Crooked Tree chords by Molly Tuttle

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Intro | G+G | G+G  |


Verse 1:G                G+G
Two trees in the forest, one was crooked, one was straight.
E minorEm                E minorEm
Crimson bark and emerald needles, growing day by day.
  C majorC                    C majorC
And though they looked so different, they enjoyed the rain the same
G+G       G+G
side by  side.

Verse 2:G              G+G
Chickadee had told them of a darkness on the land.
E minorEm                 E minorEm
Spinning blades that came to visit, carried by a man.
  C majorC                C majorC
And every other tree would see them cut down where they stand
G+G       G+G
by  and by.

       E minorEm       C majorC     G+G          D MajorD
Oh, can't you see, a crooked tree won't fit into the mill machine.
        E minorEm       C majorC        G+G      D*   G+G
They're left to grow, wild and  free. Oh
I'd rather be a crooked tree.

Break
| G+G       | G+G       | E minorEm       | E minorEm       |
| C majorC       | C majorC       | G+G       | G+G       |

 Verse 3:  G+G                 G+G
The perfect trees were driven down the mountain to the mill.
   E minorEm               E minorEm
They turned them into toothpicks and twenty dollar bills.
  C majorC                  C majorC
It seem the more that people took, the more they needed still
G+G       G+G
in  the end.

 Verse 4:  G+G                  G+G
The crooked trees were left there, after all the work was done.
E minorEm               E minorEm
Now they go for weeks and never witness anyone.
C majorC                  C majorC
No one left to tell them, if they're growing right or wrong
G+G       G+G
but the whispering wind.

       E minorEm       C majorC     G+G          D MajorD
Oh, can't you see, a crooked tree won't fit into the mill machine.
        E minorEm       C majorC        G+G      D*   G+G
They're left to grow, wild and  free. Oh
I'd rather be a crooked tree.

Break
| G+G       | G+G       | E minorEm       | E minorEm       |
| C majorC       | C majorC       | G+G       | G+G       |

Verse 5:G                G+G
People say I'm different, and my way of life seems strange.
 E minorEm                    E minorEm
I took the road less travelled, twists and turns along the way.
  C majorC                 C majorC
But like the crooked tree
I'm growing stronger day by day
       G+G       G+G
as the clouds roll by.
Verse 6:
 G+G              G+G
A augmentedA river never wonders, why it flows around the bend.
 E minorEm                 E minorEm
A augmentedA mountain doesn't questions, how it grows up from the land.
  C majorC             C majorC
So, who am I to wish I wasn't just the way I am
G+G
who am I.

       E minorEm       C majorC     G+G          D MajorD
Oh, can't you see, a crooked tree won't fit into the mill machine.
        E minorEm       C majorC        G+G      D*   E minorEm
They're left to grow, wild and  free. Oh
I'd rather be a crooked tree.

Outro
 C majorC         G+G          D MajorD
A augmentedA crooked tree won't fit into the mill machine.
        E minorEm       C majorC        G+G      D*   G+G
They're left to grow, wild and  free. Oh
I'd rather be a crooked tree.
  G+G      D*   (G+G)
I'd rather be a crooked tree

Outro 1
| G+G       | G+G       | E minorEm       | E minorEm       |
| C majorC       | C majorC       | G+G       | G+G       |

Outro 2 (Fading Out)
| G+G       |