🎸 Budding Trees chords by Nahko And Medicine For The People

CAPO ON THE 4TH FRET.
Rhythm is down, down(hammer), up-down, mute for each chord.
There are four main parts, Intro/A-ho!, Verse, "Tap me out..." and "The body talks..."


Intro/A-Ho!
  C           Am
E--0----0----0----0---0-|-0----0----0----0---0-|
B--1----1----1----1---1-|-1----1----1----1---1-|
G--0----0----0----0---0-|-0h2--0h2--0h2--0h2-0-|
D--0h2--0h2--0h2--0h2-0-|-2----2----2----2---0-|
A--3----3----3----3---3-|-0----0----0----0---3-|
E--3----3----3----3---0-|-0----0----0----0---0-|

Verse
  C  Am  F  C
E--0----0----1----0----|
B--1----1----1----1----|
G--0----0h2--0h2--0----|
D--0h2--2----3----0h2--|
A--3----0----3----3----|
E--3----0---------3----|

Tap me out...
   Tap  me  out and tap me in   to   you...
  Am       F       C       G
E--0---------------1--------------0--------------3--|
B--1---------------1--------------1--------------3--|
G--2---------------2--------------0--------------0--|
D--2---------------3--------------2--------------0--|
A--0---------------3--------------3--------------2--|
E--0---------------0--------------3--------------0--|

The body talks...
   The body talks and me-di-tation   helps.
  Am       F       G       C
E--0---------------1--------------3--------------0--|
B--1---------------1--------------3--------------1--|
G--2---------------2--------------0--------------0--|
D--2---------------3--------------0--------------2--|
A--0---------------3--------------2--------------3--|
E--0---------------0--------------3--------------0--|

On the repeat, the last C goes into -ho!.

C Am (Intro) x2

C    Am     F    C
In the moon of the budding trees
C    Am    F    C
I was gifted new eyes to see
C       Am        F      C
All of the shifting shape and ways you can be
C     Am   F    C
Wake the dreams into realities
C     Am   F    C
Wake the dreams into realities

C x3 (as in intro)

C     Am       F     C
Sunset diamonds trickle down our cheeks
C       Am      F    C
The language of no words is how we speak
C   Am      F  C
Pacha Mama spinning firelight
C      Am         F  C
And a Little Bear singing by the fireside
C      Am      F      C
Out of this city with the wind on our neck (Check)
C     Am     F    C
Thats us whistling upon your neck
C     Am       F    C
Moonlit diamonds sparkle into my mouth
C     Am      F      C
Feels like hunger and it tastes like salt
C     Am      F      C
Feels like hunger and it tastes like salt

C x3 (as in intro)

  Am   F       C  G
So, tap me out and tap me into you
Am   F      C  G
Heal my brain and my body too
Am     F     C       G
Balance my chemistry hydrate these cells
  Am    F       G   C
Cuz the body talks and meditation helps
Am    F       G
The body talks and meditation helps

C             Am
-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A - ho! A-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A -
C             Am
-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A - ho! A-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A-ho!

C        Am       F   C
A little bit of cinnamon pours as we snoot
C      Am     F     C
All up on my shit in the morning commute
C    Am     F         C
Coastal quiver on a quest through the dunes
C    Am        F       C
Sandy toes and bottomless curves of the moon
C   Am     F   C
Heavy lifting for Peles children
C      Am       F      C
Hand of the goddess soaking cliffs keep building
C    Am      F    C
Plate is full but appetite has dwindled
C        Am         F  C
I feel a little sick so I keep the fire kindled
C    Am        F    C
You the pillar steadfast light of bravery
C     Am      F      C
And I, the dimly burning candle still shaking
C    Am       F    C
Riddled fear quiver my bones so easy!
C        Am     F     C
Well, youre the guru now so visualize healing
C        Am     F     C
Yeah, youre the guru now so visualize leaving
C     Am     F     C
Let her go for she can no longer feed you
C    Am         F  C
And many children need that mana creature
C      Am        F    C
Just barely missed you I was finally ready!
C       Am         F   C
But you are a long gone too much heavy history
C       Am         F   C
Yeah you are a long gone too much heavy history
C     Am          F   C
Let go of blame that shit will never serve me!
C      Am      F    C
Bless other men investigate your mystery

C x4 (as in intro)

  Am   F       C  G
So, tap me out and tap me into you
Am   F      C  G
Heal my brain and my body too
Am     F     C       G
Balance my chemistry hydrate these cells
  Am    F       G   C
Cuz the body talks and meditation helps
Am    F       G
The body talks and meditation helps

C             Am
-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A - ho! A-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A -
C             Am
-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A - ho! A-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A-ho!

C   Am       F   C
Little spider weaves a wispy web
C       Am          F       C
And stumbling through the woods it catches to my head
C     Am        F    C
She crawls behind my ear and whispers secrets
C     Am     F     C
Dragonfly wiz by and sings now teach it
C        Am     F     C
Yeah, dragonfly wiz by and sings now teach it
C      Am        F    C
Fork on the trail I watch you head up mauka
C   Am         F     C
I turn makai and whisper, thank you sister
C      Am     F       C
Edge of the west where water touches land
C      Am        F    C
You are the east with folded maps in hand
C    Am     F   C
Time to increase my frequency!
C    Am     F    C
Hands of light and bodies talking, yeah
C   Am      F     C
Gimme some of that wild fox medicine!
C      Am      F      C
But, keep me here in this wild present tense
C   Am        F   C
Fully supported on new lovers chest
C    Am         F    C
Dawning adventures sparkle get some rest!
C    Am         F    C
Dawning adventures sparkle get some rest!

C x4 (as in intro)

  Am   F       C  G
So, tap me out and tap me into you
Am   F      C  G
Heal my brain and my body too
Am     F     C       G
Balance my chemistry hydrate these cells
  Am    F       G   C
Cuz the body talks and meditation helps
Am    F       G
The body talks and meditation helps

C             Am
-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A - ho! A-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A -
C             Am
-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A - ho! A-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A -
C             Am
-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A - ho! A-ho! A-ho! A-ho! A -
C             Am            C