The Roots and the Ruins Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]They[Bdim][Am][G][Em][Am]
[Bb][Am][Bdim][G][Am][G][Em][Am]
[Bb][Am]
[Dm]esti[Am]mate[Bb][Am]
[Dm]the falling sun [Eb]and the Orphists
[Em]Plight stimulated no [Am]one.
So call [Dm]me on no s[Eb]leep
with just a little something
[Em]To remind us what to d[Am]o:

[Verse 2]
If you run, run like hell,
[Dm]and remember there's history;
[Eb]And if they don't believe you,
[Em]just send them back to m[Am]e.
Because they can't [Dm]deny.
They just have to [Eb]see that
The roots and the ruins are [Em]the same thing.

[Verse 3]
[Bdim][Am]
[G][F][Em][Am][Bb][G][Am][Em]
[Am][Bb][Em][Am]
I often [Dm]hear the new
[Eb]poetry from your
Scratchy [Em]throat at
quarter-after-three.
That's [Am]That's That's when I
know I owe this [Dm]to you,
As autumn owes [Eb]the trees,

[Verse 4]
With their roots still strong,
[Em]From the ruins of some stray seed.[F][Dm][C][Gm][Am][F][Dm][Bb]
[Eb][Dm][Am][Bdim][Am][G][Dm][Em]
[Am][Bb]
[Em][Am][Dm][Am][Bb][Em][Am]
[Dm][Eb][Em][Dm][Am]
[Dm][Eb][Em][Am]
[Dm][Eb][Bb][Em][Am]
[Dm][Eb][Em]
[F]Look out for[Dm] guns.

[Verse 5]
Look out for [C]girls,
And other stories that could
[Gm]tear apart our w[Am]orld[F].
And no matter what [Bb]you do,
[Eb]I will look out for you.[Dm][C]

[Outro 1]
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