Biography:
Richard P. "Richie" Havens (born January 21, 1941; died April 22, 2013) was an American folk singer and guitarist. He is best remembered for his intense, rhythmic guitar style (often in open tunings), soulful covers of pop and folk songs, and his opening performance at the 1969 Woodstock Festival.
Born in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, Havens moved to Greenwich Village in 1961 in time to get in on the folk boom then taking place. Havens had a distinctive style as a folksinger
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Other songs:
- I Can't Make It Anymore
- Ooh Child
- Paradise
- Alone Together
- Fire And Rain
- Follow
- Freedom
- Gay Cavalier
- God Bless The Child
- Going Back To My Roots
- Handsome Johnny
- Helplessly Hoping
- Here Comes The Sun
- High Flyin Bird
- I Cant Make It Anymore
- Just Like A Woman
- Nobody Left To Crown
- On The Road To Calvary
- One More Day
- Stardust And Passion
- Strawberry Fields Forever
- The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down
- You'll Never Know
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Artist: Richie Havens
Song: Going Back To My Roots
Tuning - Standard
tabbed by electricbunny
[Intro]
Bm Em (X11)
[Verse]
Bm
Zippin' up my boots
Em
Goin' back to my roots
Bm
To the place of my birth
Em
Back down to earth
Bm
Not talkin' 'bout the roots in the land
Em
I'm talkin' 'bout the roots in the man
Bm Em
Zippin' up my boots, goin' back to my roots
G F#m Bm C
I'm homeward bound, got my head turned around
[Chorus]
Bm
Goin' back to find myself
Em
I can't live with nobody else
Bm
Who's living in the world and not be seen
Em
Goin' back, goin' back right there an' be me
Bm
Not searchin' for riches I've had all the time
Em Bm
Finding out happiness is just a state of mind
G A Em A Bb
Just a state of mind
[Verse]
Bm
Zippin' up my boots
Em
Goin' back to my roots
Bm
To the place of my birth
Em
Back down to earth
Bm
Not talkin' 'bout the roots in the land
Em
I'm talkin' 'bout the roots in the man
Bm Em
Zippin' up my boots, goin' back to my roots
G F#m Bm C
I'm homeward bound, got my head turned around
[Chorus]
Bm G A
Going home, I'm going home
Em
Going home, going home where I do belong
Bm G A
Not found the riches that I've got the time
Em Bm
Finding out happiness was just a state of mind
Em Bm
Just a state of mind, just a state of mind
Em
Just a state of mind, yeah
[Verse]
Bm
Zippin' up my boots
Em
Goin' back to my roots
Bm
To the place of my birth
Em
Back down to earth
[Outro]
Bm
It's not black, it's not white
Em
It's not red, it's not yellow
Bm
It's not black, it's not white
Em
It's not red, it's not yellow
Bm
It's not black, it's not white
Em
It's not red, it's not yellow
Bm Em
It's down to earth, it's down to earth
Bm Em
It's down to earth, it's down to earth
Bm
It's not red, it's not white
Em
It's not yellow, it's not black
Bm
It's not red, it's not white
Em
It's not yellow, ït's not black
Song: Going Back To My Roots
Tuning - Standard
tabbed by electricbunny
[Intro]
Bm Em (X11)
[Verse]
Bm
Zippin' up my boots
Em
Goin' back to my roots
Bm
To the place of my birth
Em
Back down to earth
Bm
Not talkin' 'bout the roots in the land
Em
I'm talkin' 'bout the roots in the man
Bm Em
Zippin' up my boots, goin' back to my roots
G F#m Bm C
I'm homeward bound, got my head turned around
[Chorus]
Bm
Goin' back to find myself
Em
I can't live with nobody else
Bm
Who's living in the world and not be seen
Em
Goin' back, goin' back right there an' be me
Bm
Not searchin' for riches I've had all the time
Em Bm
Finding out happiness is just a state of mind
G A Em A Bb
Just a state of mind
[Verse]
Bm
Zippin' up my boots
Em
Goin' back to my roots
Bm
To the place of my birth
Em
Back down to earth
Bm
Not talkin' 'bout the roots in the land
Em
I'm talkin' 'bout the roots in the man
Bm Em
Zippin' up my boots, goin' back to my roots
G F#m Bm C
I'm homeward bound, got my head turned around
[Chorus]
Bm G A
Going home, I'm going home
Em
Going home, going home where I do belong
Bm G A
Not found the riches that I've got the time
Em Bm
Finding out happiness was just a state of mind
Em Bm
Just a state of mind, just a state of mind
Em
Just a state of mind, yeah
[Verse]
Bm
Zippin' up my boots
Em
Goin' back to my roots
Bm
To the place of my birth
Em
Back down to earth
[Outro]
Bm
It's not black, it's not white
Em
It's not red, it's not yellow
Bm
It's not black, it's not white
Em
It's not red, it's not yellow
Bm
It's not black, it's not white
Em
It's not red, it's not yellow
Bm Em
It's down to earth, it's down to earth
Bm Em
It's down to earth, it's down to earth
Bm
It's not red, it's not white
Em
It's not yellow, it's not black
Bm
It's not red, it's not white
Em
It's not yellow, ït's not black
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