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

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C                             Am
I met you through a common friend

           F               C
in the attic of my parent's house

         C                    Am 
and though I didn't know it then

   F                         G 
I soon was finding out

                  Am                       F
you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet 

       C                         G
and hold the earth in place

                   Am 
each time a faucet opens

F
words are spoken

       C         G
the water runs away 

       F
and I hear your name

       C
no, nothing has changed 
C Am F C
         C                     Am
there was this book I read and loved

       F             C
the story of a ship

        C                        Am
who sailed around the world and found

        F                  G
that nothing else exists

                  Am
beyond his own two sails

          F
and wooden shell 

       C                 G
and what is held within

              Am
all else is sure to pass

        F 
we clutch and grasp

       C                            G
and debate what's truly permanent

                      F
but when the wind starts to shift

           C
there's no argument
[Interlude]
   C                            Am 
I sing and drink and sleep on floors

      F                     G
and try hard not to be annoyed

     C            Am          F
by all these people worrying about me

                    C                                   Am 
so when I'm suffering through some awful drive

             F             G
you occasionally cross my mind

            C                      Am                   F
it's my hidden hope that you are still among them
well are you? [Interlude]
                       Am                          F
Oh, you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet 

        C                        G
and hold the earth in place

                  Am
each time a curtain opens

F
sunlight pours in

     C          G
a lifetime melts away

         F
and we share a name

              C
on some picturesque grave