Key: B major•
Verse 1
One was crooked, one was straight
Growing day by day
They enjoyed the rain the same
A chickadee had told them
Of a darkness on the land
Carried by a man
Cut down where they stand
E
B
A crooked tree won't fit into
G#m
E
They're left to grow wild and free
B
F#
Oh, I'd rather be a crooked
B
G#m
tree
B
E
B
The perfect trees were driven
Down the mountain to the mill
And twenty dollar bills
The more they needed still
The crooked trees were left there
After all the work was done
Growing right or wrong
E
B
A crooked tree won't fit into
G#m
E
They're left to grow wild and free
B
F#
B
I'd rather be a crooked tree
G#m
E
B
E
B
E
Twists and turns along the way
I'm growing stronger day by day
A river never wonders
Why it flows around the bend
How it rose up from the land
B
E
So who am I to wish
I wasn't just the way I am
B
E
B
A crooked tree won't fit into
G#m
E
They're left to grow wild and free
G#m
B
E
B
A crooked tree won't fit
G#m
E
They're left to grow wild and free
B
F#
B
I'd rather be a crooked tree
Outro 1
tree
B
G#m
B
E
B
E
B
G#m
E
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsB G#m E F#
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