Oh, You Are the Roots That Sleep Beneath My Feet and Hold the Earth in Place Bright Eyes
Bright Eyes - Oh, You are the Roots That Sleep Beneath my Feet and Hold the Earth in Place
[D]I met you through a common fri[Bm]end
in the atti[G]c of my parent's[D] house
and thoug[D]h I didn't know it th[Bm]en
I s[G]oon was finding out[A]
you are the roots [Bm]that sleep beneath my fee[G]t
and hol[D]d the earth in place[A]
each time a faucet [Bm]opens
[G]words are spoken
the wat[D]er runs aw[A]ay
and I h[G]ear your name
no, not[D]hing has changed
[D] [Bm] [G] [D]
there was[D] this book I read and [Bm]loved
the sto[G]ry of a ship[D]
who sail[D]ed around the world and f[Bm]ound
that not[G]hing else exists[A]
beyond his own two[Bm] sails
and wooden[G] shell
and wha[D]t is held within[A]
all else is su[Bm]re to pass
we clutc[G]h and grasp
and deb[D]ate what's truly permanent[A]
but when the wind star[G]ts to shift
there's no [D]argument
(Interlude)
I s[D]ing and drink and sleep on fl[Bm]oors
and tr[G]y hard not to be annoy[A]ed
by al[D]l these peopl[Bm]e worrying a[G]bout me
so when I'm sufferin[D]g through some awful drive[Bm]
you occasiona[G]lly cross my m[A]ind
it's my hidd[D]en hope that you are st[Bm]ill among them[G]
well are you?
(Interlude)
Oh, you are the roots t[Bm]hat sleep beneath my feet [G]
and hold[D] the earth in place[A]
each time a curtai[Bm]n opens
[G]sunlight pours in
a lif[D]etime melts[A] away
and we sh[G]are a name
on some pictur[D]esque grave
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