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                      A GIFT FOR MELODY ANNE - The Avett Brothers
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Tabbed by: Macheeoo
Email: macheeoo@yahoo.com

Tuning: Standard CAPO II


C

              C                   G
I want to get back, I want to get square 
              C                                        
I want to get back all the hopes and the dreams that I had
         G                        F
That the good lord above us can't spare 

                C                         G
Like that actor said I don't want to lose heart
                    C      
I don't want to get beat beat down by the big big world 
   G                  F
Or quit before I even start

       D            C          G
Lord I just want my life to be true
      D            C           G
And I just want my heart to be true
      D            C           G
And I just want my words to be true
          D       C          G
I want my soul to feel brand new

               C                                G
I want to hold hands yeah, Yeah and I want make love 
               C
I want to keep running all day and and all night
             G                        F
Even when my mind tells my body that's enough

                    C                           G
And I want to stand up yeah and I want to stand tall
                 C                           
If I ever have a son, if I ever have a daughter
                          G                     F
I don't want to tell them that I didn't give my all

       D           C          G
And I just want my life to be true
   D           C           G
I just want my heart to be true 
  D            C           G
I just want my words to be true
          D       C                G
I want my soul to feel brand brand new
       C            
Like a fresh coat of paint 
                            G
We can make it anything but blue
             F
Anything but blue

              Am                             
Now when your dreams start saying I can't come true 
        C
You'd be better off without me 
             G                F
Don't let em go, don't let em go

                  C                        G
I don't want to go broke, not from one bad deal 
                   C
I don't want to be up all night crying in my hands
      G                    F
For a girl that isn't even real

     D             C           G
Lord I just want my life to be true
    D               C          G
And I just want my heart to be true
    D              C           G 
And I just want my words to be true 
    D              C          G
And I just want my song to be true 

And I just want my heart to be true
And I just want my life to be true
And I just want my words to be true
And I just want my heart to be true
And I just want my life to be true 
And I just want my song to be true 
And I just want my life to be true
          D       C          G 
I want my soul to feel brand new 
          D       C          G
I want my soul to feel brand new