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