If A Tree Falls — Bruce Cockburn
Chords and lyrics for If A Tree Falls by Bruce Cockburn (key of D).
Verse 1
From the album Big Circumstance
Intro
[G] [Em] [D]
Verse 1
[G][Em]Rainforest, mist and [D]mystery, teeming green
Green [G]brain facing [Em]lobotomy, climate control centre for the world
[D]Ancient cord of coexistence hacked by parasitic greedhead scam
[G]From Sarawak to [Em]Amazonas, Costa Rica to [D]mangy BC hills, cortege rhythm of
falling timber
[G]What kind of currency grows in these new [Em]deserts, these brand new flood
plains?[D]
Chorus
If a [G]tree falls in the [Em]forest does anybody [D]hear?
If a [G]tree falls in the [Em]forest does anybody [D]hear?
[G] Anybody [Em]hear the forest [D]fall?
Verse 2
[G]Cut and move [Em]on, cut and move [D]on, take out trees
Take out wildlife at a rate of a species [G]every single day
[Em]Take out people who've lived like this for a hundred thousand [D]years
[D]And inject a billion burgers worth of beef
[G]Grain [Em]eaters, methane dispensers[D]
[G]Through thinning [Em]ozone, waves fall on wrinkled [D]earth
Gravity, light, ancient refuse of [G]stars
Speak of a [Em]drowning, but this, this is [D]something other
[D]Busy monster eats dark holes in the spirit world
[G]Where wild things have to go[Em] to disappear [D]forever
Chorus
If a [G]tree falls in the [Em]forest does anybody [D]hear?
If a [G]tree falls in the [Em]forest does anybody [D]hear?
[G] Anybody [Em]hear the forest [D]fall?
If a [G]tree falls in the [Em]forest does anybody [D]hear?
If a [G]tree falls in the [Em]forest does anybody [D]hear?
[G] Anybody [Em]hear the forest [D]fall?
Outro
[G] [Em] [D]
If a [G]tree falls in the [Em]forest[D]
[G] [Em] [D]
If a [G]tree falls in the [Em]forest[D]
[G] [Em] [D]
If a [G]tree falls in the [Em]forest[D]
G Em D (Fade out)
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