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