Coconut Tree Chords
Coconut Tree by Kenny Chesney is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G, Dm and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: C F C G, C F, C G C,
Verse:
C F
Everybody's got a place they go
C G
When the old battery gets running low.
C F
I'm a sucker for the sand and sea, yea
C G
If I had my way, hey I'd always be
C F
Way up high in a coconut tree
C G
Layin' low, just my baby and me
C F
Sunny sky as far as I can see
C G C
High up in a coconut tree
Instrumental: C F C G C
Verse:
C F
Not to green, not too brown,
C G
I shimmy up and I shake the good ones down.
C F
Coconuts, a couple of bucks a piece
C G
And you can do alright if you ain't afraid to be
C F
High in a coconut tree
C G
Layin' low, just my baby and me
C F
Sunny sky as far as I can see
C G C
High in a coconut tree
Instrumental-bridge: C F C G C F, C G C
Dm
Yeah, there's less stress and the world's alright
F Em
It's a different point of view
Dm G
When you're looking at life
C F
Way up high in a coconut tree
C G
(Layin' low) low, just my baby and me
C F
Sunny sky as far as I can see
C G
High up in a coconut
C F
High in a coconut tree (high in a coconut tree)
C G
Layin' low, just my baby and me
C F
Sunny sky as far as I can see
C G C
High in a coconut tree
C F
High in a coconut tree (high in a coconut)
C G
Layin' low, just my baby and me
C F
Sunny sky as far as I can see
C G C
High in a coconut tree
Instrumental: C F C G
(chorus)
(sung simultaneously)
C F
(Layin' low, just my baby and me)
Sunny sky as far as I can see
C G C
(High up in a coconut tree)
High in a coconut tree
Instrumental: C F G C
C F
Sunny sky as far as I can see
C G C
High up in a coconut tree
C G
Up here with Willie
C F
Sunny sky as far as I can see
C G C F, C G, C F, C G C (fade)
Let's get high in a coconut tree