Roots

Jamie MacDonald

Roots Jamie MacDonald

Intro:
Em      G        C  D
 (Roots run deep)

1 Verse:
Em                   G
Have you ever seen a tree by the river?
C                           D
Have you ever tried tearing one down?
Em                       G
When it's planted by the hand of the Maker
C                             D
No, it won't come out of that ground
Em
Oh
G                  C                      D
Let the rain fall, and let the winds blow
Em G
Oh
C
There ain't no letting go

Chorus:
Em           G           D     C
My roots are not in this world
Em     G        D       C
I am a child of Heaven, Heaven
Em           G
Come hell or high water
    D             C
I'm held by the Father
Em                    G           D
And I'm safe when the storm don't sleep
             C         Em
'Cause these roots run deep
G               D C
(Roots run deep)

2 Verse:
Em                       G
I'll stand strong in the heat of the summer
C                        D
Gonna bloom even through the freeze
Em                        G
'Cause I'm planted by the hand of the Maker
C
Ain't nothing gonna get to me

Chorus:
Em           G           D     C
My roots are not in this world
Em     G        D       C
I am a child of Heaven, Heaven
Em           G
Come hell or high water
    D             C
I'm held by the Father
Em                    G           D
And I'm safe when the storm don't sleep
             C         Em
'Cause these roots run deep
       G        D C
(Roots run deep)
      C         Em
These roots run deep
       G        D C
(Roots run deep)

Bridge:
Em                    D
I'm not afraid of the tide
                          C
I know that flood's gonna rise
C
I'm gonna lift my eyes
    D
And it won't take me, it won't take me
Em                    D
I'm not afraid of the rain
                      C
My Savior knows me by name
C
I'll face the hurricane
Dm                     H
And it won't break me, it won't break me

Chorus:
Em           G           D     C
My roots are not in this world
Em     G        D       C
I am a child of Heaven, Heaven
Em           G
Come hell or high water
    D             C
I'm held by the Father
Em                    G           D
And I'm safe when the storm don't sleep
             C         Em
'Cause these roots run deep
       G        D C
(Roots run deep)
      C         Em
These roots run deep
       G        D C
(Roots run deep)

Outro:
Em     G        C  D
(Roots run deep)
Em     G        C
(Roots run deep)