[Verse 1]
Cm/Eb Cm
Since I must fall,
G/D G G7
And darken your view,
Cm Cm C
My trunk deserves the call
Fm Fm Fm/D
Of your blade so cruel.
G7 Cm
Let me breathe once more,
Cm/Bb Cm/A
Hear the wind’s last sigh,
Ddim
Hear the wind’s last roar,
Cm
In my branches’ cry.
(Electric guitar solo)
[Verse 2]
Cm/Eb Cm
The bark weeps in silent scorn,
G/D G G7
Your axe has split my core,
Cm Cm C
My branches tremble in the storm,
Fm Fm/D
Yet I stood tall before.
G7 Cm
My sap now stains the ground,
Cm/Bb Cm/A
A crimson mark of pride,
Ddim
The earth will drink me down,
Cm
In peace, I abide.
(Electric guitar solo)
[Verse 3]
Cm/Eb Cm
I fall without a sound,
G/D G G7
Like ghosts you’ll never know,
Cm Cm C
The saw has claimed the ground
Fm Fm/D
And stolen all my glow.
G7 Cm
I’ll not weep a single tear,
Cm/Bb Cm/A
In this grave so bare,
Ddim
My roots torn from the stone,
Cm
Rises high in the air