Oh, You Are the Roots That Sleep Beneath My Feet and Hold the Earth in Place Chords & Lyrics by Bright Eyes
Oh, You Are the Roots That Sleep Beneath My Feet and Hold the Earth in Place
guitar chords lyrics
The version that was already up here had the interlude all wrong
and a lot of the chords were misplaced throughout the song.
This one should be more accurate. Enjoy!
D Bm
I met you through a common friend
G D
in the attic of my parent's house
D Bm
and though I didn't know it then
G A
I soon was finding out
Bm G
you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet
D A
and hold the earth in place
Bm
each time a faucet opens
G
words are spoken
D A
the water runs away
G
and I hear your name
D
no, nothing has changed
D Bm G D
D Bm
there was this book I read and loved
G D
the story of a ship
D Bm
who sailed around the world and found
G A
that nothing else exists
Bm
beyond his own two sails
G
and wooden shell
D A
and what is held within
Bm
all else is sure to pass
G
we clutch and grasp
D A
and debate what's truly permanent
G
but when the wind starts to shift
D
there's no argument
[Interlude]
D A
I sing and drink and sleep on floors
Bm G
and try hard not to be annoyed
F# Bm A
by all these people worrying about me
D A
so when I'm suffering through some awful drive
D G
you occasionally cross my mind
D Bm A
it's my hidden hope that you are still among them
well are you?
[Interlude]
D G
Oh, you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet
D A
and hold the earth in place
D
each time a curtain opens
G
sunlight pours in
D A
a lifetime melts away
G
and we share a name
D
on some picturesque grave
