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

^CI met you through a common fri^Amend in the atti^Fc of my parent's^C house and thoug^Ch I didn't know it th^Amen I s^Foon was finding out ^G you are the roots ^Amthat sleep beneath my fee^Ft and hol^Cd the earth in place ^G each time a faucet ^Amopens ^Fwords are spoken the wat^Cer runs aw^Gay and I h^Fear your name no, not^Ching has changed C Am F C there was^C this book I read and ^Amloved the sto^Fry of a ship ^C who sail^Ced around the world and f^Amound that not^Fhing else exists ^G beyond his own two^Am sails and wooden^F shell and wha^Ct is held within ^G all else is su^Amre to pass we clutc^Fh and grasp and deb^Cate what's truly permanent ^G but when the wind star^Fts to shift there's no ^Cargument

I s^Cing and drink and sleep on fl^Amoors and tr^Fy hard not to be annoy^Ged by al^Cl these peopl^Ame worrying a^Fbout me so when I'm sufferin^Cg through some awful drive ^Am you occasiona^Flly cross my m^Gind it's my hidd^Cen hope that you are st^Amill among them ^F

Oh, you are the roots t^Amhat sleep beneath my feet ^F and hold^C the earth in place ^G each time a curtai^Amn opens ^Fsunlight pours in a lif^Cetime melts^G away and we sh^Fare a name on some pictur^Cesque grave