crooked tree chords by Molly Tuttle
Verse 1
G
Two trees in the forest
One was crooked, one was straight
Em
Crimson bark and emerald needles
Growing day by day
C
And though they looked so different
They enjoyed the rain the same
G
Side by side
A chickadee had told them
Of a darkness on the land
Em
Spinning blades that came to visit
Carried by a man
C
And every other tree would see them
Cut down where they stand
G
By and by
Em
Oh, can't you see?
C
G
A crooked tree won't fit into
D
the mill machine
Em
C
They're left to grow wild and free
G
D
Oh, I'd rather be a crooked
G
Em
tree
G
C
G
The perfect trees were driven
Down the mountain to the mill
Em
They turned them into toothpicks
And twenty dollar bills
C
It seemed the more the people took
The more they needed still
G
In the end
The crooked trees were left there
After all the work was done
Em
Now they go for weeks
G
And never witness anyone
C
No one left to tell them if they're
Growing right or wrong
G
But the whispering wind
Em
Oh, can't you see?
C
G
A crooked tree won't fit into
D
the mill machine
Em
C
They're left to grow wild and free
G
D
G
I'd rather be a crooked tree
Em
C
G
C
G
C
G
People say I'm different
D
My way of life seems strange
Em
I took the road less traveled
Twists and turns along the way
C
But like the crooked tree
I'm growing stronger day by day
G
As the clouds roll by
A river never wonders
Why it flows around the bend
Em
A mountain doesn't question
How it rose up from the land
G
C
So who am I to wish
I wasn't just the way I am
G
Who am I?
Em
Oh, can't you see?
G
C
G
A crooked tree won't fit into
D
the mill machine
Em
C
They're left to grow wild and free
G
Oh, I'd rather be a crooked tree
Em
G
C
G
A crooked tree won't fit
D
into the mill machine
Em
C
They're left to grow wild and free
G
D
G
I'd rather be a crooked tree
D
Oh, I'd rather be a crooked
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crooked tree
Molly Tuttle
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