Like a Tree — Nashville Number Chart Key: G major | 94 BPM | 4/4 4=C 5=D 6m=Em 1=G 2m=Am Public domain (CC0). Transcribed from the audio — verify by ear. ================================================== [Intro (lone voice, fingerpicked guitar, one mandolin note ringing, upright bass easing in)] 1 4 5 (Blessed is the one, blessed is the one,) 6m 1 4 1 (come on down to the water and the shade.) 5 6m 4 (Blessed is the one, blessed is the one,) 5 1 2m (here is where the rooted life is made.) [Verse 1 (add upright bass and soft brushed snare, warm and conversational)] 4 5 1 (Blessed is the one who will not walk) 1 4 5 (in the counsel of the proud,) 6m 1 4 1 (who will not stand in the way of sinners,) 5 6m 4 (nor sit with the scornful crowd.) 5 1 2m 4 (For his delight is in the law of the Lord,) 5 1 1 (by the day and through the night,) 4 5 6m 1 (and the roots reach down where the river runs) 4 1 5 (to drink in the morning light.) [Pre-Chorus (BVs hum underneath, snare brush swells, the band leans in)] 6m 4 5 1 (So come and drink from the river of the Word,) 2m 4 5 (let it feed you, deep and slow.) 1 1 4 5 6m (For the ones who delight in the law of the Lord) 1 4 1 (stay green where the dry winds blow.) [Chorus (full band, foot-stomp, gang harmonies, banjo roll)] 5 6m 4 5 1 (So plant us by the river, plant us by the stream,) 2m 4 5 1 (down where the water's running and the roots grow deep.) 1 4 5 6m 1 (We'll bring forth our fruit in season, stay green through the dry,) 4 1 5 6m 4 (like a tree, like a tree by the water, reaching high.) 5 1 2m (Planted by the river, we will not wither,) 4 5 1 1 (we will grow, we will grow, we will grow.) [Verse 2 (band pulls back to guitar, mandolin and bass, intimate)] 4 5 6m 1 (For my delight is in the law of the Lord,) 4 1 5 (morning and midnight I dwell on the Word.) 6m 4 5 1 2m (I turn it over slow like a stone in a stream,) 4 5 1 1 4 (till it wears itself deep and it lives inside of me.) 5 6m 1 4 1 (And I am like a tree the Lord Himself has grown,) 5 6m 4 5 (where the water runs deep and the seed was sown,) 1 2m 4 5 (and whatever His hand puts my hand to do,) 1 1 4 5 (He will carry it through, He will carry it through.) [Chorus (full band returns, foot-stomp, gang harmonies)] 6m 1 4 1 5 (So plant us by the river, plant us by the stream,) 6m 4 5 1 (down where the water's running and the roots grow deep.) 2m 4 5 1 1 (We'll bring forth our fruit in season, stay green through the dry,) 4 5 6m 1 4 (like a tree, like a tree by the water, reaching high.) 1 5 6m (Planted by the river, we will not wither,) 4 5 1 2m (we will grow, we will grow, we will grow.) [Chaff Verse (drums drop to soft brushes, sparse guitar, a high lonesome harmony floats above)] 4 5 1 (But the wicked are not so, my friend,) 1 4 5 (they are chaff upon the breeze,) 6m 1 4 (here for a breath and gone by morning,) 1 5 (scattered through the trees.) 6m 4 5 1 (No root to hold them, no stream to feed them,) 2m 4 (no ground beneath their feet,) 5 1 1 (they will not stand in the judgment,) 4 5 6m (nor rise where the righteous meet.) [Bridge (rhythm returns, hand-claps and banjo build, the choice made out loud)] 1 4 1 (Oh, there are two ways, only two,) 5 6m 4 (one will wither, one holds true.) 5 1 2m 4 (The Lord knows the way of the righteous ones,) 5 1 1 (but the way of the wicked comes undone.) 4 5 6m 1 4 (So come in from the wind, come in from the storm,) 1 5 6m 4 (there is room in the congregation, come and belong.) 5 1 2m 4 (I'm choosing the river, and I start to run,) 5 1 1 (to the water, to the water,) 4 5 6m (to the water, to the water.) [Final Chorus (biggest lift, whole room, double gang harmonies, foot-stomp and hand-claps)] 1 4 1 5 6m (So plant us by the river, plant us by the stream,) 4 5 1 2m (down where the water's running and the roots grow deep.) 4 5 1 1 4 (We'll bring forth our fruit in season, stay green through the dry,) 5 6m 1 4 1 (like a tree, like a tree by the water, reaching high.) 5 6m 4 (Planted by the river, we will not wither,) 5 1 2m 4 (we will grow, we will grow, we will grow.) [Outro (band thins to voices alone, then one lone guitar to fade)] 5 1 1 4 (Like a tree, like a tree by the water,) 5 6m 1 4 (we will grow, we will grow, we will grow.) 1 5 6m 4 (For the Lord, He knows the way of the righteous,) 5 1 2m (and the rooted He will never let go.) 4 5 1 1 (So blessed is the one, and blessed are we,) 4 5 6m (planted by the water, like a tree.) 1 4 1 (Come on down to the water,) 5 6m 4 (blessed is the one, come and grow.)