Oh, You Are the Roots That Sleep Beneath My Feet and Hold the Earth in Place Chords

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DI met you through a common friBmend

 in the attiGc of my parent'sD house

 and thougDh I didn't know it thBmen

 I sGoon was finding out A

 you are the roots Bmthat sleep beneath my feeGt

 and holDd the earth in place A

 each time a faucet Bmopens

Gwords are spoken

 the watDer runs awAay

 and I hGear your name

 no, notDhing has changed

D Bm G D

 there wasD this book I read and Bmloved

 the stoGry of a ship D

 who sailDed around the world and fBmound

 that notGhing else exists A

 beyond his own twoBm sails

 and woodenG shell

 and whaDt is held within A

 all else is suBmre to pass

 we clutcGh and grasp

 and debDate what's truly permanent A

 but when the wind starGts to shift

 there's no Dargument

Interlude

 I sDing and drink and sleep on flBmoors

 and trGy hard not to be annoyAed

 by alDl these peoplBme worrying aGbout me

 so when I'm sufferinDg through some awful drive Bm

 you occasionaGlly cross my mAind

 it's my hiddDen hope that you are stBmill among them G

well are you?

Interlude

 Oh, you are the roots tBmhat sleep beneath my feet G

 and holdD the earth in place A

 each time a curtaiBmn opens

Gsunlight pours in

 a lifDetime meltsA away

 and we shGare a name

 on some picturDesque grave