Bright Eyes Oh, You Are the Roots That Sleep Beneath My Feet and Hold the Earth in Place Tabbed by: Idiotekk Standard tuning Verse ------

I ^Dmet you through a ^Bmcommon friend In the ^Gattic of my ^Dparent's house And though I didn't ^Bmknow it then I ^Gsoon was finding ^Aout

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You are the ^Bmroots that sleep be^Gneath my feet And ^Dhold the earth in ^Aplace Each time a ^Bmfaucet opens ^GWords are spoken, the ^Dwater runs aw^Aay And I hear your ^Gname No, nothing has ^Dchanged

D Bm G D Verse ------ There was this book I read and loved The story of a ship Who sailed around the world and found That nothing else exists Chorus ------- Beyond its own two sails And wooden shell And what is held within All else is sure to pass We clutch and grasp And debate what's truly permanent But when the wind starts to shift There's no argument Interlude ---------- |------2----------3------------6-----5--------------| |--------3-----2-----2-----4-----4---4---2----------| |----2-----2-3---3-----3/5---5-----5-5---2-------2--| |--0-------------------------------------4-------2--| |----------------------------------------4-------0--| |---------------------------------------------------|

I ^Dsing and drink and ^Asleep on floors And ^Bmtry hard not to ^Gbe annoyed By ^F#mall these people ^Bmworrying about ^Ame So when I'm ^Dsuffering through some ^Aawful drive You ^Bmoccasionally ^Gcross my mind It's my^F#m hidden hope that ^Bmyou are still ^Aamong them Well, are you?

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