Intro
D D D D
[Verse 1]
D
Old redwood tree
D
Don't you recognize me?
D G
Know it's not much time for you
G D
But it's been decades for me
D
Oh, Redwood tree
D
Sorry I had to leave
D G
Eager mind and a teenage heart
G D
Can get hooked on a dream
[Pre-Chorus]
G A
I saw the world
Bm G
You saw my parents grow old
G A
You've got your roots
Bm A
And I've got the wind, the wind in my soul
[Chorus]
G A Bm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
G A Bm
Don't know what you have when you're young
G A Bm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
G A Bm
But you'll know what you had when it's gone
G A
You'll know what you had
[Verse 2]
A D
Old redwood tree
D
Now it's just you and me
D G D
Back then it was hard to stay and easy to leave
D
In the soft summer breeze
D
It's so simple to see
D G
The time kept ticking back home
G D
While I was living for me
[Pre-Chorus]
G A
I saw the world
Bm D D
You saw my parents grow old
G A
You've got your roots
Bm A
And I've got the wind, the wind in my soul
[Chorus]
G A Bm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
G A Bm
Don't know what you have when you're young
G A Bm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
G A Bm
But you'll know what you had when it's gone
G A D
The only thing left of what used to be is you
G A D
The only thing left of what used to be is you
[Bridge]
A D
Old redwood tree
D
Don't you recognize me?
[Chorus]
G A Bm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
G A Bm
Don't know what you have when you're young
G A Bm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
G A Bm
But you'll know what you had when it's gone
G A Bm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
G A Bm
Don't know what you have when you're young
G A Bm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
G A Bm
But you'll know what you had when it's gone
[Outro]
G A
You'll know what you had
D
Old redwood tree