Rootless Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]I'm a cloud drifting b[Dm]y[G]
[E]Dripping [Am]tears from [C]the sky[Dm][E]
I'm [Am]a snail without a [Dm]shell
[G]A lep[E]er wit[Am]h a golden
[C]bel[Dm]l[F][Em]
[E]I've got [Am]nowhere to [Dm]do[G]
[G#dim]I'm a str[Am]ay cat on the r[C]oam[Dm]
[E]Choking on [Am]a chicken bone[Dm]
[G]For[E] a hom[Am]e sweet, no swe[C]et hom[Dm]e
[Em]For [G]a

[Verse 2]
[F]root, for [C]a leaf,
[Em]for [C]a bran[E]ch, for a tr[Am]ee
But [F]there's [C]somebody [G]tha[C]t
re[E]minded them of [Am]me
Running with [G]my [F]roots pulled [Em]up
[Am]Caught me [G]cold so [F]they
could [Em]cut[G][Am]
What [G]there was [F]left of [Em]love
[E]I'm root

[Verse 3]
[Am]less
[G]I'm [F]root[Em]less

[Verse 4]
Work your [Am]fingers [C]to the [Dm]bone[G]
[G#dim]Building [Am]castles [C]out [F]of snow[Dm][E]
I'm [Am]a nomad [C]walking on
[Dm][F][G]
[E]Humming [Am]to the same
[C]old[Dm] song[E]
Lower [Am]case society
[Dm]In t[G]ouch[G#dim] with no commu[Am]nity
[Dm]A ki[E]ngdom with[Am]out
[Dm]a king[G]
[G#dim]With no s[Am]ense of belong[C]ing

[Verse 5]
[Dm]For [E]a root, fo[F]r a leaf,[C]
[G]for a bra[E]nch, for a t[Am]ree
[G]But the[F]re's somebod[C]y tha[G]t
re[E]minded them of [Am]me[E]

[Verse 6]
[Am]Running with my [F]roots pulled [Em]up[E]
[Am]Caught me [G]cold so [F]they
could [G]cut[Am]
What [G]there was [F]left of [Em]love
I'm root[Am]less
[G]I'm root[F]less[E][Dm][Am]
[D]Running

[Verse 7]
[G]with my [Am]roots pulled [G]up
So [D]they could [E]cut [Em]me f[E]ree [Am]of love

[Interlude 1]
[G][Dm]
[G][Am][G][Dm][Em][Am][G][E]

[Verse 8]
[Am]Running [G]with my [F]roots pulled [E]up
[Am]Caught me cold [G]so [F]they could cut[G][E]
[Am]What there was l[G]eft [F]of love[E]
I'm root[Am]less
[G]I'm roo[F]tless[E]

[Verse 9]
[Am]Jagged roots through [G]the
[F]sno[E]w
[Am]For a home [G]sweet an[F]d
no sweet [E]home
[Am]I've got [G]nowhere [F]to go
[E]I'm rootless
[Am]I'm root[G]less[F]