Intro: [Dm7][G7][C][Cmaj7][C6] Verse 1: [C] See the tree, how big it's grown, but [Cmaj7] friend it hasn't [C7] been too long, it [Dm7] wasn't [G7] big [Dm7] [G7] . I [Dm7] laughed at her and [G7] she got mad, the [Dm7] first day that she [G7] planted it, was [C] just a [Cmaj7] twig [C6] . Verse 2: [C] Then the first snow came, and she ran [Cmaj7] out to brush the [C7] snow away, so it [Dm7] wouldn't [G7] die [Dm7] [G7] . Came [Dm7] runnin' in [G7] all excited, [Dm7] slipped and almost [G7] hurt herself, and I [C] laughed till I [Cmaj7] cried [C6] . Verse 3: [C] She was always young at heart, [Cmaj7] kinda dumb and [C7] kinda smart, and I [Dm7] loved her [G7] so [Dm7] [G7] . And [Dm7] I surprised her [G7] with a puppy, [Dm7] kept me up all [G7] Christmas Eve, two [C] years [Cmaj7] ago [C6] . Verse 4: And [C] it would sure embarrass her, when [Cmaj7] I came in from [C7] workin' late, 'cause I [Dm7] would [G7] know [Dm7] [G7] . That [Dm7] she'd been sittin' [G7] there and cryin', [Dm7] Over some [G7] sad and silly, [C] late, late [Cmaj7] show. Chorus: And [C6] honey, I [Dm7] miss [G7] you [Dm7] , and [G7] I'm bein' [C] good [Cmaj7] . And I'd [C6] love to be [Dm7] with [G7] you [Dm7] , if [G7] only I [C] could [Cmaj7] [C6] . Verse 5: She [C] wrecked the car and she was sad, and [Cmaj7] so afraid that [C7] I'd be mad, but [Dm7] what the [G7] heck [Dm7] [G7] . Though [Dm7] I pretended [G7] hard to be, guess [Dm7] you could say she [G7] saw through me, and [C] hugged my [Cmaj7] neck [C6] . Verse 6 [C] I came home unexpectedly, and [Cmaj7] caught her cryin' [C7] needlessly, in the [Dm7] middle of the [G7] day [Dm7] [G7] . And [Dm7] it was in the [G7] early spring, when [Dm7] flowers bloom and [G7] robins sing, she [C] went [Cmaj7] away. Chorus: And [C6] honey, I [Dm7] miss [G7] you [Dm7], and [G7] I'm bein' [C] good [Cmaj7] . And I'd [C6] love to be [Dm7] with [G7] you [Dm7], if [G7] only I [C] could [Cmaj7] [Em7] [A7] . Verse 7: One [D] day while I was not at home, while [Dmaj7] she was there and [D7] all alone, the [Em7] angels [A7] came [Em7] [A7] . Now [Em7] all I have is [A7] memories, of [Em7] Honey and I [A7] wake up nights, and [D] call her [Dmaj7] name [D6] . Verse 8: [D] Now my life's an empty stage, where [Dmaj7] Honey lived and [D7] Honey played, and [Em7] love grew [A7] up [Em7] [A7] . And a [Em7] small cloud passes [A7] overhead, and [Em7] cries down on the [A7] flower bed, that [D] Honey [Dmaj7] loved [D6] Verse 9: And [D] see the tree how big it's grown, but [Dmaj7] friend it hasn't [D7] been too long, it [Em7] wasn't [A7] big [Em7] [A7] Fade out: And I [Em7] laughed at her and [A7] she got mad, the [Em7] first day that she [A7] planted it, was [D] just a [Dmaj7] twig [D6]