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

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[Intro] Em G Am G D [Verse 1]
Em                                     G
All the leaves on the Giving Tree have fallen

            Am            G    D
No shade to crawl in underneath

Em
I've got scars from a pocket knife

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

              D Bm7  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

      Am            G      D
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 Bm7  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     D4 D
With nothing left but roots to show, oh oh
[Chorus]
           C          G
If all you wanted was love

              D Bm7  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?
[Outro]
       C             D                  G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?