Intro: Fm Ab Bbm Ab Cm7 Verse: Fm Ab All the leaves on the Giving Tree have fallen Eb Ab Cm7 No shade to crawl in underneath Fm I've got scars from a pocket knife Ab Bbm Ab Eb Where you carved your heart into me Chorus: Db Ab If all you wanted was love Eb Ab Why would you use me up Db Eb Ab Ab7 Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away Db Ab C Fm When all I wanted to be was your giving tree Fm7 Db Eb Ab Settle down, build a home, and make you happy? Verse: Fm Ab I lie in the dead of night and I wonder Eb Ab Cm7 Whose covers you're between Fm And it's sad laying in his bed Ab Bbm Ab Eb You feel hollow, so you crawl home back to me Chorus: Db Ab If all you wanted was love Eb Ab Why would you use me up Db Eb Ab Ab7 Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away Db Ab C Fm When all I wanted to be was your giving tree Fm7 Db Eb Ab Settle down, build a home, and make you happy? Bridge: Bbm Well, I see a trail that starts Db Ab a line of broken hearts behind you Eb That lead you back to me Bbm The once sad and lonely fool Db Eb Ebsus4 Eb With nothing left but roots to show, oh oh Chorus: Db Ab If all you wanted was love Eb Ab Why would you use me up Db Eb Ab Ab7 Cut me down, build a boat, and sail away Db Ab C Fm When all I wanted to be was your giving tree Fm7 Db Eb Ab Settle down, build a home, and make you happy? Db Eb Ab Settle down, build a home, and make you happy? This arrangement is its contributor’s own interpretation, shared for private study, education and non-commercial use. The underlying song, lyrics and music remain the property of their copyright owners. To request removal, see Legal & Copyright.
10 ukulele chords used in "The Giving Tree" by Plain White T's: Bbm, C, Cm7, Db, Eb, Ebsus4, Fm, Fm7, Ab and Ab7
+4 sounds better for higher voices 🙂
does anyone else think that the AB cord doesn’t sound just right??
I’m not an expert, so I find transposing it down one (-1) is a lot easier 🙂
I love this song
I have a low voice but I still prefer +4 even though it’s good for higher voices
Its so beautiful I’m crying 🙂
Just amazing
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Yaaaaaaaaaa
Wooooooppppp
Awesoooommmeeeee
That is how I describe it
If you transpose the song a half step down and you change the chord of B to D it sounds better and flows with the song a bit better I have noticed.
I like it better with the Cm7 as a C7 chord.