The Dreaming Tree Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

StandingDm here

The old man saidA♯ to me,

"Long before these crowdCed streets

Here stood my dreaming tAmree."

Below it he woulDmd sit

For hours at a tA♯ime

Now progress takCes away

What forever took to finAmd

And now he's falDmling hard

He feels the falA♯ling dark

How he longs to Cbe

Beneath his dreaAmming tree

Conquered fear tDmo climb

A moment froze iA♯n time

When the girl whCo first he kissed

Promised him sheAm'd be his

Remembered motheDmr's words

There beneath thA♯e tree

"No matter what Cthe world

You'll always beAm my baby."

"Mommy come quicDmk,

The dreaming treA♯e has died."

The air is growiCng thick

A fear he cannotAm hide

The dreaming tree has diDmed A♯ C

Dm A♯ C

Dm A♯ C

Dm A♯ C

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AOh, have you no Gpity?

This thing I do F

I do not deny itD

All through thisA smile

As crooked as daGnger

I do notF deny

I know in my minDd

I would leave yoAu now

If I had the strGength to

I would leave yoFu up

To your own deviDces

Will you not talAk?

Can you take pitGy?

I don't ask muchF

But won't you spCeak, pleAase?

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?