Capo: 3

Song: The Giving Tree by Plain White T's Album: Should've Gone To Bed EP Capo 3rd fret Intro and Verse: Played on top five strings with bass alternating between D and A strings (D first). All chords get 8 beats Chorus: A# and F barre chords, other open. All chords get 4 beats except Dm and C, which get two beats. Bridge: All barre chords except C. All chords get 8 beats except last C which gets 16 beats Tempo: ~76 [Intro] Dm F Gm F C/A [Verse]

^DmAll the leaves on the Giving Tree have ^Ffallen No shade to cr^Gmawl in undern^Feath ^C/A ^Dm I've got scars from a pocket knife Where ^Fyou carved ^Gmyour heart into ^Fme ^C/A

[Chorus]

If ^A#all you want^Fed was love Why would you ^Cuse me ^Fup Cut me ^A#down, build a ^Cboat, and sail ^Faway ^F7 When all I ^A#wanted to ^Fbe was ^A7your giving ^Dmtree ^C Settle ^A#down, build a ^Chome, and make you ^Fhappy?

[Verse 2]

^Dm I lie in the dead of night and I ^Fwonder Whose ^Gmcovers you're bet^Fween ^C/A ^Dm And it's sad laying in his bed You feel ^Fhollow, so you ^Gmcrawl home back to ^Fme ^C/A

[Chorus]

[Bridge]

^GmWell, I see a trail that starts ^A#A line of broken hearts ^Fbehind you C [C7?] That lead you back to me ^GmThe once sad and lonely fool A# C [C7] With nothing left but roots to show, oh oh

[Chorus] (Single strum per chord)

If a^A#ll you want^Fed was love Why would you ^Cuse me ^Fup

(Resume regular picking)

Cut me ^A#down, build a ^Cboat, and sail ^Faway ^F7 When all I ^A#wanted to ^Fbe was ^A7your giving ^Dmtree ^C Settle ^A#down, build a ^Chome, and make you ^Fhappy?

(Single Strum per chord)

Settle ^A#down, build a ^Chome, and make you ^Fhappy?

Plain White T's - The giving tree