The Giving Tree

Em G Am G D/F#


[Verse]

Em                                     G
All the leaves on the Giving Tree have fallen
            Am            G    D/F#
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   B  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
D      C             D                  G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?


[Verse]

Em                               G    
I lie in the dead of night and I wonder
      Am             G      F#
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
D      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      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
D      C             D                  G
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
       C*            D*                 G*
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?