A G E G Repeat 4x
oh oh oh uhhhhhh
[A]The roots grow down to the [G]river, [D]seed from long [A]ago.
[A]And when I say from [G]long ago, I mean from [D]ever so [G]long [A]ago.
[E]Yo
[A]Roots grow down to the [G]river, they [D]go to bank a sideways [A]tree.
[A]Big old witness to the [G]Civil War, getting [D]ready to [G]float down [A]stream.
[E]But that's right, [G]ready to float down[A] stream.
[E]Not tonight, [G]hanging on to the [A]dream.[E]
[A]You say, [G]don't ya come at me [D]like your all high and [A]mighty.
A G D G G# A (walk it up)
I say, mighty, no, but defiantly high.
[A]You say, [G]we should, [D]pack and move away from this [A]place.
A G D G G# A (walk it up)
I say, let me, uncork another bottle of wine.
A G E G Repeat 4x
oh oh oh uhhhhhh
[A]Roots grow down to the [G]river, where your g[D]randmamma said don't [A]go.
[A]She said, "You might fall in the [G]water, and get [D]sucked in the [G]unde[A]rtow."
[E]No
[A]Roots grow down to the [G]river, so [D]quite you can hear that snake c[A]ough.
[A]Then your granddaddy picked it up and [G]cracked it like a whip, [D]snapped it's [G]head clean [A]off.
[E]But that's right, [G]ready to float down[A] stream.
[E]Not tonight, [G]hanging on to the [A]dream.[E]
[A]You say, [G]don't ya come at me [D]like your all high and [A]mighty.
A G D G G# A (walk it up)
I say, mighty, no, but defiantly high.
[A]You say, [G]we should, [D]pack and move away from this [A]place.
A G D G G# A (walk it up)
I say, let me, uncork another bottle of wine.
(Instrumental I can not do...and prefer to listen to Keller do instead)
[E]But that's right, [G]ready to float down[A] stream.
[E]Not tonight, [G]hanging on to the [A]dream.[E]
[A]Roots grow down to the [G]river, and [D]right under this[A] here house.
[A]And the one next door and the [G]one down the road and [D]the one that's goanna [G]be knocked [A]down.
[A]Roots grow down to the [G]river, they [D]go to bank a sideways [A]tree
[A]Big old witness to the C[G]ivil War, [D]getting ready to [G]float down[A] stream.
[E]But that's right, [G]ready to float down[A] stream.
[E]Not tonight, [G]hanging on to the [A]dream.[E]
[A]You say, [G]don't ya come at me [D]like your all high and [A]mighty.
A G D G G# A (walk it up)
I say, mighty, no, but defiantly high.
[A]You say, [G]we should, [D]pack and move away from this [A]place.
A G D G G# A (walk it up)
I say, let me, uncork another bottle of wine.
A G E G Repeat 4x
oh oh oh uhhhhhh
oh oh oh uhhhhhh
[A]The roots grow down to the [G]river, [D]seed from long [A]ago.
[A]And when I say from [G]long ago, I mean from [D]ever so [G]long [A]ago.
[E]Yo
[A]Roots grow down to the [G]river, they [D]go to bank a sideways [A]tree.
[A]Big old witness to the [G]Civil War, getting [D]ready to [G]float down [A]stream.
[E]But that's right, [G]ready to float down[A] stream.
[E]Not tonight, [G]hanging on to the [A]dream.[E]
[A]You say, [G]don't ya come at me [D]like your all high and [A]mighty.
A G D G G# A (walk it up)
I say, mighty, no, but defiantly high.
[A]You say, [G]we should, [D]pack and move away from this [A]place.
A G D G G# A (walk it up)
I say, let me, uncork another bottle of wine.
A G E G Repeat 4x
oh oh oh uhhhhhh
[A]Roots grow down to the [G]river, where your g[D]randmamma said don't [A]go.
[A]She said, "You might fall in the [G]water, and get [D]sucked in the [G]unde[A]rtow."
[E]No
[A]Roots grow down to the [G]river, so [D]quite you can hear that snake c[A]ough.
[A]Then your granddaddy picked it up and [G]cracked it like a whip, [D]snapped it's [G]head clean [A]off.
[E]But that's right, [G]ready to float down[A] stream.
[E]Not tonight, [G]hanging on to the [A]dream.[E]
[A]You say, [G]don't ya come at me [D]like your all high and [A]mighty.
A G D G G# A (walk it up)
I say, mighty, no, but defiantly high.
[A]You say, [G]we should, [D]pack and move away from this [A]place.
A G D G G# A (walk it up)
I say, let me, uncork another bottle of wine.
(Instrumental I can not do...and prefer to listen to Keller do instead)
[E]But that's right, [G]ready to float down[A] stream.
[E]Not tonight, [G]hanging on to the [A]dream.[E]
[A]Roots grow down to the [G]river, and [D]right under this[A] here house.
[A]And the one next door and the [G]one down the road and [D]the one that's goanna [G]be knocked [A]down.
[A]Roots grow down to the [G]river, they [D]go to bank a sideways [A]tree
[A]Big old witness to the C[G]ivil War, [D]getting ready to [G]float down[A] stream.
[E]But that's right, [G]ready to float down[A] stream.
[E]Not tonight, [G]hanging on to the [A]dream.[E]
[A]You say, [G]don't ya come at me [D]like your all high and [A]mighty.
A G D G G# A (walk it up)
I say, mighty, no, but defiantly high.
[A]You say, [G]we should, [D]pack and move away from this [A]place.
A G D G G# A (walk it up)
I say, let me, uncork another bottle of wine.
A G E G Repeat 4x
oh oh oh uhhhhhh
