Chords
Root Down

Key: C

Introduction:

C                                                                              F  
If I build it out of blood and bone
Am                                                            G  
If I love it and I even give it a good name
C                                                                            F  
and I let it stand up on its own
Am                                                                      G  
and if I even never learn to trust and walk away
C                                                            F  
Will it crumble on its own two feet
Am                                                         G  
Or will it multiply and grow big white wings
C                                                                    F  
If I love it and I give it life
Am                                                                         G  
Can I let it go and know that it was never mine
C                                                 F  
Give more, give it all away
Dm                                 G  
I'm sure it'll come back someday
C                                                                    F  
You gotta let go to let it circle back around
Dm                                                    G  
To rise up, you gotta learn to root down
C            F  Dm    G  
                I.... learned to root down.
C            F  Dm  G  
                I...
C                                                                                 F  
If I cut it with a heart-shaped knife
Am                                                            G  
and I send it to my very closest of friends
C                                                                                      F  
and they somehow bring it back to life
Am                                                              G  
what if I only ever do it all over again
C                                                                      F  
I'm a writer here upon this ship
Am                                                         G  
on a sea of unnamed and untamed passages
C                                                                      F  
Every vessel's meant for pouring out
Am                                                                    G  
and every bloom has to make room to root down
C                                                 F  
Give more, give it all away
Dm                                 G  
I'm sure it'll come back someday
C                                                                    F  
You gotta let go to let it circle back around
Dm                                                    G  
To rise up, you gotta learn to root down
C            F  Dm    G  
                I.... learned to root down.
C            F  Dm  G  
                I...
C                                                 F  
Give more, give it all away
Dm                                 G  
I'm sure it'll come back someday
C                                                                    F  
You gotta let go to let it circle back around
Dm                                                    G  
To rise up, you gotta learn to root down
        C