Chords for Richie Havens - Going Back To My Roots
Tempo:
117.8 bpm
Chords used:
G
Bm
E
Em
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Gm] [Dm]
[C] [Gb] [Dm]
[D] [G] [C] [Bb]
[E] [D]
[G] [Bb] Hi everybody.
[Ab] How [Gb] you doing?
Good.
[Ab] Me too.
[D]
This [G] song [Gb] I recorded a long [G] time ago and everywhere [F] I went I [Gb] heard it.
Everywhere I heard it [Eb] I ran.
[E] I [G] just never had that experience of having a song that [E] I wrote be a dance song.
Didn't [D] expect it.
[B]
[Bm] [G] [Em]
[Bm]
[G] [Em]
[Bm] Slippin' up my boots, get [G] on down to my roots.
[E]
[Bm] Got placed where I'm meant to,
[G] back down to earth.
[Em]
[Bm] Start talking about the roots and the land.
[G] Talking about the roots and [Em] the land.
[Bm] Slippin' up my boots, get [G] on down to your [Em] roots.
[G] I'm [D] going down, [E] got my head [C] turned around.
[Bm] Lonely as I find myself.
[G] Can't afford to live with nobody else.
[Em]
Living in a world of fantasy.
[Bm]
Living in a world of fantasy.
[G]
[Bm]
[G]
[E] [Bm]
Slippin' up my boots, [G] get on down to your roots.
[Bm] Got placed where I'm meant to, [G] back down to [Em] earth.
Start [Bm] talking about the roots and the land.
[G] Talking about the roots and the [Em] land.
[Bm] Slippin' up your boots, [G] get on down to your roots.
[Em] [Bm] Slippin' up your boots, [G] get on down to your [E] roots.
[Bm] It's not black, it's not white.
[G] It's not red, [E] it's not yellow.
[Bm] It's not black, it's not white.
[G] It's not yellow, [Em] yellow.
[Bm]
[G] Down to earth, [E] [Bm] down to earth, [G] down to [Em] earth.
[Bm]
[G]
[E] [Bm]
[G]
[E] [Bm]
[Bb]
[E] [B] [Bb] [B]
[G] [Dm] [Ab]
Thank you so much.
[D]
[E] [B] It's nice.
[D] Do it this way?
[Bm] Okay.
Can I try to follow [Bb] you for the end?
Okay.
[C] [Gb] [Dm]
[D] [G] [C] [Bb]
[E] [D]
[G] [Bb] Hi everybody.
[Ab] How [Gb] you doing?
Good.
[Ab] Me too.
[D]
This [G] song [Gb] I recorded a long [G] time ago and everywhere [F] I went I [Gb] heard it.
Everywhere I heard it [Eb] I ran.
[E] I [G] just never had that experience of having a song that [E] I wrote be a dance song.
Didn't [D] expect it.
[B]
[Bm] [G] [Em]
[Bm]
[G] [Em]
[Bm] Slippin' up my boots, get [G] on down to my roots.
[E]
[Bm] Got placed where I'm meant to,
[G] back down to earth.
[Em]
[Bm] Start talking about the roots and the land.
[G] Talking about the roots and [Em] the land.
[Bm] Slippin' up my boots, get [G] on down to your [Em] roots.
[G] I'm [D] going down, [E] got my head [C] turned around.
[Bm] Lonely as I find myself.
[G] Can't afford to live with nobody else.
[Em]
Living in a world of fantasy.
[Bm]
Living in a world of fantasy.
[G]
[Bm]
[G]
[E] [Bm]
Slippin' up my boots, [G] get on down to your roots.
[Bm] Got placed where I'm meant to, [G] back down to [Em] earth.
Start [Bm] talking about the roots and the land.
[G] Talking about the roots and the [Em] land.
[Bm] Slippin' up your boots, [G] get on down to your roots.
[Em] [Bm] Slippin' up your boots, [G] get on down to your [E] roots.
[Bm] It's not black, it's not white.
[G] It's not red, [E] it's not yellow.
[Bm] It's not black, it's not white.
[G] It's not yellow, [Em] yellow.
[Bm]
[G] Down to earth, [E] [Bm] down to earth, [G] down to [Em] earth.
[Bm]
[G]
[E] [Bm]
[G]
[E] [Bm]
[Bb]
[E] [B] [Bb] [B]
[G] [Dm] [Ab]
Thank you so much.
[D]
[E] [B] It's nice.
[D] Do it this way?
[Bm] Okay.
