Chords
Roots And Wings

Key: C

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
             C  
Her mom and dad grew up in this town
C  
Married after school and settled down
             F  
Like most 'round here, bought a little ground
          C  
and planted roots.
                C  
Her brother Mark works at daddy's store
C  
Sister Connie's workin' on kid number four
          F  
But Rose hit eighteen and hit that door
  C  
and she flew
                             Dm  
she said I know they're thinkin'
          Em                              F  
I'm just the wild thing
Just cause you've got roots
                     D                                      G  
Doesn't mean you can't have wings
                  F            G  
So she fli---es
                     C  
soaring where she's never been
  F                                              G  
Reaching out for a life
                        Am                                      C  
Grabbin' all she can take in
                     F            G                         C                                 F  
And she fli---es like an eagle on the wind
Just cause you've got roots
                     G                                              F                                      C  
Doesn't mean you can't have wings
          C  
She moved to Dallas then Frisco Bay
Spent a year in Denver, wound up in L.A.
                          F  
Where she met a guy who took her breath away
             C  
and said I do!
                C  
They had a daughter late next fall
Took a trip back home to show her to mom
             F  
Her mama said I've seen it all
                             C  
she act's just like you
  Dm                                                 Em  
Rose - when she grows up
                          F  
remember one thing
Just cause she's got roots
                        C                                      G  
Doesn't mean she can't have wings
                  F            G  
So she fli---es
                     C  
soaring where she's never been
  F                                              G  
Reaching out for a life
                        Am                                      C  
Grabbin' all she can take in
                     F            G                         C                                 F  
And she fli---es like an eagle on the wind
Just cause you've got roots
                     G                                      F                                      C  
Doesn't mean you can't have wings
Eb                      G  
                  F            G  
So she fli---es
                     C  
soaring where she's never been
  F                                              G  
Reaching out for a life
                        Am                                      C  
Grabbin' all she can take in
                     F            G                         C                                 F  
And she fli---es like an eagle on the wind
Just cause you've got roots
                     G                                      F                                      C  
Doesn't mean you can't have wings
             C  
Her mom and dad move to town
In north L.A they settled down
                F  
Like most round here, bought a little ground
C  
and planted roots.