Jethro Tull - Roots To Branches Chords

[Intro]
 
G F# G F#
G F# G F# G F#
Bm
 
 
[Verse]
 
Bm               G A
Words get written.
Bm               G A
Words get twisted.
Bm                G  A   Bm           G A
Old meanings move in the drift of time.
A
Lift the flickering torches.
    A
See gentle shadows change
    Bm
The features of the faces
         Bm
Cut in unmoving stone.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
D   E          A      G
Bad mouth on a prayer day,
Bm
Hope no one's listening.
D     E           G   A
Roots down in the wet clay,
F#
Branches glistening.
 
 
[Interlude]
 
F#
Bm
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
Bm           G A
True disciples
Bm             G A
carrying that message
Bm             G A
To colour just a little
Bm             G A
With their personal touch.
A
Home-spun fancy weavers
    A
And naked half-believers
Bm
Crusades and creeds descend like fiery flakes of snow.
 
 
[Chorus 2]
 
D   E          A      G
Bad mouth on a prayer day,
Bm
Hope no one's listening.
D     E           G   A
Roots down in the wet clay,
F#
Branches glistening.
 
 
[Bridge]
 
F#
Roots to branches roots to branches roots to branches.
 
 
[Interlude]
 
Bm E
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
Bm                          G A
In wet and windy priest-holes.
Bm                      G A
Grand in vast cathedrals.
Bm                    G A
High on lofty minarets
          Bm              G A
Or in the temples of doom.
           A
I hope the old man's got his face on.
            A
He'd better be some quick change artist.
Bm
Suffer little children to make their minds up soon.
 
 
[Chorus 3]
 
D   E          A      G
Bad mouth on a prayer day,
Bm
Hope no one's listening.
D     E           G   A
Roots down in the wet clay,
F#
Branches glistening.
F#
Roots to branches roots to branches roots to branches.
 
 
[Interlude]
 
Bm F# Bm
 
[Coda]
 
F#
Roots to branches roots to branches roots to branches.
Bm A G F#