[verse 1] D# G Cm Is this an olive branch or am A# G# I cutting down the whole tree D# G Is reaching out to you Cm A# G# breaking off another piece of me D# G a pretty little optimist invites Cm A# G# a hurricane into her garden D# G Is it fair to fear you and Cm A# G# G#m your rain or am I just hardened? [verse 2] D# G Did I lose my common sense or Cm A# G# do I actually miss you? D# G Is this branch a gift between friends or Cm A# G# do I still want to kiss you? D# G Would you use it as a weapon, Cm A# G# knock me right back to the floor D# G Would you stop me at one branch or Cm A# G# G#m let me make ‘em all yours [chorus 1] D# G Cuz I’m a giver, I’m a grower, Cm A# G# I’m a lover, till it hurts D# G And I’d hate to not know ya, Cm A# G# but I’m not sure if it’s worse D# G To give you every part of me, Cm A# G# watch you go time and time again D# G Or wait until my dying days Cm A# G# G#m and still not call you my friend D# G Cm A# G# A# Oh, oh, oh, ooo [bridge] C Fm Peace is there peace A# In picking up the pieces of the past? D# Is there relief? C Is there sorrow? Fm Or can I finally sleep? A# When you branch the past and present C A# G# G#m Is there relief? [verse 3] D# G Have I finally found it, Cm G# the root of all my issues? D# G Or are you just the person Cm G# I’ve tied ‘em all on to D# G Sometimes I forget at one time long ago Cm G# I loved you so deeply D# G Now I soak in all the bad Cm G# G#m but still pray that you need me. [chorus 2] D# G Cuz I’m a giver, I’m a knower, Cm A# G# I’m a lover, till it hurts D# G And I'm trying to show ya, Cm A# G# but I’m not sure if it’s worse D# G To leave a note or cut your Cm A# G# throat take some quiet time to mend D# G If I give and I give as long as Cm A# G# I live will it be enough G#m D# to call you my friend in the end? G Cm A# G# Oh, oh, oh, oh oh D# G Cm A# G# G#m Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, ooo [verse 4] D# G And I’m not that great Cm A# G# at forgiveness and goodbyes D# But I don’t want G Cm A# G# this weight on my chest until I die. D# G If I told you all of this, Cm A# G# you’d call the cops on me for sure. D# G So I’ll put a bow on Cm A# G# this branch right by your door G#m D# My friend
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