Guided by Voices – I Am A Tree (Guitar)

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A x02220 E 022100 B x24442 F# 244322 D x57775 C x35553 Dmaj7 x57675 ======================================================= A E B A
         E              B                      A
I am a tree - I show my age when I don't cry

            E
I have the leaves

               B                       A
That will fall off when wind blows by

                    E
Don't strip off my bark

               B                   A
I have been stripped of it before

             E
Yesterday's gone

                  B
And tomorrow has so much more in store
A E B F# -x2- A
           E                   B             A
You are a bird - you're taking off in every way

              E                   B               A
Say the last word until there is nothing more to say

            E
Don't interrupt

                B               A
You know the squirrels are my friends

            E                  B             A
Get off my limb - for I will break before I bend
E B D Dmaj7 F G A B E
      B          D
I'm planning to see

A                C    D  A         B     E
I'm planning to feel you all over me

     B       D            A             C
So climb up my trunk and build on your nest

          C       A          B
Come and get the sap out if me
E B D A
         E   B  D  A
I am a tree!

                E   B  D  A
Fruitless and free!

          E   B  D  A
No symmetry!

              E   B  D  A
Touch me and see!
A E B -solo over- A
         E                 B                      A
I am a tree - counting my rings will do no good

              E                   B                   A
I won't live long but I would be with you if I could

                E
When you take flight,

               B                      A
Remember me to one who lives there

                 E
Since you have flown,

                    B
There's something special in the air
E B D Dmaj7 F G A B E
      B          D
I'm planning to see

A                C    D  A         B     E
I'm planning to feel you all over me

     B       D            A             C
So climb up my trunk and build on your nest

          C       A          B
Come and get the sap out if me
E B D A
         E   B  D  A
I am a tree!

                E   B  D  A
Fruitless and free!

          E   B  D  A
No symmetry!

              E   B  D  A
Touch me and see!
A E B