Roots Before Branches Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays439

Roots Before Branches by Glee Cast is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, F, G and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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   Am 
So many things  
          F 
To do and say 
     Am    
But I can't seem  
           F       
To find my way 
      Am         F 
But I wanna know how 
   Am      
I know I'm meant  
              F 
For something else 
     Am                 F  
But first I gotta find myself 
      Am         F     
But I don't know how 
    F  
Oh, why do 
                Am  
I reach for the stars 
                  F 
When I don't have wings  
                 G 
To carry me that far?  

I gotta have 
F            Am     G 
Roots before branches 
F             Am 
To know who I am 
         F 
Before I know  
      G 
Who I wanna be 
    F 
And faith 
        Am    G  
To take chances 
    F           Am 
 To live like I see 
F                G 
 A place in this world 
    C  
For me 


Am        F 
Sometimes I don't wanna feel 
Am                  F  
 And forget the pain Is real 
       Am          F      Am F 
Put my head In the clouds 
    Am                      F 
Oh, start to run And then I fall 
Am                    F 
Seein' I can't get it all 
           Am          F 
Without my feet On the ground 
                 F 
There's always a seed 
                  Am 
 Before there's a rose 
                  F 
 The more that it rains 
                G 
The more I will grow 

I gotta have 
F            Am     G 
Roots before branches 
F             Am 
To know who I am 
         F 
Before I know  
      G 
Who I wanna be 
    F 
And faith 
        Am    G  
To take chances 
    F           Am 
 To live like I see 
F                G 
 A place in this world 
    C  
For me 

Am        F 
Whatever comes  
              Am 
I know how to take it 
            F 
Learn to be strong  
                Am 
I won't have to fake it 
           F       G 
Oh, you're understandin' 
   F  
Oh, but when you come  
G 
And do it best 
F 
There ain't nothin'  
           G 
To stoppin' east to west  

F        
But I'll still  
G 
Be standing  
F       G 
I'll be standing 
  
I gotta have 
F            Am     G 
Roots before branches 
F             Am 
To know who I am 
         F 
Before I know  
      G 
Who I wanna be 
    F 
And faith 
        Am    G  
To take chances 
    F           Am 
 To live like I see 
F                G 
 A place in this world 
    C  
For me 

I gotta have 
F            Am     G 
Roots before branches 
F             Am 
To know who I am 
         F 
Before I know  
      G 
Who I wanna be 
    F 
And faith 
        Am    G  
To take chances 
    F           Am 
 To live like I see 
F                G 
 A place in this world 
    C  
For me 

  
I gotta have  
F            Am    G 
Roots before branches 
    	

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