I've got scars from a pocket knife
G+G D MajorD A minorAm E minorEm G+G D MajorD
Where you carved your heart into me
CHORUS
A minorAm E minorEm
If all you wanted was love
D MajorD 
A augmentedA
Why would you use me up
E minorEm 
F minorFm G+G D MajorD
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
A minorAm E minorEm 
C majorC G+G
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
E minorEm F minorFm C majorC G+G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
VERSE 2
A minorAm E minorEm G+G D MajorD
I lie in the dead of night and I wonder
A minorAm E minorEm G+G D MajorD
Whose covers you're between
A minorAm E minorEm
And it's sad laying in his bed
G+G D MajorD A minorAm E minorEm G+G D MajorD
You feel hollow, so you crawl home back to me
CHORUS
A minorAm E minorEm
If all you wanted was love
D MajorD A augmentedA
Why would you use me up
E minorEm F minorFm G+G D MajorD
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
A minorAm E minorEm C majorC G+G
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
E minorEm F minorFm C majorC G+G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
BRIDGE
A minorAm
Well, I see a trail that starts
C majorC G+G
A augmentedA line of broken hearts behind you
D MajorD
That lead you back to me
A minorAm
The once sad and lonely fool
C majorC D MajorD A augmentedA G+G
With nothing left but roots to show, oh oh
CHORUS
A minorAm E minorEm
If all you wanted was love
D MajorD A augmentedA
Why would you use me up
E minorEm F minorFm G+G D MajorD
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
A minorAm E minorEm C majorC G+G
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
E minorEm F minorFm C majorC G+G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
(One Strum per chord)
E minorEm F minorFm C majorC G+G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
Other versions of The Giving Tree
Alternative guitar chords and tabs for The giving tree (Ver. 2) by Plain White T's
