Plain White T's – The Giving Tree (Guitar)

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Song: The Giving Tree by Plain White T's Album: Should've Gone To Bed EP Am - intro and verse (577555) (except for bridge where a regular Am is played) D* - xx0235 [Intro] Em (pinkie 3rd) G Am G Bm7 [Verse]
Em                                     G
All the leaves on the Giving Tree have fallen

            D*            G   Bm7
No shade to crawl in underneath

Em
I've got scars from a pocket knife

      G          Am              G    D
Where you carved your heart into me
[Chorus]
           C          G
If all you wanted was love

              D      G
Why would you use me up

       C             D              G    G7    
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away

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

Em7    C             D                  G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
[Verse 2]
Em                               G    
I lie in the dead of night and I wonder

      D*              G     Bm7
Whose covers you're between

Em
And it's sad laying in his bed

         G              Am                  G    D
You feel hollow, so you crawl home back to me
[Chorus]
           C          G
If all you wanted was love

              D      G
Why would you use me up

       C             D              G        G7
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away

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

Em7    C             D                  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     Dsus4 D
With nothing left but roots to show, oh oh
[Chorus] (Single strum per chord)
           C          G
If all you wanted was love

              D      G
Why would you use me up
(Resume regular strumming)
       C             D              G     G7   
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away

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

Em7    C             D                  G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
(Single Strum per chord)
       C             D                  G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?