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