The Giving Tree chords by Plain White T's (Ver. 3)

(Pitch for "leaves": B string- 5th fret)


VERSE 1
      Am      Em       G D
All the leaves on the Giving Tree have fallen

      Am  Em    G D
No shade to crawl in underneath

Am           Em
I've got scars from a pocket knife

   G   D   Am  Em   G D
Where you carved your heart into me

CHORUS
       Am    Em
If all you wanted was love

        D   A
Why would you use me up

    Em      Fm      G D
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away

       Am   Em    C     G
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree

    Em      Fm        C  G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?


VERSE 2
Am      Em         G D
I lie in the dead of night and I wonder

   Am Em     G  D
Whose covers you're between

Am         Em
And it's sad laying in his bed

     G  D      Am Em      G D
You feel hollow, so you crawl home back to me

CHORUS
       Am    Em
If all you wanted was love

        D   A
Why would you use me up

    Em      Fm      G D
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away

       Am   Em    C     G
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree

    Em      Fm        C  G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?


BRIDGE
Am
Well, I see a trail that starts

C             G
A line of broken hearts behind you

        D
That lead you back to me

Am
The once sad and lonely fool

C               D   A G
With nothing left but roots to show, oh oh


CHORUS
       Am    Em
If all you wanted was love

        D   A
Why would you use me up

    Em      Fm      G D
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away

       Am   Em    C     G
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree

    Em      Fm        C  G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?



(One Strum per chord)
    Em      Fm        C  G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?