D [ch]F#m/D[/ch] Em7/D D7 Feel the wind burn through my skin Em7/D [ch]A7/D[/ch] D The pain, the air is killing me D [ch]F#m/D[/ch] Em7/D D7 For years my limbs stretched to the sky Em7/D [ch]A7/D[/ch] D A nest for birds to sit and sing G A7 A#dim Bm D7 Em But now my branches suffer and my leaves don't bear the glow F#m [ch]Em7/G[/ch] A7 D They did so long ago D [ch]F#m/D[/ch] Em7/D D7 One day I was full of life Em7/D [ch]A7/D[/ch] D My sap was rich and I was strong D [ch]F#m/D[/ch] Em7/D D7 From seed to tree I grew so tall Em7/D [ch]A7/D[/ch] D Through wind and rain I could not fall G A7 A#dim Bm D7 Em But now my branches suffer and my leaves don't offer F#m [ch]Em7/G[/ch] A7 D Poetry to men of song D [ch]F#m/D[/ch] Em7/D D7 Em7/D Trees like me weren't meant to live if all this world can give [ch]A7/D[/ch] D Is pollution and slow death [ch]F#m/D[/ch] F Em7/D D7 Em7/D Oh Lord I lay me down no life's left to be found [ch]A7/D[/ch] D There's nothing left for me (D) [ch]F#m/D[/ch] Em7/D D7 Em7/D Trees like me weren't meant to live if all this earth can give [ch]A7/D[/ch] D Is pollution [ch]F#m/D[/ch] Em7/D D7 Em7/D Oh Lord I lay me down my branches to the ground [ch]A7/D[/ch] D There's nothing left for me