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