Appletree Chords by Erykah Badu

[Em] _ _ [Abm] _ [G] I'd like to dedicate this to all [F] of the Creator's righteous [Em] children.
[Abm] I have some [G] food in my bag, [F] not that edible food, that [Em] food you eat.
No, [Abm] [G] I have some food for thought.
[F] Since knowledge is [Em] infinite, it has [Abm] infinitely fell [G] on me.
_ [F] So, [Em] um_
It was a [Abm] stormy [G] night.
You know the [Am] kind where the lightning's [Em] dry.
[Abm] And I was [G] hanging out with some of my artsy [Am] friends.
Ooh, ooh, [E] ooh, ooh.
The night was [E] long, but [G] I ain't been young.
We were coolin' [Am] up until the break of [Em] dawn.
[Abm] And this was [G] burnin', so I'm feelin' right.
[Am] I [Em] see a kiss, my [B] friends, like a [G] big old screw.
They can't control me [Am] there when I was lonely.
I [Em] don't walk [Abm] around tryin' to [G] be with a knot.
I don't waste my [Am] time tryin' to get what you [Em] got.
I [Gbm] work at Please and [Abm] Me, clothes [G] can't please you.
And that's [Am] why I do what I [Em] do.
[Gbm] So flashy [Abm] like [G] a willow tree.
Do-we, do [Am]-we, do [Em]-we.
And if you [B] don't wanna [Bm] be down with me,
Then you don't wanna [F] be from my apple tree.
[Em] And if you [Abm] don't wanna [Bm] be down with me,
Then you don't wanna [Am] be from my apple tree.
[E] And if you [Abm] don't wanna [G] be down with me,
Then you don't wanna [Am] be from my apple [Em] tree.
And if you [Abm] don't wanna [G] be down with me,
You just don't [Am] wanna be down.
[Em] [D] I [Abm] had a [G] home and I [Am] take it everywhere I [Em] go.
[Abm] I'm planning [G] C so I reach what I sow, [Am] you know.
[Em] On [Gbm] and [B] on and [Bm] on and on.
My five of keys [F] moving like a rolling [Em] stone.
I [B] [G] can't think, [F] oh [Em] easy.
I [D] fix my [Abm] things like a [Bm] big spruce.
My granny told me [Am] that when I was only [Em] three.
I don't walk [B] around trying to [G] be with a knight.
I don't waste my [Am] time trying to get what you [Em] got.
I work at Please and [Abm] Me because I [G] can't please you.
And that's [Am] why I do what I [Em] do.
[D] So plash [Abm] me like a [G] willow tree.
Wee do [Am] wee do wee.
[Em] And if [Abm] don't want to [Bm] sit down with me,
you don't want to [F] pick from my Apple [Em] tree.
And if you [Abm] don't want to [G] sit down with me,
you don't want to [Am] pick from my Apple [Em] tree,
And if you [Abm] don't want to [G] sit down with me,
you don't want to [F] pick from my Apple [Em] tree.
And if you [B] don't want to [G] sit down with me
I just don't [Am] want you down
[Em] _ [Abm] Oh [G] my my _ _ [F] _ _
[Em] _ [Abm] my
Oh my [G] my my
_ [Am] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Gbm] _ [G] _ _ _ [F] _
[Em] Oh my my my my my [Abm] my
[G] Oh my my my [Am] my my my
Oh [Em] I [Gbm] fix my [Abm] plans
like I [G] fix my fruit
My daddy told me [Am] that when I was young
[Em] I don't walk [Abm] around trying to [G] be with a man
I don't waste my [Am] time trying to get
what you [Em] got
I [Gbm] work it please the [Abm] need cause I [G] can't please you
And that's [Am] why I do what I [Em] do
You [D] so plash [Abm] me like a [G] willow tree
Do we do [Am] we do [Em] we
And if you [B] don't
wanna [G] be down with me
You don't want to [F] pick my apple [Em] tree
And if you [Abm] don't want to [G] be down with me
[Am] you own the [Em] city
[Gbm] And if you [B] don't want
to [G] be down with me
you don't wanna [F] pick my apple [Em] tree
And if you [Abm] don't want to [G] be down with me
You just don't [Am] want to be down
[Em] You [Abm] _ [G] _ just don't [Am] wanna be down
[Em] You [Abm] _ [G] _ _ _ [F] just don't [Em] want to be [D] down
[Abm] [G] down, down, _ [Am] _ _
[Em] _ [Gbm] [Abm] down, [G] down.
_ [Am] You just don't [Em] want me [Abm] down.
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[Em] _ _ [Abm] _ [G] Oh, [Am] you just don't want me down, [Gbm] [G] down, _ _ [Am] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Abm] _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] down, [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] down.
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