Song: The Giving Tree by Plain White T's Album: Should've Gone To Bed EP I suggest a different chord progression than the existing tab. Don't forget to rate it if you like it :) Capo 1st Fret Am - intro and verse (577555) (except for bridge where a regular Am is played) D* - xx0235 [Intro] Em (pickie 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?
