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Song: Roots Artist: Show of hands Composer: Steve Knightley Album: Witness Tabbed by: DJ 3rd June 2014 Copy and paste this link to hear the song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5h4PFBuzvw Dm = xx0231 F = 133211 Dm/A = x00231 Bb = x13331 C/E = xx2010 C/G = 332010 G = 320022 C = x32010 N.C. = No chords Please select a star rating for this tab, many thanks ====================================================================== [Intro]
||:Dm / C/E / F/ C/G / | Dm/A / / / / |Dm/A / C/G/ /F C/E/ | Dm / / / / :||x2 [Verse 1] Now Dmit's been twenty five years or more, I've Dmroamed this land from shore to shore From GTyne to Tamar, Severn to Thames, from Dmmoor to vale, from peak to fen, DmPlayed in cafes, and pubs, and bars, I've Dmstood in the street with my old guitar But GI'd be richer than all the rest, Dmif I had a pound for each request... ...For 'FDuelling Banjos', 'A - Bbmerican Pie', F it's enough to Cmake you cry, 'FRule Britannia' Bb...or 'Swing Low', are Cthey the only songs the English know?
[Chorus]
BbSeed, bud, Cflower, fruit, they're Dmnever gonna grow without their roots, BbBranch, Cstem, Dmshoots Dm ...N.C.they need roots!
||:Dm / C/E / F/ C/G / | Dm/A / / / / |Dm/A / C/G/ /F C/E/ | Dm / / / / :||x2 [Verse 2] AfDmter the speeches when the cake's been cut, the disco is over, and the bar is shut, At chriGstening, birthday, wedding or wake, Dmwhat can we sing until the morning breaks? When the FIndian, Asians, BbAfro, Celts, it's Fin their blood, be - Clow the belt, They're Fplaying and dancing Bball night long, So what've Cthey got right that we've got wrong?
[Chorus]
BbSeed, bud, Cflower, fruit, Dmnever gonna grow without their roots, BbBranch, Cstem, Dmshoots Dm ...N.C.they need roots!
[Bridge]
And Dmhaul away, boys, let them go ...Fout in the wind, and the rain, and snow, G7We've lost more than we'll ever know 'round the Dmrocky Cshores of BbEngland, DmHaul away, boys, let them go ...Fout in the wind, and the rain, and snow, G7We've lost more than we'll ever know 'round the Dmrocky Cshores of BbEngland!
||: We need rDmootsC/E! F C/G | Dm/A / / / / |Dm/A / C/G/ /F C/E/ | Dm / / / / :||x2 [Verse 3] And a mDminister said his vision of hell Dm ...Is three folk singers in a pub near Wells, G Dm Well, I've got a vision of urban sprawl, it's pubs where no one ever sings at all, And Feveryone stares at a Bbgreat big screen, Fover-paid soccer stars, Cprancing teens, Aus - Ftralian soap, A - Bbmerican rap, Cestuary English, baseball caps!
[Verse 4]
And we Bblearn to be ashamed, be - Cfore we walk, of the Dmway we look, and the way we talk, With - Bbout our stories, Cor our songs, Dmhow will we know where we've come from? I've Bblost Saint George in the CUnion Jack, it's Dmmy flag too, and I want it back!
[Chorus]
BbSeed, bud, Cflower, fruit, Dmnever gonna grow without their roots, BbBranch, Cstem, Dmshoots Dm ...N.C.we need roots!
[Verse 5- A cappella] Dm F And, haul away, boys, let them go ...out in the wind, and the rain, and snow, G7 Dm C Bb We've lost more than we'll ever know 'round the rocky shores of England, Dm F Haul away, boys, let them go ...out in the wind, and the rain, and snow, G7 Dm C Bb We've lost more than we'll ever know 'round the rocky shores of England! [Verse 6]
DmHaul away, boys, let them go ...Fout in the wind, and the rain, and snow, G7We've lost more than we'll ever know 'round the Dmrocky Cshores of BbEngland!
[Verse 7]
Bb DmHaul away, boys, let them go ...oFut in the wind, and the rain, [Haul a - way------, boys----------------------!]
And snow, we've lG7ost more than we'll ever know 'round the rDmocky shoCres of EnBbgland! [Hear the rain, boys------------------!]
Bb DmHaul away, boys, let them go ...oFut in the wind, and the rain, [Haul a - way------, boys----------------------!]
And snow, we've lG7ost more than we'll ever know 'round the rDmocky shoCres of EnBbgland! [Hear the rain, boys------------------!]
[Coda]
Bb HDmaul away, boys, let them go ...out in the wind, and the rain, [Haul a - way------, boys----------------------!]
And snow, we've lost more than we'll ever know 'round the rocky shoDmres ofC England! Bb [Hear the rain, boys------------------!]
Bb DmHaulC/E a - Fway, C/Gboys, Dm/Alet them go! | Dm/A / C/G/ F/ C/E/ | Dm/ / / / | [Haul a - way------, boys--------------!]
DmWe've C/Elost Fmore C/Gthan Dm/Awe'll ever know 'round the Dm/Arock - C/Gy Fshores C/Eof BbEngland, DmHaul C/Ea - Fway, C/Gboys, Dm/Alet them go, | Dm/A / C/G/ /F C/E/ | /Dm / / / |
DmWe've C/Elost Fmore C/Gthan Dm/Awe'll ever know 'round the Dm/Arock - C/Gy Fshores C/Eof BbEngland!C Dm