Pinecones

[G]Hands up if [D]life is getting stressful
[G]And shout if you are [D]saddened by the news (Whoa!)
[G]I need some [D]tips to cope
[C]Some data [D]or some anecdotes
[G]'Cause right now nothing's [D]workin' for my blues
[G]Sometimes I deal [D]by playing music
[G]And sometimes I [D]relax by reading books
[C]Sometimes I [D]go downtown
[G]Climb a tree [D]and don't come down
[G]And throw a bunch [D]of pinecones at people
[G]A crowd has [D]formed around my tree
[C]Just out of [D]reach and the police
[G]Have blocked the [G]street on every side
[D]But no one [G]can climb it
[D]And I think [G]its 'cause they know
[D]I have a pinecone [C]here for everyone who tries
[D]I yell, "I'm gonna [G]live to be a hundred
[D]I'm gonna see [G]them cure disease
[D]Then I'm [G]gonna watch them
[D]Go to war [C]over the royalties"
[C]So if you need me, [D]I'll be in the tree
[D]If you need me, [G]I'll be in the tree
[D]There's several cameras pointed [G]up into my tree
[D]It seems the world's concerned [C]with what I might do next
[D]Throwing pinecones [G]at photographers
[G]From up here [D]in this conifer
[G]Like Tarzan getting [D]scouted by the mets
[G]Yeah, I'm gonna live [D]to be a thousand
[C]Got robot arms and [D]run on robot feet
[G]Got robot legs [D]and robot head
[G]And my robot ass [D]don't know it yet
[G]But I'd be better [D]off back in the tree
[C]So if you need me, [D]I'll be in the tree
[G]'Cause no one's asking what [D]would drive me up this pine
[G]Is it protest? Am I [D]being paid to preach or advertise?
[G]No, this non-deciduous [D]decision was all mine
[C]You can show [D]a horse the ropes
[G]But no, you [G]cannot make him climb
[D]And this tree's a makeshift [G]metaphor and I prefer to think
[D]I'm just a [G]stressed out Christmas ornament
[D]Who needs some [C]space to breathe
[D]And if the camera [G]crews and crowded streets
[D]And dozens [G]of police
[D]Are my endless pressures, [G]manifested down below my tree
[D]Then this giant [C]stack of pinecones
[D]They are the lame and [G]immature ways, I deal with them
[D]But also how satisfying [G]it is to do so
[D]To dome one when [G]they're not looking, yeah
[D]I'm gonna live [C]to be a million
[D]Longer than the [G]flowers, birds and bees
[G]But if I [D]start to come undone
[G]Make like a [D]tree and hug someone
[G]Everybody needs a [D]place to breathe
[C]Just recognize when it [D]is time to leave
[G]I'm probably [D]gonna live forever
[G]But should I die? [D]And that may be preferred
[G]Take me out [D]and bury me
[C]And plant a [D]tree right over me
[G]So I may help [D]someone escape the world
[G]Yeah, I may help [D]someone escape the world

The song is played in its original key of D without a capo.

This song is built on the key of D. Here are the 7 diatonic chords (Chord Family) that harmonize according to music theory: