Trees Guitar Tab

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Ok folks, this song is basically played holding a " G chord shape". You'll get what i mean
once you give it a go. Basically your 3rd finger, or ring finger, is held in position when
playing a G chord. It stays there throughout the song, while most of the fretting is done
with your 1st and 2nd fingers. Ok, here we go, dont forget to get the strumming pattern
down - pat, as it is extremely hard to tab out a strumming pattern.
There are 2 riffs in this song, so once you've learnt them, you've got it!

intro and verses.

e------x--x--x---------x-------x-------x-------x-------x--x--------
B-----3--3--3---------3-------3-------3-------3-------3--3-------- G-----x--x--x---------x-------x-------2-------0-------2--2--------
D-----2--2--2---------x-------0-------2-------x-------0--0--------
A-----2--2--2---------3-------x-------0-------3-------0--0--------
E-----0--0--0---------0-------3-------0-------0---------------------

Ok, it might look a little difficult, but its not. The strumming is mainly focused on
the bottom 3 strings. The fretted B string doesnt really get played, its there for ease
of flowing into the chorus. Leaving your finger on the 3rd fret, also helps with the placement
of your 1st and 2nd fingers, which do all the work on the note selecting.( To make it sound
easier, your 1st finger stays at the 2nd fret, and your 2nd finger stays at the 3rd fret.
All they are doing is moving from string to string.)
Also, dont try to sound each note by itself, it wont work. It has to be strummed at, so no
pussy - footing around, just get in there and hit it!

chorus.

Asus Cadd9 G D5
e-----0----------------------0---------------------0------------------------0-------------------------------
B----3----------------------3---------------------3------------------------3-------------------------------
G----2-----8counts-----0----8counts----0-------8counts-----2-----8counts------------- D----2----------------------2---------------------0------------------------0-------------------------------
A----0----------------------3---------------------2------------------------0-------------------------------
E----------------------------0---------------------3---------------------------------------------------------

Well thats it, im sure you can count how many verses etc, so just listen to the song to refine
it. This is how i seen john play it, and it is definately in standard tuning, cause he dropped
the low E string to D to play his next song which was valley. So i would say that this tab
is close to being perfect.

Any corrections are welcome, we are all after the perfect tabs! Peace and enjoy

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Joonas Wanna Be	#1 by Joonas Luukkainen at Feb 20, 1978 at 2:06 PM EST
	This is my national anthem right here. The best song ive ever heard and definitely john butlers best. Trees are being cut down and we need to stop all of this before theres nothing left. SAVE THE TREES!

No Picture Wanna Be	#2 by Chill-ax! at Feb 12, 1991 at 10:53 AM EST
	making a point through his songs helps so much because it gets people aware of whats going on around them then it gets more people involved to make more of a difference. save the trees!

No Picture cody Average	#3 by cody stipp at Dec 26, 1994 at 4:30 PM EST
	Cutting down trees will eventually lead to a big whole in the sky. cutting down the trees to make room for more building for people to say "hey look at me look at what i can do" Stupid. "You must teach your children that the ground beneath their feet is the ashes of your grandfathers. So that they will respect the land, tell your children that the earth is rich with the lives of our kin. Teach your children what we have taught our children, that the earth is our mother. Whatever befalls the earth befalls the sons of the earth. If men spit upon the ground, they spit upon themselves." - Seattle, Chief of the Duwamish, Suquamish and allied Indian tribes 1

No Picture Jarrett Lead Player	#4 by Jarrett Sandlin at Apr 23, 2007 at 2:39 AM EST
	The first time I heard this song, from a purely novelty point of view, I thought it sounded rather silly having him sing about trees. But when I actually thought about it, and thought about simple things like "without trees we can't breath" I realised just how relevant and important this song is!!