Roots and wings
G - C - G - C (2x)
Em - C Em - C
1. You're such a heavy bird you'd never get far on your own.
Em C
you'll
never have a use for your feathers
Em - C
while
you're hopping down the road.
Em - C
You were born to walk the earth
Em - C
with
your back against the cold,
Em
and
no, you never had a purpose
C Em - C
till
I wore you on my back like a coat.
G
- C
You're in your evening gloves,
G
- C
you're
off the farm taking big city drugs.
C D
No matter how far you get, let
it sink in,
C D G
- C
that
I gave you roots and, baby, I gave you wings.
G C
Yeah, I gave you roots and I
gave you wings.
Em - C Em - C
2. And I showed you how to swing, I
showed you how to strut.
Em C Em - C
that's
my mojo you're using, that's my wine getting you
drunk.
Em - C Em - C
Was I that broke you in, I got you clean, clipped and cut,
Em C C
you're
a mule among horses, I took you when God stood you up.
G - C
Now tell me who could do more,
G - C
set
myself on fire keeping you warm.
C D
And now I'm off the hook and
he's on your chin.
C D G - C
But I gave you roots, yeah,
baby, I gave you wings.
G C
now I
gave you roots and I gave you wings.
+ Em - C - Em - C (2x)
C D
+ Now you've got your
looks and your pretty things,
C
D
a new
set of chances that I wouldn't give.
C D
Now if you've forgotten, I'll
tell you again,
G
- C - G - C
that
I gave you roots, baby, I gave you wings.
G - C
3. You're such a heavy bird,
G - C
you'd
never get far on your own.
G -
C G - C
Yeah, I gave you roots, baby, I gave you wings,
G - C
G - C
yeah,
I gave you roots, baby, I gave you wings.
Em - C
Oh, now you're such a heavy
bird,
Em - C
you'd
never get far on your own.
Em - C Em - C
I gave you roots, gave you roots, I gave you wings,
Em - C
gave
you roots, gave you wings.
Em - C
You're such a heavy bird. + Em - C - Em - C ….
(The Wallflowers)