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