Sara Bareilles – Root Down (Guitar)

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Chords

C                              F
If I build it out of blood and bone

Am                       G
If I love it and I even give it a good name

C                             F
and I let it stand up on its own

Am                           G
and if I even never learn to trust and walk away

C                       F
Will it crumble on its own two feet

Am                      G
Or will it multiply and grow big white wings

C                          F
If I love it and I give it life

Am                            G
Can I let it go and know that it was never mine
Chorus:
C                   F
Give more, give it all away

Dm             G
I'm sure it'll come back someday

C                          F
You gotta let go to let it circle back around

Dm                    G
To rise up, you gotta learn to root down

C     F Dm  G
      I.... learned to root down.

C     F Dm G
      I...

C                               F
If I cut it with a heart-shaped knife

Am                       G
and I send it to my very closest of friends

C                                 F
and they somehow bring it back to life

Am                        G
what if I only ever do it all over again

C                           F
I'm a writer here upon this ship

Am                      G
on a sea of unnamed and untamed passages

C                           F
Every vessel's meant for pouring out

Am                          G
and every bloom has to make room to root down
Chorus:
C                   F
Give more, give it all away

Dm             G
I'm sure it'll come back someday

C                          F
You gotta let go to let it circle back around

Dm                    G
To rise up, you gotta learn to root down

C     F Dm  G
      I.... learned to root down.

C     F Dm G
      I...

C                   F
Give more, give it all away

Dm             G
I'm sure it'll come back someday

C                          F
You gotta let go to let it circle back around

Dm                    G
To rise up, you gotta learn to root down
And on C