Intro: Dm7G7CCmaj7C6
Verse 1: C See the tree, how big it’s grown,
but Cmaj7 friend it hasn’t C7 been too long,
it Dm7 wasn’t G7 big Dm7 G7 .
I Dm7 laughed at her and G7 she got mad,
the Dm7 first day that she G7 planted it,
was C just a Cmaj7 twig C6 .
Verse 2: C Then the first snow came,
and she ran Cmaj7 out to brush the C7 snow away,
so it Dm7 wouldn’t G7 die Dm7 G7 .
Came Dm7 runnin’ in G7 all excited,
Dm7 slipped and almost G7 hurt herself,
and I C laughed till I Cmaj7 cried C6 .
Verse 3: C She was always young at heart,
Cmaj7 kinda dumb and C7 kinda smart,
and I Dm7 loved her G7 so Dm7 G7 .
And Dm7 I surprised her G7 with a puppy,
Dm7 kept me up all G7 Christmas Eve,
two C years Cmaj7 ago C6 .
Verse 4:
And C it would sure embarrass her,
when Cmaj7 I came in from C7 workin’ late,
’cause I Dm7 would G7 know Dm7 G7 .
That Dm7 she’d been sittin’ G7 there and cryin’,
Dm7 Over some G7 sad and silly,
C late, late Cmaj7 show.
Chorus:
And C6 honey, I Dm7 miss G7 you Dm7 ,
and G7 I’m bein’ C good Cmaj7 .
And I’d C6 love to be Dm7 with G7 you Dm7 ,
if G7 only I C could Cmaj7 C6 .
Verse 5:
She C wrecked the car and she was sad,
and Cmaj7 so afraid that C7 I’d be mad,
but Dm7 what the G7 heck Dm7 G7 .
Though Dm7 I pretended G7 hard to be,
guess Dm7 you could say she G7 saw through me,
and C hugged my Cmaj7 neck C6 .
Verse 6
C I came home unexpectedly,
and Cmaj7 caught her cryin’ C7 needlessly,
in the Dm7 middle of the G7 day Dm7 G7 .
And Dm7 it was in the G7 early spring,
when Dm7 flowers bloom and G7 robins sing,
she C went Cmaj7 away.
Chorus:
And C6 honey, I Dm7 miss G7 you Dm7,
and G7 I’m bein’ C good Cmaj7 .
And I’d C6 love to be Dm7 with G7 you Dm7,
if G7 only I C could Cmaj7 Em7 A7 .
Verse 7:
One D day while I was not at home,
while Dmaj7 she was there and D7 all alone,
the Em7 angels A7 came Em7 A7 .
Now Em7 all I have is A7 memories,
of Em7 Honey and I A7 wake up nights,
and D call her Dmaj7 name D6 .
Verse 8:
D Now my life’s an empty stage,
where Dmaj7 Honey lived and D7 Honey played,
and Em7 love grew A7 up Em7 A7 .
And a Em7 small cloud passes A7 overhead,
and Em7 cries down on the A7 flower bed,
that D Honey Dmaj7 loved D6
Verse 9:
And D see the tree how big it’s grown,
but Dmaj7 friend it hasn’t D7 been too long,
it Em7 wasn’t A7 big Em7 A7
Fade out:
And I Em7 laughed at her and A7 she got mad,
the Em7 first day that she A7 planted it,
was D just a Dmaj7 twig D6
