Roots And Wings chords

Jill Johnson

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  			C 
Her mom and dad grew up in this town 
C 
Married after school and settled down 
     F 
Like most 'round here, bought a little ground 
    C 
and planted roots. 

      C 
Her brother Mark works at daddy's store 
C 
Sister Connie's workin' on kid number four 
    F 
But Rose hit eighteen and hit that door 
 C 
and she flew 

           Dm 
she said I know they're thinkin' 
    Em            F 
I'm just the wild thing 

Just cause you've got roots 
        D               G 
Doesn't mean you can't have wings 


       F     G 
So she fli---es 
        C 
soaring where she's never been 
 F                  G 
Reaching out for a life 
         Am               C 
Grabbin' all she can take in 
        F     G          C             F 
And she fli---es like an eagle on the wind 

Just cause you've got roots 
        G                  F               C 
Doesn't mean you can't have wings 


    C 
She moved to Dallas then Frisco Bay 

Spent a year in Denver, wound up in L.A. 
          F 
Where she met a guy who took her breath away 
     C 
and said I do! 

      C 
They had a daughter late next fall 

Took a trip back home to show her to mom 
     F 
Her mama said I've seen it all 
           C 
she act's just like you 

 Dm                   Em 
Rose - when she grows up 
          F 
remember one thing 

Just cause she's got roots 
         C               G 
Doesn't mean she can't have wings 

       F     G 
So she fli---es 
        C 
soaring where she's never been 
 F                  G 
Reaching out for a life 
         Am               C 
Grabbin' all she can take in 
        F     G          C             F 
And she fli---es like an eagle on the wind 

Just cause you've got roots 
        G               F               C 
Doesn't mean you can't have wings 

Eb         G 

       F     G 
So she fli---es 
        C 
soaring where she's never been 
 F                  G 
Reaching out for a life 
         Am               C 
Grabbin' all she can take in 
        F     G          C             F 
And she fli---es like an eagle on the wind 

Just cause you've got roots 
        G               F               C 
Doesn't mean you can't have wings 


     C 
Her mom and dad move to town 

In north L.A they settled down 
      F         (..slow down..) 
Like most round here, bought a little ground 
C 
and planted roots.