A                          G      D              A
The roots grow down to the river, seed from long ago.

A                   G                     D       G    A
And when I say from long ago, I mean from ever so long ago.

E
Yo


A                      G           D                     A
Roots grow down to the river, they go to bank a sideways tree.

A                      G                  D        G          A
Big old witness to the Civil War, getting ready to float down stream.



E                 G                  A
But that's right, ready to float down stream.

E            G                 A      E
Not tonight, hanging on to the dream.

A        G                   D                      A
You say, don't ya come at me like your all high and mighty.

A      G       D                 G  G#  A (walk it up)
I say, mighty, no, but defiantly high.
 
A        G          D                            A
You say, we should, pack and move away from this 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                      G                  D                    A
Roots grow down to the river, where your grandmamma said don't go.
  
A                                G              D             G   A
She said, "You might fall in the water, and get sucked in the undertow."

E
No

A                      G         D                              A
Roots grow down to the river, so quite you can hear that snake cough.

A                                     G                       D            G          A
Then your granddaddy picked it up and cracked it like a whip, snapped it's head clean off.



E                 G                  A
But that's right, ready to float down stream.

E            G                 A      E
Not tonight, hanging on to the dream.
 
A        G                   D                      A
You say, don't ya come at me like your all high and mighty.

A      G       D                 G  G#  A (walk it up)
I say, mighty, no, but defiantly high.
 
A        G          D                            A
You say, we should, pack and move away from this 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                 G                  A
But that's right, ready to float down stream.

E            G                 A      E
Not tonight, hanging on to the dream.



A                      G          D               A
Roots grow down to the river, and right under this here house.

A                             G                     D                     G          A
And the one next door and the one down the road and the one that's goanna be knocked down.

A                      G           D                     A
Roots grow down to the river, they go to bank a sideways tree

A                       G         D                G         A
Big old witness to the Civil War, getting ready to float down stream.



E                 G                  A
But that's right, ready to float down stream.

E            G                 A      E
Not tonight, hanging on to the dream.
 
A        G                   D                      A
You say, don't ya come at me like your all high and mighty.

A      G       D                 G  G#  A (walk it up)
I say, mighty, no, but defiantly high.
 
A        G          D                            A
You say, we should, pack and move away from this place.