Oh You Are The Roots That Sleep Beneath My Feet And Hold The Earth In Place chords – Bright Eyes V2

 The version that was already up here had the interlude all wrong 
and a lot of the chords were misplaced throughout the song. 
This one should be more accurate. Enjoy!


    D Bm 
I met you through a common friend
           G D 
in the attic of my parent's house
          D Bm  
and though I didn't know it then
    G A  
I soon was finding out
              Bm G 
you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet 
      D A 
and hold the earth in place
              Bm  
each time a faucet opens
 G 
words are spoken
     D A 
the water runs away 
                 G 
and I hear your name
             D 
no, nothing has changed 


 D Bm G D D Bm 
there was this book I read and loved
       G D 
the story of a ship
         D Bm 
who sailed around the world and found
       G A 
that nothing else exists
            Bm 
beyond his own two sails
      G 
and wooden shell 
     D A 
and what is held within
             Bm 
all else is sure to pass
     G  
we clutch and grasp
      D A 
and debate what's truly permanent
                             G 
but when the wind starts to shift
                D 
there's no argument

[Interlude]
    D A  
I sing and drink and sleep on floors
      Bm G               
and try hard not to be annoyed
     F# Bm A 
by all these people worrying about me
   D A   
so when I'm suffering through some awful drive
          
        D G 
you occasionally cross my mind
          D Bm A 
it's my hidden hope that you are still among them

well are you?

[Interlude]
                 D G 
Oh, you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet 
       D A 
and hold the earth in place
               D 
each time a curtain opens
   G 
sunlight pours in
     D A 
a lifetime melts away
              G 
and we share a name
                      D 
on some picturesque grave

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