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Oh You Are The Roots That Sleep Beneath My Feet And Hold The Earth In Place

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Bright Eyes - Oh, You are the Roots That Sleep Beneath my Feet and Hold the Earth in Place
DI met you through a common friBmend
in the attiGc of my parent's Dhouse
and thougDh I didn't know it thBmen
I sGoon was finding outA  
you are the roots Bmthat sleep beneath my feeGt 
and holDd the earth in placeA  
each time a faucet Bmopens
Gwords are spoken
the watDer runs awAay 
and I hGear your name
no, notDhing has changed 
D Bm G D
there was Dthis book I read and Bmloved
the stoGry of a shipD  
who sailDed around the world and fBmound
that notGhing else existsA  
beyond his own two Bmsails
and wooden Gshell 
and whaDt is held withinA  
all else is suBmre to pass
we clutcGh and grasp
and debDate what's truly permanentA  
but when the wind starGts to shift
there's no Dargument
[Interlude]
I sDing and drink and sleep on flBmoors
and trGy hard not to be annoyAed
by alDl these peoplBme worrying aGbout me
so when I'm sufferinDg through some awful driveBm  
you occasionaGlly cross my mAind
it's my hiddDen hope that you are stBmill among themG  
well are you?
[Interlude]
Oh, you are the roots tBmhat sleep beneath my feet G  
and hold Dthe earth in placeA  
each time a curtaiBmn opens
Gsunlight pours in
a lifDetime melts Aaway
and we shGare a name
on some picturDesque grave

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Oh You Are The Roots That Sleep Beneath My Feet And Hold The Earth In Place

by Bright Eyes

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Bright Eyes - Oh, You are the Roots That Sleep Beneath my Feet and Hold the Earth in Place

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

each time a faucet opens

words are spoken

D A

the water runs away

and I hear your name

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

beyond his own two sails

and wooden shell

D A

and what is held within

all else is sure to pass

we clutch and grasp

D A

and debate what's truly permanent

but when the wind starts to shift

there's no argument

[Interlude]

D Bm

I sing and drink and sleep on floors

G A

and try hard not to be annoyed

D Bm G

by all these people worrying about me

D Bm

so when I'm suffering through some awful drive

G A

you occasionally cross my mind

D Bm G

it's my hidden hope that you are still among them

well are you?

[Interlude]

Bm G

Oh, you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet

D A

and hold the earth in place

each time a curtain opens

sunlight pours in

D A

a lifetime melts away

and we share a name

on some picturesque grave

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