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
Cm G#
You saw my parents grow old
G# A#
You've got your roots
Cm A#
And I've got the wind, the wind in my soul
[Chorus]
G# A# Cm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
G# A# Cm
Don't know what you have when you're young
G# A# Cm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
G# A# Cm
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
Cm D# D#
You saw my parents grow old
G# A#
You've got your roots
Cm A#
And I've got the wind, the wind in my soul
[Chorus]
G# A# Cm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
G# A# Cm
Don't know what you have when you're young
G# A# Cm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
G# A# Cm
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# Cm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
G# A# Cm
Don't know what you have when you're young
G# A# Cm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
G# A# Cm
But you'll know what you had when it's gone
G# A# Cm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
G# A# Cm
Don't know what you have when you're young
G# A# Cm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
G# A# Cm
But you'll know what you had when it's gone
[Outro]
G# A#
You'll know what you had
D#
Old redwood tree