If A Tree Falls Acoustic Bruce Cockburn with lyrics Chords
Tempo:
77.875 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[D] [G]
[Em] [D]
[G]
[Em] Rainforest, mist and [D] mystery, teeming green, green brain facing [G] lobotomy, climate control
center [Em] for the world, [D]
ancient cord of coexistence hacked by parasitic greed-headed scam.
[G]
From Sarawak to Amazonas, [Em] Costa Rica to [D] Mangy BC hills, cortege rhythm of falling timber.
[G]
What kind of currency grows in these [Em] new deserts, [D] these brand new flood plains?
If [G]
a tree falls in the forest, does anybody [D] hear?
[G]
Tree falls in the forest, does [D] anybody hear?
[G]
Anybody hear?
The forest [D] falls.
[G]
Got to move on, got to move [D] on.
Take out trees, take out wildlife at a rate of a [G] species every single day.
Take out people who've lived with this [Em] for a hundred thousand [D] years.
Inject a billion burgers worth of beef, [G]
[Em] grain eaters, methane [D] dispensers.
[G]
Through [Em] thinning ozone, waves fall on wrinkled earth.
[D]
Gravity, light, ancient refuse of stars [G] speak of a drowning.
But this, this is something other.
[D]
Busy monster eats dark holes in the spirit world, where wild [G] things have to go to disappear
[D] forever.
If [G] a tree falls in the forest, does anybody [D] hear?
[G]
Tree [Em] falls in the forest, does [D] anybody hear?
[G]
Anybody hear?
The forest [D] falls.
If [G]
a tree falls in the forest, does [D] anybody hear?
[G] Tree falls in the forest, does [D] anybody hear?
[G]
Anybody hear?
[Em] [G] The [D] forest falls.
[G]
[D] [D]
[G]
[D]
[G] [D]
[G]
[D] [G]
[Em]
[D] [G]
[Em] [D]
[G]
[Em] [D]
[Dm]
[N] [D]
Who are you?
[Dm] [Em]
[D] [G]
[Em] [D]
[G]
[Em] Rainforest, mist and [D] mystery, teeming green, green brain facing [G] lobotomy, climate control
center [Em] for the world, [D]
ancient cord of coexistence hacked by parasitic greed-headed scam.
[G]
From Sarawak to Amazonas, [Em] Costa Rica to [D] Mangy BC hills, cortege rhythm of falling timber.
[G]
What kind of currency grows in these [Em] new deserts, [D] these brand new flood plains?
If [G]
a tree falls in the forest, does anybody [D] hear?
[G]
Tree falls in the forest, does [D] anybody hear?
[G]
Anybody hear?
The forest [D] falls.
[G]
Got to move on, got to move [D] on.
Take out trees, take out wildlife at a rate of a [G] species every single day.
Take out people who've lived with this [Em] for a hundred thousand [D] years.
Inject a billion burgers worth of beef, [G]
[Em] grain eaters, methane [D] dispensers.
[G]
Through [Em] thinning ozone, waves fall on wrinkled earth.
[D]
Gravity, light, ancient refuse of stars [G] speak of a drowning.
But this, this is something other.
[D]
Busy monster eats dark holes in the spirit world, where wild [G] things have to go to disappear
[D] forever.
If [G] a tree falls in the forest, does anybody [D] hear?
[G]
Tree [Em] falls in the forest, does [D] anybody hear?
[G]
Anybody hear?
The forest [D] falls.
If [G]
a tree falls in the forest, does [D] anybody hear?
[G] Tree falls in the forest, does [D] anybody hear?
[G]
Anybody hear?
[Em] [G] The [D] forest falls.
[G]
[D] [D]
[G]
[D]
[G] [D]
[G]
[D] [G]
[Em]
[D] [G]
[Em] [D]
[G]
[Em] [D]
[Dm]
[N] [D]
Who are you?
[Dm] [Em]
Key:
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_ _ [Em] Rainforest, _ mist and [D] mystery, _ teeming green, green brain facing [G] lobotomy, _ climate control
center [Em] for the world, _ [D]
ancient cord of coexistence hacked by parasitic greed-headed scam.
[G] _
_ From Sarawak to Amazonas, [Em] Costa Rica to [D] Mangy BC hills, _ cortege rhythm of falling timber.
_ [G] _
_ What kind of currency grows in these [Em] new deserts, [D] these brand new flood plains?
If _ [G]
a tree _ falls in the forest, _ does anybody [D] hear?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Tree _ falls in the forest, _ does [D] anybody hear?
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ Anybody hear?
_ The forest [D] falls.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Got to move on, _ got to move [D] on.
Take out trees, take out wildlife at a rate of a [G] species every single day.
Take out people who've lived with this [Em] for a hundred thousand [D] years.
_ _ Inject a billion burgers worth of beef, [G] _
_ _ [Em] grain eaters, _ _ methane [D] dispensers.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Through [Em] thinning ozone, waves fall on wrinkled earth.
[D]
Gravity, light, ancient refuse of stars [G] speak of a drowning.
But this, this is something other.
_ [D]
Busy monster eats dark holes in the spirit world, where wild [G] things have to go to disappear _ _ _
[D] forever.
If _ _ [G] a tree _ falls in the forest, _ does anybody [D] hear?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Tree _ [Em] falls in the forest, _ does [D] anybody hear?
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ Anybody hear?
The forest [D] falls.
If _ _ _ _ [G]
a tree _ falls in the forest, does [D] anybody hear? _ _ _ _ _
[G] Tree _ falls in the forest, does [D] anybody hear?
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ Anybody hear?
[Em] [G] The [D] forest falls. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ [D] _ _
_ Who are you?
[Dm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _
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[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Em] Rainforest, _ mist and [D] mystery, _ teeming green, green brain facing [G] lobotomy, _ climate control
center [Em] for the world, _ [D]
ancient cord of coexistence hacked by parasitic greed-headed scam.
[G] _
_ From Sarawak to Amazonas, [Em] Costa Rica to [D] Mangy BC hills, _ cortege rhythm of falling timber.
_ [G] _
_ What kind of currency grows in these [Em] new deserts, [D] these brand new flood plains?
If _ [G]
a tree _ falls in the forest, _ does anybody [D] hear?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Tree _ falls in the forest, _ does [D] anybody hear?
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ Anybody hear?
_ The forest [D] falls.
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Got to move on, _ got to move [D] on.
Take out trees, take out wildlife at a rate of a [G] species every single day.
Take out people who've lived with this [Em] for a hundred thousand [D] years.
_ _ Inject a billion burgers worth of beef, [G] _
_ _ [Em] grain eaters, _ _ methane [D] dispensers.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ Through [Em] thinning ozone, waves fall on wrinkled earth.
[D]
Gravity, light, ancient refuse of stars [G] speak of a drowning.
But this, this is something other.
_ [D]
Busy monster eats dark holes in the spirit world, where wild [G] things have to go to disappear _ _ _
[D] forever.
If _ _ [G] a tree _ falls in the forest, _ does anybody [D] hear?
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G]
Tree _ [Em] falls in the forest, _ does [D] anybody hear?
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ Anybody hear?
The forest [D] falls.
If _ _ _ _ [G]
a tree _ falls in the forest, does [D] anybody hear? _ _ _ _ _
[G] Tree _ falls in the forest, does [D] anybody hear?
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ Anybody hear?
[Em] [G] The [D] forest falls. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ Who are you?
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