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