The Dreaming Tree Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

StandingDm here

The old man saidA♯ to me,

"Long before these crowdC ed streets

Here stood my dreaming tAm ree."

Below it he woulDm d sit

For hours at a tA♯ ime

Now progress takC es away

What forever took to finAm d

And now he's falDm ling hard

He feels the falA♯ ling dark

How he longs to C be

Beneath his dreaAm ming tree

Conquered fear tDm o climb

A moment froze iA♯ n time

When the girl whC o first he kissed

Promised him sheAm 'd be his

Remembered motheDm r's words

There beneath thA♯ e tree

"No matter what C the world

You'll always beAm my baby."

"Mommy come quicDm k,

The dreaming treA♯ e has died."

The air is growiC ng thick

A fear he cannotAm hide

The dreaming tree has diDmed A♯

Dm A♯ C

Dm A♯ C

Dm A♯ C

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AOh, have you no G pity?

This thing I do F

I do not deny itD

All through thisA smile

As crooked as daG nger

I do notF deny

I know in my minD d

I would leave yoA u now

If I had the strG ength to

I would leave yoF u up

To your own deviD ces

Will you not talA k?

Can you take pitG y?

I don't ask muchF

But won't you spCeak, pleA ase?

From the start

She knew she had it made

Easy up 'til then

For sure she'd make the grade

Adorers came in hordes

To lay down in her wake

Gave it all she had

But treasures slowly fade

Now she's falling hard

Feels the fall of dark

How did this fall apart?

She drinks to fill it up

A smile of sweetest flowers

Wilted so and soured

Black tears stain the cheeks

That once were so admired

She thinks when she was small

There on her father's knee

How he had promised her,

"You'll always be my baby."

"Daddy come quick,

The dreaming tree has died

I can't find my way home

There is no place to hide

The dreaming tree has died."

Oh, if I had the strength to

I would leave you up

To your own devices

Will you not talk?

Can you take pity?

I don't ask much

But won't you speak, please?