Bright Eyes - Oh you are the roots that sleep beneath my feet and hold the earth in place

^DI met you through a common fri^Bmend in the atti^Gc of my parent's^D house and thoug^Dh I didn't know it th^Bmen I s^Goon was finding out ^A you are the roots ^Bmthat sleep beneath my fee^Gt and hol^Dd the earth in place ^A each time a faucet ^Bmopens ^Gwords are spoken the wat^Der runs aw^Aay and I h^Gear your name no, not^Dhing has changed D Bm G D there was^D this book I read and ^Bmloved the sto^Gry of a ship ^D who sail^Ded around the world and f^Bmound that not^Ghing else exists ^A beyond his own two^Bm sails and wooden^G shell and wha^Dt is held within ^A all else is su^Bmre to pass we clutc^Gh and grasp and deb^Date what's truly permanent ^A but when the wind star^Gts to shift there's no ^Dargument

I s^Ding and drink and sleep on fl^Bmoors and tr^Gy hard not to be annoy^Aed by al^Dl these peopl^Bme worrying a^Gbout me so when I'm sufferin^Dg through some awful drive ^Bm you occasiona^Glly cross my m^Aind it's my hidd^Den hope that you are st^Bmill among them ^G

Oh, you are the roots t^Bmhat sleep beneath my feet ^G and hold^D the earth in place ^A each time a curtai^Bmn opens ^Gsunlight pours in a lif^Detime melts^A away and we sh^Gare a name on some pictur^Desque grave