Root Down chords by Sara Bareilles

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice

C majorC               FF
If I build it out of blood and bone
A minorAm            G+G
If I love it and I even give it a good name
C majorC               FF
and I let it stand up on its own
A minorAm              G+G
and if I even never learn to trust and walk away

C majorC            FF
Will it crumble on its own two feet
A minorAm           G+G
Or will it multiply and grow big white wings
C majorC             FF
If I love it and I give it life
A minorAm              G+G
Can I let it go and know that it was never mine

Chorus:
C majorC          FF
Give more, give it all away
DmDm       G+G
I'm sure it'll come back someday
C majorC             FF
You gotta let go to let it circle back around
DmDm          G+G
To rise up, you gotta learn to root down
C majorC   FF DmDm G+G
   I.... learned to root down.
C majorC   FF DmDm G+G
   I...

C majorC                FF
If I cut it with a heart-shaped knife
A minorAm            G+G
and I send it to my very closest of friends
C majorC                 FF
and they somehow bring it back to life
A minorAm            G+G
what if I only ever do it all over again

C majorC              FF
I'm a writer here upon this ship
A minorAm           G+G
on a sea of unnamed and untamed passages
C majorC              FF
Every vessel's meant for pouring out
A minorAm             G+G
and every bloom has to make room to root down

Chorus:
C majorC          FF
Give more, give it all away
DmDm       G+G
I'm sure it'll come back someday
C majorC             FF
You gotta let go to let it circle back around
DmDm          G+G
To rise up, you gotta learn to root down
C majorC   FF DmDm G+G
   I.... learned to root down.
C majorC   FF DmDm G+G
   I...

C majorC          FF
Give more, give it all away
DmDm       G+G
I'm sure it'll come back someday
C majorC             FF
You gotta let go to let it circle back around
DmDm          G+G
To rise up, you gotta learn to root down