Heart of the Wood Capo 4
[Intro]
G D G D
[Verse 1]
G D/F#
I think what made granddaddy great is that he didn't work all day
Cadd9 D
I'd love the time we spent and I'd go everywhere he went
Cadd9 D
We'd end up on some old deer trail
Cadd9 D
And I'd listen hard as he would spin his tales
[Verse 2]
G D/F#
We were in a field of stumps he said I got a new one for you hon
Cadd9 D
These trees once stood tall and I'm the man who made them fall
Cadd9 D Cadd9 D
I cut 'em up, sanded em’ down, and you wouldn't believe what I found
[Chorus]
G D/F#
Past the bark and all the scars
Em Cadd9
Our home was in the heart of those old trees
D G D/F#
God bless who sowed those seeds, A hundred years and they just grew
Em Cadd9 D
And only heaven knew just what they'd mean, to our family
Cadd9 D
All that time to become what they should
Cadd9 D G D
Our home was in the heart of the wood
[Verse 3]
G D/F#
He smiled, said there's my favorite one, pointed at a cherry stump
Cadd9
He said I couldn't afford the one at Sears
D
So the good lord planted one right here
Cadd9 D
He carved out what he saw within
Cadd9 D
And he gave it to my dad when he turned ten
[Chorus]
G D/F#
Past the bark and all the scars
Em Cadd9
There was a guitar in the heart of that old tree
D G D/F#
All from just one seed, a hundred years and it just grew
Em Cadd9 D
And only heaven knew just what it'd be, and how that tree could sing
Cadd9 D
All that time to become what it should
Cadd9 D G
There were songs in the heart of the wood
[Bridge 1]
Bm Cadd9
He said we can mark a tree to keep from getting lost
G/B Am Cadd9 D
and it' will always point our way home like that old rugged cross
[Bridge 2]
G D/F# Em G/B Cadd9
A hundred years and it just grew only heaven knew what it'd be
D Cadd9 D
And who'd hang on that tree it held the Son of God like it should
Cadd9 D G D
But I know it broke the heart of the wood
[Tag]
G D/F#
I think what made granddaddy great was that he didn't work all day
Cadd9
I'd love the time we spent
D G
I'd go everywhere that old man went
