Appletree chords by Erykah Badu
Intro 1
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G#m
Bm
F
[Spoken words]
Em
G#m
Bm
F
Em
G#m
Bm
F
Em
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Verse 1
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G#m
Bm
It was a stormy night
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You know the kind where the lightning strike
Em
G#m
And I was hangin' out
Bm
wit some of my "artsy" friends
F
Ooh wee ooh wee ooh
Em
G#m
Bm
The night was long the night went on
F
People coolin' out until the break of dawn
Em
G#m
Incense was burnin'
Bm
F
so I'm feelin' right, aight
Pre-chorus 1
Em
See I picks my friends
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Bm
like I pick my fruit
And Granny told me that
F
when I was only a youth
Em
I don't walk around
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Bm
trying to be what I'm not
I don't waste my time
F
trying to get what you got
Em
I work at pleasin' me
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Bm
cause I can't please you
F
And that's why I do what I do
Em
G#m
Bm
My soul flies free like a willow tree
F
Doo wee doo wee do wee
Chorus 1
Em
And if you don't want
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Bm
to be down with me
F
You don't want to pick from my apple tree
Em
And if you don't want
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Bm
to be down with me
Then you don't want to pick
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from my apple tree
Em
And if you don't want
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Bm
to be down with me
Then you don't want to pick
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from my apple tree
Em
And if you don't want
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Bm
to be down with me
F
You just don't want to be down
Verse 2
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G#m
Bm
I have a hoe
F
And I take it everywhere I go
Em
G#m
'Cause I'm planting seeds
Bm
F
So I reaps what I sow ya know, ya know
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G#m
Bm
Oh on and on and on and on
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My cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
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G#m
Bm
I can't control the soul flowin' in me
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Ooh wee
Pre-chorus 2
Em
See I picks my friends
G#m
Bm
like I pick my fruit
And Granny told me that
F
when I was only a youth
Em
I don't walk around
G#m
Bm
trying to be what I'm not
I don't waste my time
F
trying to get what you got
Em
I work at pleasin' me
G#m
Bm
cause I can't please you
F
And that's why I do what I do
Em
G#m
Bm
My soul flies free like a willow tree
F
Doo wee doo wee do wee
Chorus 2
Em
And if you don't want
G#m
Bm
to be down with me
F
You don't want to pick from my apple tree
Em
And if you don't want
G#m
Bm
to be down with me
F
You don't want to pick from my apple tree
Em
And if you don't want
G#m
Bm
to be down with me
F
You don't want to pick from my apple tree
Em
And if you don't want
G#m
Bm
to be down with me
F
You just don't want to be down
Interlude 1
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G#m
Bm
F
Oh my, my, my
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G#m
Bm
F
Oh my, my, my
Em
G#m
Bm
F
Oh my, my, my, ah
Em
Oh my- my- my- my- my- my- my
G#m
Bm
F
Pre-chorus 3
Em
I picks my friends
G#m
Bm
like I pick my fruit
And Granny told me that
F
when I was only a youth
Em
I don't walk around
G#m
Bm
trying to be what I'm not
I don't waste my time
F
trying to get what you got
Em
I work at pleasin' me
G#m
Bm
cause I can't please you
F
And that's why I do what I do
Em
G#m
Bm
My soul flies free like a willow tree
F
Doo wee doo wee do wee
Chorus 3
Em
And if you don't want
G#m
Bm
to be down with me
F
You don't want to pick from my apple tree
Em
And if you don't want
G#m
Bm
to be down with me
F
You dum dum diddy
Em
And if you don't want
G#m
Bm
to be down with me
F
You don't want to pick from my apple tree
Em
And if you don't want
G#m
Bm
to be down with me
F
You just don't want to be down
Outro 1
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G#m
Bm
F
You just don't want to be down
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G#m
Bm
Oh
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Em
You just don't want to be down
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Bm
F
Down, down,
Em
G#m
Bm
down
F
Em
You just don't want to be down
G#m
Bm
F
Em
G#m
Bm
Oh
F
Em
You just don't want to be down
G#m
Bm
Down, down,
F
Em
down, down,
G#m
Bm
down, down,
F
Em
down, down
G#m
Bm
Down, down,
F
Em
down, down,
G#m
Bm
down, down,
F
down, down
[Fade out]
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