Oh, You Are The Roots That Sleep Beneath My Feet And Hold The Earth In Place Chords by Bright Eyes

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_ _ _ _ [D] I met you [B] through a common [G] friend in the attic of [D] my parents' house
And though I [Bm] didn't know it [G] then, I soon was [A] finding out
You [Bm] are the roots that sleep [G] beneath my feet [D] and hold the [A] earth in place
Each [Bm] time a faucet [G] opens, words are spoken, [D] the water runs [A] away
_ And _ I hear [G] your name, _ _ no, nothing [D] has changed _ _ _ _
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
There was this [C#] book I read and [F#m] [G] loved the story of [D] a ship _
Who sailed around [E] the world and found [G] that nothing else [A] exists
Beyond [Bm] his own two cells [G] and wooden [D] shelf and what is held [A] within
All else [Bm] is sure to pass, [G] we clutch and [D] grasp and debate what's [A] truly permanent _
But [D] when the wind [G] starts to shift, _ _ well, there's no [D] argument
Now _ [A#m] _ [C] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _ _
[D] I swim and drink [E] and sleep on floors [Bm] and try hard not [G] to be annoyed
[D] By all these [Bm] people worrying [A] about [B] me _ _ _ _
[A] So when I'm suffering through some awful [Bm] drought, you _ occasionally [G] _ cross my mind
[C#m] It's my hidden hope [Bm] that you are still [A] among them
_ _ Well, are you?
[F#m] _ _ _ [C#] _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ [F#m] _ _ [C#] _ [G] _ _ _
[F#m] _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ Oh, you [Bm] are the roots that [G] sleep beneath my [D] feet and hold the earth in [A] place
Each [E] time a curtain [G] opens, sunlight [D] pours in, a lifetime [A] melts away
_ _ And we [G] share a name _ _ on some _ [D] picturesque grave
_ [A#m] _ _ [G] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
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