Jethro Tull Roots To Branches Intro: F# then riff... (0:38) e|------------------------------| B|--------5---------------------| G|--4-6-7---6-4-4v--------------| 4.5 times D|------------------------------| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------| Verse 1 B Words get written. Words get twisted. Old meanings move in the drift of time A Lift the flickering torches. See gentle shadows change B the features of the faces cut in unmoving stone D5 E5 A5 G5 B Bad mouth on a prayer day, hope no one's listening. D5 E5 G5 A5 F# Roots down in the wet clay, branches glistening. Riff Verse 2: True disciples carrying that message to colour just a little with their personal touch. Home-spun fancy weavers and naked half-believers Crusades and creeds descend like fiery flakes of snow. Bad mouth on a prayer day, hope no one's listening Roots down in the wet clay, branches glistening F# Roots to Branches. Roots to Branches. Roots to Branches. Solo around riff in key of B Verse 3: In wet and windy priest-holes. Grand in vast cathedrals High on lofty minarets or in the temples of doom I hope the old man's got his face on. He'd better be some quick change artist. Suffer little children to make their minds up soon. Bad mouth on a prayer day, hope no one's listening. Roots down in the wet clay, branches glistening. F# Roots to Branches. Roots to Branches. Roots to Branches. Switch on F# B F# Roots to Branches. Roots to Branches. Roots to Branches. riff 4x End Riff e|--------------------------------| B|-------5------------------------| G|-4-6-7---7/6-6--6/4-4---4/6/11--| D|--------------------------------| A|--------------------------------| E|--------------------------------| End on B Yost with the Most
