Zac Brown Band - Roots

      
Very simple song (and a great song!).  This song is tuned a 1/2 step down and played in 'C'.

You can also play this in standard tuning (not a 1/2 step down) and it would be fine...
it just wouldn't match the recording.

[Intro] 

C G Am F

[Verse 1]
C                   G
My first best friend was a 6 string
Am              F
Took him with me everywhere I go
C             G
When I was 18, bought a Dodge van
Am                  F
Found a drummer and made the road my home


[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Ooh, I wouldn't change a thing
F                 G
It made the man I am today


[Chorus]
C        G
My roots always keep me grounded
Am     F
Roots, remind me where I'm from
C               G                           Am
Even when I'm a thousand miles away from my roots
       F
I'm home


[Verse 2]
C            G
Every Friday, you could find me
Am               F
At Dixie Tavern, playing with my band
C                       G   
We'd start the show with a round of whiskey
Am                          F
And play our hearts out and wished it'd never end


[Pre-Chorus]
Am
Ooh, I wouldn't change a thing
F                 G
It made the man I am today


[Chorus]
C        G
My roots always keep me grounded
Am      F
Roots, remind me where I'm from
C               G                           Am
Even when I'm a thousand miles away from my roots
F
I'm home

[Interlude]

F C G


[3rd verse]
C                    G
We'd get 'em singing "Don't Stop Believing"
Am                    F
Then follow up with a cold beer on a Friday night
C              G
Always dreaming one day we'd play with
Am                F
All our heroes we cover every night


[pre-chorus]
Am
Flying high all our dreams came true
F               G
You've given me wings


[Chorus]
C          G
And roots, always keep me grounded
Am       F
Roots, remind me where I'm from
C               G                           Am
Even when I'm a thousand miles away from my roots
F
I'm home
C         G
My roots, always keep me grounded
Am        F
Roots, remind me where I'm from
Dm        N.C.            G                           Am
My roots, even when I'm a thousand miles away from my roots
F
I'm home


[Outro]
C
Don't give up
     G
Hold on a little longer
Am
What don't kill you
F
Only makes you stronger

[Repeat out...]