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The Giving Tree chords by Plain White T's

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice

Album: Should've Gone To Bed EP
Chords by: Matthew Cabigas

Capo 1st Fret

Intro
Chord diagramE minorEm Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramA minorAm Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramF# minorF#m

Chord diagramE minorEm                                     Chord diagramG+G
All the leaves on the Giving Tree have fallen
            Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramF#F#
No shade to crawl in underneath
Chord diagramE minorEm
I've got scars from a pocket knife
      Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramA minorAm         Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramD MajorD
Where you carved your heart into me

           Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G
If all you wanted was love
              Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramG+G
Why would you use me up
       Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramG+G
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
           Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramBB           Chord diagramE minorEm
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
Chord diagramE minor 7Em7    Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramG+G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?

Chord diagramE minorEm                               Chord diagramG+G
I lie in the dead of night and I wonder
      Chord diagramD MajorD             Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramF#F#
Whose covers you're between
Chord diagramE minorEm
And it's sad laying in his bed
         Chord diagramG+G              Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramG+G    Chord diagramD MajorD
You feel hollow, so you crawl home back to me

           Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G
If all you wanted was love
              Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramG+G
Why would you use me up
       Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramG+G
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
           Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramBB           Chord diagramE minorEm
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
Chord diagramE minor 7Em7    Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramG+G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
Chord diagramA minorAm
Well, I see a trail that starts
Chord diagramC majorC                         Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA line of broken hearts behind you
              Chord diagramD MajorD
That lead you back to me
Chord diagramA minorAm
The once sad and lonely fool
Chord diagramC majorC                              Chord diagramD MajorD     D4 Chord diagramD MajorD
With nothing left but roots to show, oh oh

           Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramG+G
If all you wanted was love
              Chord diagramD MajorD   Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramG+G
Why would you use me up
       Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD                      Chord diagramG+G
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
           Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramBB           Chord diagramE minorEm
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
Chord diagramE minor 7Em7    Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramG+G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?

(One Strum per chord)
       Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramD MajorD                  Chord diagramG+G

Other versions of The Giving Tree

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for The giving tree (Ver. 3) by Plain White T's

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