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Apple Tree

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(Both Cm and Gm are played barred on the 3rd fret.)
[Verse 1]
GmIt was a stormy night
CmYou know the kind where the lightening strike
Gmand i was hanging out with some of my Cmartsy friends
oo wee oo wee oo weeeeeeee
GmThe night was long the night went on
Cmpeople coolin' out until the break of dawn
Gmincense was burnin' so I'm feelin rCmight, aight.
[Bridge]
GmSee I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
CmMy Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
GmI don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not
CmI don't waste my time trying ta get what you got
GmI work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you
Cmand that's why I do what I do
GmMy soul flies free like a willow tree
Cmdoo wee doo wee do wee
[Hook]
GmAnd if you don't want to be down with me
CmYou don't want to pick from my apple tree
GmAnd if you don't want to be down with me
CmThen you don't want to pick from my apple tree
GmAnd if you don't want to be down with me
CmThen you don't want to pick from my apple tree
GmAnd if you don't want to be down with me
CmYou just don't want to be down
[Verse 2]
GmI have a ho
Cmand I take it everywhere I go
GmCause I'm planting seeds
so I reaps What I sow, ya knCmow, ya know
GmOh on & on & on & on
Cmmy cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone
GmI can't control the soul flowin' in me
Cmooh wee
[Bridge]
GmSee I picks my friends like I pick my fruit
CmMy Ganny told me that when I was only a youth
GmI don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not
CmI don't waste my time trying ta get what you got
GmI work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you
Cmand that's why I do what I do
GmMy soul flies free like a willow tree
Cmdoo wee doo wee do wee
[Hook]
GmAnd if you don't want to be down with me
CmYou don't want to pick from my apple tree
GmAnd if you don't want to be down with me
CmThen you don't want to pick from my apple tree
GmAnd if you don't want to be down with me
CmThen you don't want to pick from my apple tree
GmAnd if you don't want to be down with me
CmYou just don't want to be down
(x3)

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Apple Tree

by Erykah Badu

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Chords in this song · guitar

(Both Cm and Gm are played barred on the 3rd fret.)

[Verse 1]

It was a stormy night

You know the kind where the lightening strike

Gm Cm

and i was hanging out with some of my artsy friends

oo wee oo wee oo weeeeeeee

The night was long the night went on

people coolin' out until the break of dawn

Gm Cm

incense was burnin' so I'm feelin right, aight.

[Bridge]

See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit

My Ganny told me that when I was only a youth

I don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not

I don't waste my time trying ta get what you got

I work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you

and that's why I do what I do

My soul flies free like a willow tree

doo wee doo wee do wee

[Hook]

And if you don't want to be down with me

You don't want to pick from my apple tree

And if you don't want to be down with me

Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree

And if you don't want to be down with me

Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree

And if you don't want to be down with me

You just don't want to be down

[Verse 2]

I have a ho

and I take it everywhere I go

Cause I'm planting seeds

so I reaps What I sow, ya know, ya know

Oh on & on & on & on

my cipher keeps movin' like a rollin' stone

I can't control the soul flowin' in me

ooh wee

[Bridge]

See I picks my friends like I pick my fruit

My Ganny told me that when I was only a youth

I don't go 'round trying to be what I'm not

I don't waste my time trying ta get what you got

I work at pleasin' me cause I can't please you

and that's why I do what I do

My soul flies free like a willow tree

doo wee doo wee do wee

[Hook]

And if you don't want to be down with me

You don't want to pick from my apple tree

And if you don't want to be down with me

Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree

And if you don't want to be down with me

Then you don't want to pick from my apple tree

And if you don't want to be down with me

You just don't want to be down

(x3)

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