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