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Song: Going Back To My Roots
Tuning - Standard
[Intro]
 Bm   Em(X11)
[Verse]
BmZippin' up my boots
EmGoin' back to my roots
BmTo the place of my birth
EmBack down to earth
BmNot talkin' 'bout the roots in the land
EmI'm talkin' 'bout the roots in the man
BmZippin' up my boots, Emgoin' back to my roots
GI'm homeward F#mbound, got my Bmhead turned Caround
[Chorus]
BmGoin' back to find myself
EmI can't live with nobody else
BmWho's living in the world and not be seen
EmGoin' back, goin' back right there an' be me
BmNot searchin' for riches I've had all the time
EmFinding out happiness is just a state of Bmmind
GJust a Astate of EmmindA  Bb  
[Verse]
BmZippin' up my boots
EmGoin' back to my roots
BmTo the place of my birth
EmBack down to earth
BmNot talkin' 'bout the roots in the land
EmI'm talkin' 'bout the roots in the man
BmZippin' up my boots, Emgoin' back to my roots
GI'm homeward F#mbound, got my Bmhead turned Caround
[Chorus]
BmGoing home, I'm going homeG  A  
EmGoing home, going home where I do belong
BmNot found the riches that I've got the timeG  A  
EmFinding out happiness was just a state of Bmmind
Just a state of Emmind, just a state of Bmmind
Just a state of Emmind, yeah
[Verse]
BmZippin' up my boots
EmGoin' back to my roots
BmTo the place of my birth
EmBack down to earth
[Outro]
BmIt's not black, it's not white
EmIt's not red, it's not yellow
BmIt's not black, it's not white
EmIt's not red, it's not yellow
BmIt's not black, it's not white
EmIt's not red, it's not yellow
It's Bmdown to earth, it's Emdown to earth
It's Bmdown to earth, Emit's down to earth
BmIt's not red, it's not white
EmIt's not yellow, it's not black
BmIt's not red, it's not white
EmIt's not yellow, ït's not black

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Going Back To My Roots

by Richie Havens

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Song: Going Back To My Roots

Tuning - Standard

[Intro]

Bm Em

(X11)

[Verse]

Zippin' up my boots

Goin' back to my roots

To the place of my birth

Back down to earth

Not talkin' 'bout the roots in the land

I'm talkin' 'bout the roots in the man

Bm Em

Zippin' up my boots, goin' back to my roots

G F#m Bm C

I'm homeward bound, got my head turned around

[Chorus]

Goin' back to find myself

I can't live with nobody else

Who's living in the world and not be seen

Goin' back, goin' back right there an' be me

Not searchin' for riches I've had all the time

Em Bm

Finding out happiness is just a state of mind

G A Em A Bb

Just a state of mind

[Verse]

Zippin' up my boots

Goin' back to my roots

To the place of my birth

Back down to earth

Not talkin' 'bout the roots in the land

I'm talkin' 'bout the roots in the man

Bm Em

Zippin' up my boots, goin' back to my roots

G F#m Bm C

I'm homeward bound, got my head turned around

[Chorus]

Bm G A

Going home, I'm going home

Going home, going home where I do belong

Bm G A

Not found the riches that I've got the time

Em Bm

Finding out happiness was just a state of mind

Em Bm

Just a state of mind, just a state of mind

Just a state of mind, yeah

[Verse]

Zippin' up my boots

Goin' back to my roots

To the place of my birth

Back down to earth

[Outro]

It's not black, it's not white

It's not red, it's not yellow

It's not black, it's not white

It's not red, it's not yellow

It's not black, it's not white

It's not red, it's not yellow

Bm Em

It's down to earth, it's down to earth

Bm Em

It's down to earth, it's down to earth

It's not red, it's not white

It's not yellow, it's not black

It's not red, it's not white

It's not yellow, ït's not black

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