This is a beautiful song. The chords are simple and the picking/strumming rhythm is easy
to pick up.
Capo: 3rd fret
C: X3201X
D: X0321X
G: 32000X
Intro: C D G C
C D
There's rumbling in the head again
G C
Inside the head there lived a brain
C D
Inside the brain there lived a dream
G C
That shot round like a laser beam
C D
Along nerve endings and synapses
G C
Past the room for memory lapses
C D
Bought about by alcohol
G C
That causes all the cell collapses
C D G C
C D
Now, that dream's not the only one
G C
I had plenty more when I was young
C D
But I grew up in a big hurry
G C
And then one day I start to worry that
D G C
I'm gonna be a goner before I read all the books I wanna
C D
If I plant a tree now it'll be fully grown
G C
Long after I'm just dust and bone and
C D C G
Now I can't sleep, it's already 3 AM
C D G C
And Im lying here dividing sheep by the square root of ten
C D G C
C D
So I gave away my clothes to charity
G C
I turned off my TV for clarity
C D
And somedays I still envy those
G C
Walking around wearing my clothes
G D C
So I'll just plant a tree I'll never see grow
G D C
Put a seed in the ground where no one'll know
G D C
Gonna make my plan when the morning breaks
G D C
But I just don't know how long it'll take
C D G C
C D
I keep hearing voices and ringing phones
G C
But Im staring down a highway all alone
C D
With just the company of my stomach rumble
G C
And I feel OK, it makes me humble
C D
Without a load that I must carry
G C
Or a bump in the road to make to tarry
C D G
C
Just a pile of ashes from the miles I've burned and everything Ive learned
C
What have I learned?
C D
Don't walk in front of cars or behind horses
G C
Cats don't drink milk out of flying saucers
C
Green means go
D
Yellow: go faster
G C
Red means stop or financial disaster
C D G C
And don't ever underestimate the fitness of a determined Jehovahs witness
C D G C
And don't ever ever take for granted what grew from every kiss you planted
C D
If a heart can break then a heart can feel
G C
It's to know that you're alive and real
C D
Like the rattlin, bouncin little white ball
G C
Not a number on a roulette wheel
C D C G
And hair it turns grey and skin it turns to leather
C D G C
But the best thing about growing old is we all do it together
G D C
So I'll just plant a tree I'll never see grow
G D C
Put a seed in the ground where no one'll know
G D C
Gonna make my plan when the morning breaks
G D C
But I just don't know how long it'll take
C D G C
C D
They say that a love that's shared is a love that's carried
G C
All the way to the church where you'll be married
C D G
C
And it's a long old way down the aisle to alter and you don't have the time to falter
C D
Love will always come and go I hope
G C
But sometimes love goes up in smoke
C D
And you're left there with the greedy ghost
G C
And just when you need them most
C D
Some of your friends have disappeared
G C
And others started acting weird
C D
And you’re left on your bed with an awful feeling
G C
Till you've learned by heart all the cracks in the ceiling
C D G
C
And you think Oh god I just related to that awful love song I always hated
C D G C
And the past it all becomes distorted like it was broke before you bought it
C D
Remember, you're the one who paid
G C
Pulled the pin out of the hand grenade
C D
It's up to you to leave your room
G C
But don't forget to bring your spade
G D C
So you can plant a tree you'll never see grow
G D C
Put a seed in the ground where no one'll know
G D C
Gonna make my plan forever to roam
G D C
Gonna feed my nan in the nursing home
G D C
Gonna make that plan when the morning breaks
G D C
But I just don't know how long It'll take
C D G C D C
