Artist: Show of hands Song: Roots Tabbed by: DJ 3rd June 2014 Dm = xx0231 F = 133211 Dm/A = x00231 Bb = x13331 C/E = xx2010 C/G = 332010 G = 320022 C = x32010 *********************************************************************** Dm C/E F C/G Dm/A Dm/A C/G F C/E Dm ||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||x2 Dm Now it's been twenty five years or more, Dm I've roamed this land from shore to shore G Dm From Tyne to Tamar, Severn to Thames, from moor to vale, from peak to fen, Dm Played in cafes, and pubs, and bars, Dm I've stood in the street with my old guitar G Dm But I'd be richer than all the rest, if I had a pound for each request... F Bb F C ...For 'Duelling Banjos', 'A - merican Pie', it's enough to make you cry, F Bb C 'Rule Britannia' ...or 'Swing Low', are they the only songs the English know? Bb C Dm Seed, bud, flower, fruit, they're never gonna grow without their roots, Bb C Dm Dm Branch, stem, shoots ...they need roots! Dm C/E F C/G Dm/A Dm/A C/G F C/E Dm ||: / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||x2 Dm After the speeches when the cake's been cut, the disco is over, and the bar is shut, G Dm At christening, birthday, wedding or wake, what can we sing until the morning breaks? F Bb F C When the Indian, Asians, Afro, Celts, it's in their blood, be - low the belt, F Bb They're playing and dancing all night long, C So what've they got right that we've got wrong? Bb C Dm Seed, bud, flower, fruit, never gonna grow without their roots, Bb C Dm Dm Branch, stem, shoots ...they need roots! Dm F And haul away, boys, let them go ...out in the wind, and the rain, and snow, G7 Dm C Bb We've lost more than we'll ever know 'round the rocky shores of England, Dm F Haul away, boys, let them go ...out in the wind, and the rain, and snow, G7 Dm C Bb We've lost more than we'll ever know 'round the rocky shores of England! Dm C/E F C/G Dm/A Dm/A C/G F C/E Dm ||: We need roots! | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / :||x2 Dm And a minister said his vision of hell (Dm) ...Is three folk singers in a pub near Wells, (G) (Dm) Well, I've got a vision of urban sprawl, it's pubs where no one ever sings at all, F Bb F C And everyone stares at a great big screen, over-paid soccer stars, prancing teens, F Bb C Aus - tralian soap, A - merican rap, estuary English, baseball caps! Bb C Dm And we learn to be ashamed, be - fore we walk,...of the way we look, and the way we talk, Bb C Dm With - out our stories, or our songs, how will we know where we've come from? Bb C Dm I've lost Saint George in the Union Jack, it's my flag too, and I want it back, Bb C Dm Seed, bud, flower, fruit, never gonna grow without their roots, Bb C Dm Dm Branch, stem, shoots ...we need roots! [A cappella chorus] (Dm) (F) And, haul away, boys, let them go ...out in the wind, and the rain, and snow, (G7) (Dm) (C) (Bb) We've lost more than we'll ever know 'round the rocky shores of England, (Dm) (F) Haul away, boys, let them go ...out in the wind, and the rain, and snow, (G7) (Dm) (C) (Bb) We've lost more than we'll ever know 'round the rocky shores of England! Dm F Haul away, boys, let them go ...out in the wind, and the rain, and snow, G7 Dm C Bb We've lost more than we'll ever know 'round the rocky shores of England! Bb Dm F ||: Haul away, boys, let them go ...out in the wind, and the rain, (Haul a - way------, boys----------------------!) G7 Dm C Bb And snow, we've lost more than we'll ever know 'round the rocky shores of England!:||x2 (Hear the rain, boys------------------!) (A cappella verse] Bb Dm (F) Haul away, boys, let them go ...out in the wind, and the rain, (Haul a - way------, boys----------------------!) (G7) Dm C Bb And snow, we've lost more than we'll ever know 'round the rocky shores of England! (Hear the rain, boys------------------!) Bb Dm C/E F C/G Dm/A Dm/A C/G F C/E Dm Haul a - way, boys, let them go! | / / / / | / / / / | (Haul a - way------, boys--------------!) Dm C/E F C/G Dm/A Dm/A C/G F C/E Bb We've lost more than we'll ever know 'round the rock - y shores of England, Dm C/E F C/G Dm/A Dm/A C/G F C/E Dm Haul a - way, boys, let them go, | / / / / | / / / / | Dm C/E F C/G Dm/A Dm/A C/G F C/E Bb C Dm We've lost more than we'll ever know 'round the rock - y shores of England!
