If I Were A Tree

	  		

 
  



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If I were a tree I'd shake you off, 
   C 
Who needs all those dying leaves? 
  G 
I'd follow my roots to the underground, 
    C 
Drink wine with all the thieves. 

G 

 G 
If I were a tree I'd give you wood, 
      C 
Make you a dendrophiliac. 
    G 
I'd have a laugh because I could; 
        C 
Oh, my knots and twists are not for that. 

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    C                                   G 
Uproot me from the ground and plant me somewhere I belong 
        Gm            F            G 
In the winter when my limbs are so bare 
    C                                   G 
Uproot me from the ground and plant me somewhere I belong 
        Gm            F            G  
In the winter when my limbs are so bare 

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   G 
If I were a tree I would age so the well; 
    C 
I'd watch the years paint on your face. 
 G 
Follow my roots to the underground, 
           C 
Watch you disappear without a trace...trace. 

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    C                                   G 
Uproot me from the ground and plant me somewhere I belong, 
        Gm            F            G 
In the winter when my limbs are so bare. 
    C                                   G 
Uproot me from the ground and plant me somewhere I belong, 
        Gm            F            G  
In the winter when my limbs are so bare. 
        Gm            F            G 
In the winter when my limbs are so bare. 
        Gm            F            G 
In the winter when my limbs are so bare. 

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