• Song:

    The Giving Tree

  • Artist:

    Plain White Ts

I looked at three different videos of the band playing this, it's pretty accurate.

Capo 3rd fret
Intro and Verses played on top four strings
Chorus:  A# and F barre chords, other open
Bridge:  all barre chords except C
Tempo:  ~76

[Intro]
Dm    F    Gm    F    C/E

[Verse]
Dm                                     F
All the leaves on the Giving Tree have fallen
              Gm           F      C/E
No shade to crawl in underneath
Dm
  I've got scars from a pocket knife
      F          Gm              F    C/E
Where you carved your heart into me

[Chorus]
   A#          F
If all you wanted was love
              C      F
Why would you use me up
       A#            C              F    F7
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
           A#        F      A7          Dm   C
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
       A#            C                  F
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?

[Verse 2]

Dm                                 F
  I lie in the dead of night and I wonder
      Gm               F    C/E
Whose covers you're between
Dm
  And it's sad laying in his bed
         F              Gm                 F   C/E
You feel hollow, so you crawl home back to me

[Chorus]
   A#          F
If all you wanted was love
              C      F
Why would you use me up
       A#            C              F    F7
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
           A#        F      A7          Dm   C
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
       A#            C                  F
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?

[Bridge]
Gm
Well, I see a trail that starts
A#                      F
A line of broken hearts behind you
              C        C7?
That lead you back to me
Gm
The once sad and lonely fool
A#                             C        [C7]
With nothing left but roots to show, oh oh

[Chorus]
(Single strum per chord)
    A#         F
If all you wanted was love
              C      F
Why would you use me up
(Resume regular picking)
       A#            C              F    F7
Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away
           A#        F      A7          Dm   C
When all I wanted to be was your giving tree
       A#            C                  F
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?

(Single Strum per chord)
       A#            C                  F
Settle down, build a home, and make you happy?
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