{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":207991,"song":"Oh You Are The Roots That Sleep Beneath My Feet And Hold The Earth In Place","artist":"Bright Eyes","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11219339-oh-you-are-the-roots-that-sleep-beneath-my-feet-and-hold-the-earth-in-place-chords-by-bright-eyes/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/207991?type=chord","rating":4.20611,"votes":33,"content":"Bright Eyes - Oh, You are the Roots That Sleep Beneath my Feet and Hold the Earth in Place\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI met you through a common friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nin the attic of my parent's house[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nand though I didn't know it then[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch] \r\nI soon was finding out[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nyou are the roots that sleep beneath my feet [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand hold the earth in place[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\neach time a faucet opens[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nwords are spoken[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthe water runs away [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand I hear your name[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nno, nothing has changed [/tab]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nthere was this book I read and loved[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthe story of a ship[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nwho sailed around the world and found[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthat nothing else exists[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nbeyond his own two sails[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand wooden shell [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand what is held within[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nall else is sure to pass[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch] \r\nwe clutch and grasp[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand debate what's truly permanent[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nbut when the wind starts to shift[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nthere's no argument[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nI sing and drink and sleep on floors[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand try hard not to be annoyed[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nby all these people worrying about me[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]                                   [ch]Bm[/ch] \r\nso when I'm suffering through some awful drive[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nyou occasionally cross my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nit's my hidden hope that you are still among them[/tab]\r\n\r\nwell are you?\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh, you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand hold the earth in place[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\neach time a curtain opens[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nsunlight pours in[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\na lifetime melts away[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nand we share a name[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\non some picturesque grave[/tab]","plain_text":"Bright Eyes - Oh, You are the Roots That Sleep Beneath my Feet and Hold the Earth in Place\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD Bm G D\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nwell are you?\n\n[Interlude]","chords":["D","Bm","G","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}