D    D    D    D


[Verse 1]
D
  Old redwood tree
D
Don't you recognize me?
D                   G
Know it's not much time for you
G                        D
But it's been decades for me

D
Oh, Redwood tree
D
Sorry I had to leave
D                G
Eager mind and a teenage heart
G                    D
Can get hooked on a dream


[Pre-Chorus]
G          A
I saw the world
Bm                     G
You saw my parents grow old
G                A
You've got your roots
    Bm                      A
And I've got the wind, the wind in my soul


[Chorus]
G     A   Bm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
       G             A                Bm
Don't know what you have when you're young
G     A    Bm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
            G             A             Bm
But you'll know what you had when it's gone
        G             A
You'll know what you had


[Verse 2]
A            D
Old redwood tree
D
Now it's just you and me
D                 G                         D
Back then it was hard to stay and easy to leave
D
In the soft summer breeze

D
It's so simple to see
D              G
The time kept ticking back home
G                       D
While I was living for me


[Pre-Chorus]
G           A
I saw the world
Bm          D            D
You saw my parents grow old
G                A
You've got your roots
         Bm                A
And I've got the wind, the wind in my soul


[Chorus]
 G    A   Bm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
       G             A                Bm
Don't know what you have when you're young
 G    A   Bm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
            G             A             Bm
But you'll know what you had when it's gone

     G                                     A  D
The only thing left of what used to be is you
     G                                     A  D
The only thing left of what used to be is you


[Bridge]
A            D
Old redwood tree
D
Don't you recognize me?


[Chorus]
 G    A   Bm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
       G             A                Bm
Don't know what you have when you're young
 G    A   Bm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
            G             A            Bm
But you'll know what you had when it's gone

 G    A   Bm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
       G             A                 Bm
Don't know what you have when you're young
 G    A   Bm
Ooh, ooh, ooh
            G             A             Bm
But you'll know what you had when it's gone


[Outro]
        G             A
You'll know what you had
     D
Old redwood tree