ROOTS OF LOVE  by David Gray.  This Year's Love B-Side.
Tab by Chris Campbell, 2002
 

Tune your guitar (from Low to High) E, A, E, F#, B, e
Listen to the tuning HERE or HERE with Capo

in other words, the D string goes up one whole step and the G goes down 1/2 step



Capo first Fret

inexact chord names

    A   E   B  E2  F#m
e---0---0---2---0----2----
B---2---0---2---0----2----
F#--3---0---5---0----3----
E---0---0---2---0----2----
A---0---2---2---4----4----
E---0---0-------0----2----

main riff (listen here)

     A                   A
e----0-------------------0------------------0------0----0---0------0-----0---
B----2--------2----2-----2--------2----2----0------0----0---0------0-----0---
F#---3--------3----3-----3--------3----3----0------0----0---0------0-----0---
E----0---0----0----0-----0---0----0----0----0------0----0---0------0-----0---
A----0---0----0----0-----0---0----0----0----2------2----2---2------2-----2---
E--0----4--2-0-2-0-----0----4--2-0-2-0-----0---4-2-0-2-0---0---4-2-0-2-0----- repeat
 
 

Main riff x2

A (main riff)
If the silence doesn't kill it
                E (main riff)
then illusion will
A (main riff)
and you're staring at the sky
                                  E (main riff)
but the moon ain't gonna pay you bills
A (main riff)
and we're laughin' 'bout it loud
                             E (main riff)
but oh you know it ain't no joke
A (main riff)
see them cake the roads with glitter
                       A (main riff)
trade your dreams for smoke

           B
There's teardrops in the treetops
        A                                     E    E2
the wind is whistling through the mountain's teeth
B           A                E   E2
a song for every wounded dove
B                A                E           E2
and we're out further than the rainbow's edge
      F#m                B        E
going down down to the roots of love

A (main riff)
And its rainin' in my kitchen
                      E (main riff)
a storm in my front room
A (main riff)
the instructions don't say nothing
                 E (main riff)
just desire and consume
A (main riff)
and the stars are falling
                E (main riff)
right into my eyes
A (main riff)
might be built out of sand
                      E (main riff)
but maybe baby it's paradise

           B
There's teardrops in the treetops
        A                                     E    E2
the wind is whistling through the mountain's teeth
B           A                E   E2
a song for every wounded dove
B                A                E           E2
and we're out further than the rainbow's edge
      F#m                B
going down down to the roots
      F#m                B
goind down down to the roots
      F#m                B       E
goind down down to the roots of love

main riff
na na na na...etc

end riff (listen here)

     A                   A
e----0-------------------0-----------------0------
B----2--------2----2-----2--------2--------0------
F#---3--------3----3-----3--------3--------0--0---
E----0---0----0----0-----0---0----0----0---0--0---
A----0---0----0----0-----0---0----0----2---2--2/4-
E--0----4--2-0-2-0-----0----4--2-0-2-0-0---0--0---



If the silence doesn't kill it
then illusion will
and you're staring at the sky
but the moon ain't gonna pay you bills
and we're laughin' 'bout it loud
but oh you know it ain't no joke
see them cake the roads with glitter
trade your dreams for smoke

There's teardrops in the treetops
the wind is whistling through the mountain's teeth
a song for every wounded dove
and we're out further than the rainbow's edge
going down down to the roots of love

And its rainin' in my kitchen
a storm in my front room
the instructions don't say nothing
just desire and consume

and the stars are falling right into my eyes
might be built out of stand but maybe baby it's paradise

There's teardrops in the treetops
the wind is whistling through the mountain's teeth
a song for every wounded dove
and we're out further than the rainbow's edge
going down down to the roots
goind down down to the roots
goind down down to the roots of love
na na na na...