“GOOD TREE” by The Hillbilly Thomists

[Intro]
D G D G A

[Verse 1]
D                G                     D
You can't gather grapes from a bramble bush
        G         D
Or pick a fig from thorns
                A
What I'd like to be
G                D
Oh, to be a good tree

[Verse 2]
                G                    D
Some fall in the rocks, on the beaten path
D         G          D
Some sink into great soils
A
From a tiny seed
G              D
Oh, to a good tree

[Verse 3]
D             G
Like a cedar high
G            D
And mustard wide
                G                    D
Where all the birds of the air can hide
A
Find rest inside
G          D
Oh, a good tree

[Verse 4]
            G
The beetle bites
                D
The black rot strikes
                G
And the weevil eats
        D
From the inside
        A
Have your enemies
G                    D
Oh, if you're a good tree

[Verse 5]
D        G
High and dry
            D
Some branches die
            G
From time to time
        D
A prune's required
            A
If you wanna be
G           D
Oh, a good tree

[Verse 6]
            G
Even when I'm old
            D
I still will be
            G          D
Still full of sap, still green
                    A
That's what I want to be
G                D
Oh, to be a good tree

[Bridge]
G D G D

[Verse 7]
        G
By Your word
            D
The dark is light
            G                         D
The tree of death becomes the tree of life
        A
So let it be...

[Outro]
G                 D
Oh, to be a good tree
G                 D
Oh, to be a good tree
G                 D
Oh, to be a good tree
G                 D
Oh, to be a good tree
G                 D
Oh, to be a good tree

source: tea.for.rosy