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 E
I saw the world
F#m D
You saw my parents grow old
D E
You've got your roots
F#m E
And I've got the wind, the wind in my soul
[Chorus]
D E F#m
Ooh, ooh, ooh
D E F#m
Don't know what you have when you're young
D E F#m
Ooh, ooh, ooh
D E F#m
But you'll know what you had when it's gone
D E
You'll know what you had
[Verse 2]
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Old redwood tree
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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 E
I saw the world
F#m A A
You saw my parents grow old
D E
You've got your roots
F#m E
And I've got the wind, the wind in my soul
[Chorus]
D E F#m
Ooh, ooh, ooh
D E F#m
Don't know what you have when you're young
D E F#m
Ooh, ooh, ooh
D E F#m
But you'll know what you had when it's gone
D E A
The only thing left of what used to be is you
D E A
The only thing left of what used to be is you
[Bridge]
E A
Old redwood tree
A
Don't you recognize me?
[Chorus]
D E F#m
Ooh, ooh, ooh
D E F#m
Don't know what you have when you're young
D E F#m
Ooh, ooh, ooh
D E F#m
But you'll know what you had when it's gone
D E F#m
Ooh, ooh, ooh
D E F#m
Don't know what you have when you're young
D E F#m
Ooh, ooh, ooh
D E F#m
But you'll know what you had when it's gone
[Outro]
D E
You'll know what you had
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Old redwood tree