Intro | G | G |
Verse 1:GG
Two trees in the forest, one was crooked, one was straight.
EmEm
Crimson bark and emerald needles, growing day by day.
CC
And though they looked so different, they enjoyed the rain the same
GG
side by side.
Verse 2:GG
Chickadee had told them of a darkness on the land.
EmEm
Spinning blades that came to visit, carried by a man.
CC
And every other tree would see them cut down where they stand
GG
by and by.
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EmCGD
Oh, can't you see, a crooked tree won't fit into the mill machine.
EmCGD* G
They're left to grow, wild and free. Oh
I'd rather be a crooked tree.
Break
| G | G | Em | Em |
| C | C | G | G |
Verse 3: GG
The perfect trees were driven down the mountain to the mill.
EmEm
They turned them into toothpicks and twenty dollar bills.
CC
It seem the more that people took, the more they needed still
GG
in the end.
Verse 4: GG
The crooked trees were left there, after all the work was done.
EmEm
Now they go for weeks and never witness anyone.
CC
No one left to tell them, if they're growing right or wrong
GG
but the whispering wind.
EmCGD
Oh, can't you see, a crooked tree won't fit into the mill machine.
EmCGD* G
They're left to grow, wild and free. Oh
I'd rather be a crooked tree.
Break
| G | G | Em | Em |
| C | C | G | G |
Verse 5:GG
People say I'm different, and my way of life seems strange.
EmEm
I took the road less travelled, twists and turns along the way.
CC
But like the crooked tree
I'm growing stronger day by day
GG
as the clouds roll by.
Verse 6:
GGA river never wonders, why it flows around the bend.
EmEmA mountain doesn't questions, how it grows up from the land.
CC
So, who am I to wish I wasn't just the way I am
G
who am I.
EmCGD
Oh, can't you see, a crooked tree won't fit into the mill machine.
EmCGD* Em
They're left to grow, wild and free. Oh
I'd rather be a crooked tree.
OutroCGDA crooked tree won't fit into the mill machine.
EmCGD* G
They're left to grow, wild and free. Oh
I'd rather be a crooked tree.
GD* (G)
I'd rather be a crooked tree
Outro 1
| G | G | Em | Em |
| C | C | G | G |
Outro 2 (Fading Out)
| G |
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