Chord The Giving Tree by Plain White Ts

song : the giving tree album : should’ve gone to bed ep chords by : matthew cabigas capo 1st fret intro Em G Am G F#m Em G all the leaves on the giving tree have fallen D G 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 C G if all you wanted was love D B G why would you use me up C D G 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? Em G i lie in the dead of night and i wonder D G F# whose covers you’re between Em and it’s sad laying in his bed G D G D you feel hollow , so you crawl home back to me C G if all you wanted was love D B G why would you use me up C D G 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? 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 C G if all you wanted was love D B G why would you use me up C D G 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? one strum per chord C D G settle down , build a home , and make you happy?