Can I try to follow [Bb] you for the end?
Okay.
Key:
G
Bm
E
Em
D
G
Bm
E
[Gm] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [E] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Bb] Hi everybody.
[Ab] How [Gb] you doing?
Good.
_ [Ab] Me too.
_ [D] _
_ This [G] song [Gb] I recorded a long [G] time ago and everywhere [F] I went I [Gb] heard it.
_ Everywhere I heard it [Eb] I ran.
_ [E] _ _ _ I [G] just never had that experience of having a song that [E] I wrote be a dance song.
Didn't [D] expect it. _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Bm] Slippin' up my boots, _ _ get [G] on down to my roots.
[E] _ _
_ [Bm] Got placed where I'm meant to, _ _ _
_ [G] back down to earth.
[Em] _ _ _
[Bm] Start talking about the roots and the land. _
_ [G] Talking about the roots and [Em] the land. _
_ [Bm] Slippin' up my boots, _ _ get [G] on down to your [Em] roots. _ _ _
[G] I'm [D] going down, [E] got my head [C] turned around.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Lonely as I find myself.
_ [G] Can't afford to live with nobody else.
_ _ [Em] _
Living in a world of fantasy.
_ _ [Bm] _
Living in a world of fantasy. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Slippin' up my boots, _ _ _ [G] get on down to your roots.
_ _ _ [Bm] Got placed where I'm meant to, _ _ _ [G] back down to [Em] earth.
_ _ _ Start [Bm] talking about the roots and the land.
_ _ [G] Talking about the roots and the [Em] land.
_ _ [Bm] Slippin' up your boots, _ _ _ [G] get on down to your roots.
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Slippin' up your boots, _ _ _ [G] get on down to your [E] roots.
_ _ [Bm] It's not black, _ it's not white.
_ [G] It's not red, _ [E] it's not yellow.
_ [Bm] It's not black, _ it's not white.
_ [G] It's not yellow, _ [Em] _ yellow.
_ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Down to earth, [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] down to earth, _ _ _ _ [G] down to [Em] earth.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [B] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Ab] _ _ _
Thank you so much.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] It's nice.
[D] Do it this way?
[Bm] Okay.
_ Can I try to follow [Bb] you for the end?
Okay. _ _ _
[C] _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
[D] _ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [E] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Bb] Hi everybody.
[Ab] How [Gb] you doing?
Good.
_ [Ab] Me too.
_ [D] _
_ This [G] song [Gb] I recorded a long [G] time ago and everywhere [F] I went I [Gb] heard it.
_ Everywhere I heard it [Eb] I ran.
_ [E] _ _ _ I [G] just never had that experience of having a song that [E] I wrote be a dance song.
Didn't [D] expect it. _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bm] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Bm] Slippin' up my boots, _ _ get [G] on down to my roots.
[E] _ _
_ [Bm] Got placed where I'm meant to, _ _ _
_ [G] back down to earth.
[Em] _ _ _
[Bm] Start talking about the roots and the land. _
_ [G] Talking about the roots and [Em] the land. _
_ [Bm] Slippin' up my boots, _ _ get [G] on down to your [Em] roots. _ _ _
[G] I'm [D] going down, [E] got my head [C] turned around.
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Lonely as I find myself.
_ [G] Can't afford to live with nobody else.
_ _ [Em] _
Living in a world of fantasy.
_ _ [Bm] _
Living in a world of fantasy. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Slippin' up my boots, _ _ _ [G] get on down to your roots.
_ _ _ [Bm] Got placed where I'm meant to, _ _ _ [G] back down to [Em] earth.
_ _ _ Start [Bm] talking about the roots and the land.
_ _ [G] Talking about the roots and the [Em] land.
_ _ [Bm] Slippin' up your boots, _ _ _ [G] get on down to your roots.
[Em] _ _ _ _ [Bm] Slippin' up your boots, _ _ _ [G] get on down to your [E] roots.
_ _ [Bm] It's not black, _ it's not white.
_ [G] It's not red, _ [E] it's not yellow.
_ [Bm] It's not black, _ it's not white.
_ [G] It's not yellow, _ [Em] _ yellow.
_ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] Down to earth, [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] down to earth, _ _ _ _ [G] down to [Em] earth.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [E] _ [B] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [B] _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Ab] _ _ _
Thank you so much.
[D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] It's nice.
[D] Do it this way?
[Bm] Okay.
_ Can I try to follow [Bb] you for the end?
Okay. _ _ _