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The Dreaming Tree

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Intro:
e|-----0h2---2-------0h2---2----0h2---2------0h2---2--|
B|---------0-------------0----------0------------0----|
G|--2-----------2-------------2---------2-------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
SDmtanding here
ThBbe old man said to me,
"LoCng before these crowded streets
HerAme stood my dreaming tree."
BeDmlow it he would sit
FoBbr hours at a time
NoCw progress takes away
WhaAmt forever took to find
AnDmd now he's falling hard
He Bbfeels the falling dark
HoCw he longs to be
BeAmneath his dreaming tree
CoDmnquered fear to climb
A Bbmoment froze in time
WhCen the girl who first he kissed
PrAmomised him she'd be his
ReDmmembered mother's words
ThBbere beneath the tree
"NCo matter what the world
YoAmu'll always be my baby."
"MDmommy come quick,
ThBbe dreaming tree has died."
ThCe air is growing thick
A Amfear he cannot hide
The DmdreBbamiCng tree has died
Dm  Bb C
Dm  Bb C
Dm  Bb C
A
AOh, Ghave you no pity?
ThFis thing I do
I Ddo not deny it
AlAl through this smile
As Gcrooked as danger
I Fdo not deny
I Dknow in my mind
I Awould leave you now
If GI had the strength to
I Fwould leave you up
To Dyour own devices
WiAll you not talk?
CaGn you take pity?
I Fdon't ask much	
BuCt Awon't you speak, please?
From the start
She knew she had it made
Easy up 'til then
For sure she'd make the grade
Adorers came in hordes
To lay down in her wake
Gave it all she had
But treasures slowly fade
Now she's falling hard
Feels the fall of dark
How did this fall apart?
She drinks to fill it up
A smile of sweetest flowers
Wilted so and soured
Black tears stain the cheeks
That once were so admired
She thinks when she was small
There on her father's knee
How he had promised her,
"You'll always be my baby."
"Daddy come quick,
The dreaming tree has died
I can't find my way home
There is no place to hide
The dreaming tree has died."
Oh, if I had the strength to
I would leave you up
To your own devices
Will you not talk?
Can you take pity?
I don't ask much
But won't you speak, please?

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The Dreaming Tree

by Dave Matthews Band

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Intro:

e|-----0h2---2-------0h2---2----0h2---2------0h2---2--|

B|---------0-------------0----------0------------0----|

G|--2-----------2-------------2---------2-------------|

D|----------------------------------------------------|

A|----------------------------------------------------|

E|----------------------------------------------------|

Standing here

The old man said to me,

"Long before these crowded streets

Here stood my dreaming tree."

Below it he would sit

For hours at a time

Now progress takes away

What forever took to find

And now he's falling hard

He feels the falling dark

How he longs to be

Beneath his dreaming tree

Conquered fear to climb

A moment froze in time

When the girl who first he kissed

Promised him she'd be his

Remembered mother's words

There beneath the tree

"No matter what the world

You'll always be my baby."

"Mommy come quick,

The dreaming tree has died."

The air is growing thick

A fear he cannot hide

Dm Bb C

The dreaming tree has died

Dm Bb C

A G

Oh, have you no pity?

This thing I do

I do not deny it

All through this smile

As crooked as danger

I do not deny

I know in my mind

I would leave you now

If I had the strength to

I would leave you up

To your own devices

Will you not talk?

Can you take pity?

I don't ask much

C A

But won't you speak, please?

From the start

She knew she had it made

Easy up 'til then

For sure she'd make the grade

Adorers came in hordes

To lay down in her wake

Gave it all she had

But treasures slowly fade

Now she's falling hard

Feels the fall of dark

How did this fall apart?

She drinks to fill it up

A smile of sweetest flowers

Wilted so and soured

Black tears stain the cheeks

That once were so admired

She thinks when she was small

There on her father's knee

How he had promised her,

"You'll always be my baby."

"Daddy come quick,

The dreaming tree has died

I can't find my way home

There is no place to hide

The dreaming tree has died."

Oh, if I had the strength to

I would leave you up

To your own devices

Will you not talk?

Can you take pity?

I don't ask much

But won't you speak, please?

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