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

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

Bright Eyes - Oh, You are the Roots That Sleep Beneath my Feet and Hold the Earth in Place

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

well are you?

[Interlude]
                       Bm                          G
Oh, you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet 
        D                        A
and hold the earth in place
                  Bm
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