Sara Bareilles - Root Down

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

chorus :
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

chorus :
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

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