{"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":1489965,"song":"Roots","artist":"Show of Hands","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11272210-roots-chords-by-show-of-hands/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1489965?type=chord","rating":4.64966,"votes":13,"content":"NOTE: Chords in brackets in the last verses are not played on\r\n\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch]  = xx0231   [ch]F[/ch]   = 133211   [ch]Dm/A[/ch] = x00231   [ch]Bb[/ch]   = x13331\r\n[ch]C/E[/ch] = xx2010   [ch]C/G[/ch] = 332010   [ch]G[/ch]    = 320022   [ch]C[/ch]    = x32010 \r\n\r\nN.C. = No chords\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C/E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]Dm/A[/ch]        [ch]Dm/A[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n||: /  /  /  / |  /  /  /  / | /   /   /  / | /  /  /  /:||x2[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNow, it's been twenty five years or more,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI've roamed this land from shore to shore,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFrom Tyne to Tamar,  Severn to Thames,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nFrom moor to vale,  from peak to fen[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nPlayed in cafes, and pubs, and bars,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nI've stood in the street with my old guitar,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut I'd be richer than all the rest, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIf I had a pound for each request...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Pre-Chorus]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n...For 'Duelling Banjos', 'A - merican Pie',[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   It's enough to make you cry,[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n'Rule Britannia'   ...or 'Swing Low',[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAre they the only songs the English know?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSeed, bud,  flower, fruit,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThey're never gonna grow without their roots,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]    N.C.\r\nBranch, stem, shoots      ...they need roots![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm[/ch]  [ch]C/E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]Dm/A[/ch]        [ch]Dm/A[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n||:/  /  /  / |  /  /  /  / | /   /   /  / | /  /  /  /:||x2[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAfter the speeches, when the cake's been cut,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nThe disco is over and the bar is shut,[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt christening, birthday, wedding or wake,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhat can we sing until the morning breaks?[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nWhen the Indian, Asians,  Afro, Celts, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's in their blood, be - low the belt,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nThey're playing and dancing all night long,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo what've they got right that we've got wrong?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSeed, bud,  flower, fruit,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNever gonna grow without their roots,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]    N.C.\r\nBranch, stem, shoots      ...they need roots![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd haul away, boys, let them go,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nOut in the wind, and the rain, and snow,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWe've lost more than we'll ever know...[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n...'Round the rocky shores of England![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHaul away, boys, let them go,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nOut in the wind, and the rain, and snow,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWe've lost more than we'll ever know...[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n...'Round the rocky shores of England![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]Dm/A[/ch]  [ch]Dm/A[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe need roots![/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]Dm/A[/ch]  [ch]Dm/A[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWe need roots![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nAnd a Minister said his vision of hell...[/tab]\r\n[tab]     ([ch]Dm[/ch])\r\n...Is three folk singers in a pub near Wells,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     ([ch]G[/ch])\r\nWell, I've got a vision of urban sprawl,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    ([ch]Dm[/ch])\r\nIt's pubs where no one ever sings at all,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd everyone stares at a great big screen,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOver-paid soccer stars,  prancing teens,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAus - tralian soap,  A - merican rap,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nEstuary English,  baseball caps![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd we learn to be ashamed, be - fore we walk, [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nOf the way we look, and the way we talk,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bb[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWith - out our stories or our songs,  [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHow will we know where we've come from?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've lost Saint George in the Union Jack, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nIt's my flag too, and I want it back![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSeed, bud,  flower, fruit,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nNever gonna grow without their roots,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]Dm[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]   N.C.\r\nBranch, stem, shoots    ...we need roots![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5-  A cappella]\r\n[tab]    ([ch]Dm[/ch])\r\nAnd haul away, boys, let them go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]([ch]F[/ch])\r\nOut in the wind, and the rain, and snow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]([ch]G7[/ch])\r\nWe've lost more than we'll ever know...[/tab]\r\n[tab]             ([ch]Dm[/ch])  ([ch]C[/ch])       ([ch]Bb[/ch])\r\n...'Round the rocky shores of England![/tab]\r\n[tab]([ch]Dm[/ch])\r\nHaul away, boys, let them go,[/tab]\r\n[tab]([ch]F[/ch])\r\nOut in the wind, and the rain, and snow,[/tab]\r\n[tab]([ch]G7[/ch])\r\nWe've lost more than we'll ever know...[/tab]\r\n[tab]              ([ch]Dm[/ch])  ([ch]C[/ch])      ([ch]Bb[/ch])\r\n...'Round the rocky shores of England![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHaul away, boys, let them go,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nOut in the wind, and the rain, and snow,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWe've lost more than we'll ever know...[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n...'Round the rocky shores of England![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n          Haul away, boys, let them go...[/tab]\r\n(Haul a - way------, boys---------------!)\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n...Out in the wind, and the rain, and snow,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n          We've lost more than we'll ever know...[/tab]\r\n(Hear the rain, boys------------------!)\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n'Round the rocky shores of England![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n          Haul away, boys, let them go...[/tab]\r\n(Haul a - way------, boys---------------!)\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\n...Out in the wind, and the rain, and snow,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n          We've lost more than we'll ever know...[/tab]\r\n(Hear the rain, boys------------------!)\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n'Round the rocky shores of England![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 8]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n          Haul away, boys, let them go...[/tab]\r\n(Haul a - way------, boys---------------!)\r\n[tab]  ([ch]F[/ch])\r\n...Out in the wind, and the rain, and snow,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         ([ch]G7[/ch])\r\n          We've lost more than we'll ever know...[/tab]\r\n(Hear the rain, boys------------------!)\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n'Round the rocky shores of England![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 9]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]      [ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C/E[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]Dm/A[/ch]\r\n          Haul a  - way, boys, let them go![/tab]\r\n(Haul a - way------, boys--------------!)\r\n[tab]  [ch]Dm/A[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C/E[/ch]   [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n|  /   /   /   /  |  /   /   /   /  |[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C/E[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]Dm/A[/ch]\r\nWe've lost more than we'll ever know,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm/A[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C/E[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\n'Round the rock - y    shores of   England![/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]   [ch]C/E[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]   [ch]Dm/A[/ch]          [ch]Dm/A[/ch] [ch]C/G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C/E[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHaul a  - way, boys, let them go! | /   /   /  / | /  /  /  / |[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]    [ch]C/E[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]    [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]Dm/A[/ch]\r\nWe've lost more than we'll ever know,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm/A[/ch]   [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]      [ch]C/E[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n'Round the rock - y    shores of   England![/tab]","plain_text":"NOTE: Chords in brackets in the last verses are not played on\n\nDm  = xx0231   F   = 133211   Dm/A = x00231   Bb   = x13331\nC/E = xx2010   C/G = 332010   G    = 320022   C    = x32010 \n\nN.C. = No chords\n\n\n[Intro]\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Pre-Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5-  A cappella]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n(Haul a - way------, boys---------------!)\n\n\n\n(Hear the rain, boys------------------!)\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]\n\n(Haul a - way------, boys---------------!)\n\n\n\n(Hear the rain, boys------------------!)\n\n\n\n[Verse 8]\n\n(Haul a - way------, boys---------------!)\n\n\n\n(Hear the rain, boys------------------!)\n\n\n\n[Verse 9]\n\n(Haul a - way------, boys--------------!)","chords":["Dm","F","Dm/A","Bb","C/E","C/G","G","C","A","G7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}