Bright Eyes – Oh You Are The Roots That Sleep Beneath My Feet And Hold The Earth In Place (Guitar)

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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

                   Bm 
each time a faucet opens

G
words are spoken

       D         A
the water runs away 

       G
and I hear your name

       D
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

                  Bm
beyond his own two sails

          G
and wooden shell 

       D                 A
and what is held within

              Bm
all else is sure to pass

        G 
we clutch and grasp

       D                            A
and debate what's truly permanent

                      G
but when the wind starts to shift

           D
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

                  Bm
each time a curtain opens

G
sunlight pours in

     D          A
a lifetime melts away

         G
and we share a name

              D
on some picturesque grave