Twisted Root chords by Ruston Kelly

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Standard Tuning - Capo 1

G      32003x (can do 0h2 on A string as needed)
D/F#   20023x (can do 0h2 on B string as needed)
Em7    02203x (can do 0h2 on D string as needed)
Cadd9  x3203x (can do 0h2 on D string as needed)

Intro:


G D/F# Em7 Cadd9

Verse 1:

        G              D/F#
Take me back to that moment
         Em7                  Cadd9
When the twisted root started growing
        G                 D/F#
I wanna chop it down right there in the dirt
     Em7                            Cadd9
And erase the way I made myself and others hurt

Pre-Chorus:

      D        Em7     Cadd9
But I can’t go back in time
          D         Em7           Cadd9
No matter how bad I wanna make it right

Chorus:

Cadd9                    G
So help these roots grow straight
                   D
No matter how they twisted
                Em7                  Cadd9
No matter how I hate how long I was afflicted
                            G
When I was sick and full of poison
             D
Losing every battle
                       Em7
I could not reach the gate
            D      Cadd9
I sunk back in the valley
                     G
From the twisted root
                 D
The curving spine
                Em7
The wasted years
              D     Cadd9
The rusted blade of time
                   G
The deepest cut of all
                      D
When I made my father cry
                     Em7
I wish it was enough then
          D  Cadd9
To change my life
            G D/F#
Twisted root
            Em7 Cadd9
Twisted root

Verse 2:

           G                D/F#
How do I stand here in this moment?
        Em7                     Cadd9
Let the pain roll in and try to own it
                G                 D/F#
‘Cause all I’ve ever done is sink down in the dirt
     Em7                             Cadd9
Underneath the way I made myself and others hurt


Pre-Chorus:

         D        Em7     Cadd9
‘Cause I can’t go back in time
          D         Em7           Cadd9
No matter how bad I wanna make it right

Chorus:

Cadd9                G
So help me stand up straight
                      D
And tilt the crooked picture
                   Em7                         Cadd9
And not look at my face and only see what I disfigured
                              G
From the years I filled with poison
                      D
In the shadow of the mountain
                      Em7
I could not find the gate
             D     Cadd9*
I sunk back in the valley
                    G
From the twisted root
                 D
The curving spine
                Em7
The wasted years
            D       Cadd9
The rusted blade of time
                   G
What I could not repair
                   D
What I could not unwind
                  Em7
Make it be enough now
          D  Cadd9
To change my life
            G D/F#
Twisted root
            Em7 Cadd9
Twisted root

Outro:

G D/F# Em7 Cadd9 G