Capo: 1st fret
[Intro]
F G Am7
Am7 G C
[Verse]
F G Am7 Am
If you knew it wasn't big enough for both of us
Am G C
And it'd all end in a cloud of dust
F G Am7
If you knew she's everything I'd ever need
Am7 Am G C
Why'd you raise her here just to let her leave
[Chorus]
F G C
'Cause she put miles on that highway
F G C
I put turn rows on a tractor
F G Am
She had something to chase down
C G
And I had nothing to chase after
F G Am
You put stars in her eyes
C G F
And this red dirt on my boots
I guess she got her wings
G F G Am Am7
And I got her roots
Am7 G C
[Verse]
F G Am
Yeah, I'm thankful for the hand I's dealt
Am G C
'Cause if I'da never held her I'da never felt
F G Am
That love them days we had together
Am G C
I still pray for her just like the weather (she's alive and well)
[Chorus]
F G C
'Cause she put miles on that highway
F G C
I put turn rows on a tractor
F G Am
She had something to chase down
C G
And I had nothing to chase after
F G Am
You put stars in her eyes
C G F
And this red dirt on my boots
I guess she got her wings
G Am G F F
And I got her roots
[Instrumental/Solo]
Am G F F
[Break]
F G Am
If you knew she's everything that I'd ever need
F G C
Why'd you raise her here just to let her leave
[Chorus]
F G C
'Cause she put miles on that highway
F G C
I put turn rows on a tractor
F G Am
She had something to chase down
C G
And I had nothing to chase after
F G Am
You put stars in her eyes
C G Fmaj7
And this red dirt on my boots
I guess she got her wings
G F G Am
And I got her roots
Am G C
If you knew it wasn't big enough for both of us
And it'd all end in a cloud of dust
If you knew she's everything I'd ever need
Why'd you raise her here just to let her leave
She put miles on that highway
I put turn rows on a tractor
She had something to chase down
I had nothing to chase after
You put stars in her eyes
And this red dirt on my boots
I guess she got wings
And I got roots
Yeah, I'm thankful for the hand I's delt
Cause if I'd never held her I'd a never felt
That love them days we had together
I still pray for her just like the weather
Cause she put miles on that highway
I put turn rows on a tractor
She had something to chase down
And I had nothing to chase after
You put stars in her eyes
And this red dirt on my boots
I guess she got wings
And I got roots
If you knew she's everything I'd ever need
Why'd you raise her here just to let her leave
Cause she put miles on that highway
I put turn rows on a tractor
She had something to chase down
And I had nothing to chase after
You put stars in her eyes
And this red dirt on my boots
I guess she got wings
And I got roots
Tab not available
Buy song
I Got Roots on iTunes store
Support artists with purchashing the original song!