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