{"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":1671411,"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/1671411-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/1671411?type=chord","rating":4.61276,"votes":9,"content":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                                 Bright Eyes\r\n  Oh, You Are the Roots That Sleep Beneath My Feet and Hold the Earth in Place\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nTabbed by: Idiotekk\r\n\r\nStandard tuning\r\n\r\nVerse\r\n------\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]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 \r\nChorus\r\n-------\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]                     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch] \r\nWords are spoken, the 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\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\nVerse \r\n------\r\n    \r\nThere was this book I read and loved\r\nThe story of a ship\r\nWho sailed around the world and found\r\nThat nothing else exists\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n-------\r\n\r\nBeyond its own two sails\r\nAnd wooden shell \r\nAnd what is held within\r\nAll else is sure to pass\r\nWe clutch and grasp\r\nAnd debate what's truly permanent\r\nBut when the wind starts to shift\r\nThere's no argument\r\n\r\nInterlude\r\n----------\r\n\r\n[tab]|------2----------3------------6-----5--------------|\r\n|--------3-----2-----2-----4-----4---4---2----------|\r\n|----2-----2-3---3-----3/5---5-----5-5---2-------2--|\r\n|--0-------------------------------------4-------2--|\r\n|----------------------------------------4-------0--|\r\n|---------------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI sing and drink and sleep on floors[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch] \r\nAnd try hard not to be annoyed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F#m[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBy all these people worrying about me[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch] \r\nSo when I'm suffering through some awful drive[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch] \r\nYou occasionally cross my mind[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F#m[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt's my hidden hope that you are still among them[/tab]\r\nWell, are you?\r\n\r\n[ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] x2\r\n\r\nOh, you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet \r\nAnd hold the earth in place\r\nEach time a curtain opens\r\nSunlight pours in\r\nA lifetime melts away\r\nAnd we share a name\r\nOn some picturesque grave\r\n\r\nrepeat the interlude and there you have it\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n************************************\r\n\r\n| /   slide up\r\n| \\   slide down\r\n| h   hammer-on\r\n| p   pull-off\r\n| ~   vibrato\r\n| +   harmonic\r\n| x   Mute note\r\n| b   Bend\r\n| pb  Pre-bend\r\n| br  Bend release\r\n| pbr Pre-bend release\r\n| brb Bend release bend\r\n\r\n************************************","plain_text":"-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                                 Bright Eyes\n  Oh, You Are the Roots That Sleep Beneath My Feet and Hold the Earth in Place\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTabbed by: Idiotekk\n\nStandard tuning\n\nVerse\n------\n\n\n\n\n\n \nChorus\n-------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD  Bm  G  D\n\nVerse \n------\n    \nThere was this book I read and loved\nThe story of a ship\nWho sailed around the world and found\nThat nothing else exists\n\nChorus\n-------\n\nBeyond its own two sails\nAnd wooden shell \nAnd what is held within\nAll else is sure to pass\nWe clutch and grasp\nAnd debate what's truly permanent\nBut when the wind starts to shift\nThere's no argument\n\nInterlude\n----------\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWell, are you?\n\nF#m G A x2\n\nOh, you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet \nAnd hold the earth in place\nEach time a curtain opens\nSunlight pours in\nA lifetime melts away\nAnd we share a name\nOn some picturesque grave\n\nrepeat the interlude and there you have it\n\n\n\n************************************\n\n| /   slide up\n| \\   slide down\n| h   hammer-on\n| p   pull-off\n| ~   vibrato\n| +   harmonic\n| x   Mute note\n| b   Bend\n| pb  Pre-bend\n| br  Bend release\n| pbr Pre-bend release\n| brb Bend release bend\n\n************************************","chords":["D","Bm","G","A","F#m"],"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]}}}