A Day in the Life of a Tree

ch /ch D F#m/D Em7/D D7 Feel the wind burn through my skin ch /ch Em7/D A7/D D The pain, the air is killing me ch /ch D F#m/D Em7/D D7 For years my limbs stretched to the sky ch /ch Em7/D A7/D D A nest for birds to sit and sing G A7 A#dim Bm D7 Em But now my branches suffer and my leaves don't bear the glow ch /ch F#m Em7/G A7 D They did so long ago ch /ch D F#m/D Em7/D D7 One day I was full of life ch /ch Em7/D A7/D D My sap was rich and I was strong ch /ch D F#m/D Em7/D D7 From seed to tree I grew so tall ch /ch Em7/D A7/D D Through wind and rain I could not fall G A7 A#dim Bm D7 Em But now my branches suffer and my leaves don't offer ch /ch F#m Em7/G A7 D Poetry to men of song ch /ch D F#m/D Em7/D D7 Em7/D Trees like me weren't meant to live if all this world can give ch /ch A7/D D Is pollution and slow death ch /ch F#m/D F Em7/D D7 Em7/D Oh Lord I lay me down no life's left to be found ch /ch A7/D D There's nothing left for me ch /ch (D) F#m/D Em7/D D7 Em7/D Trees like me weren't meant to live if all this earth can give ch /ch A7/D D Is pollution ch /ch F#m/D Em7/D D7 Em7/D Oh Lord I lay me down my branches to the ground ch /ch A7/D D There's nothing left for me