there are differences between the chords played on the cd, and videos of bon iver 
doing this live, i've done a bit of both.


Lump Sum - Bon Iver
                           strum: v v x v v v x v   alt strum: v ^ x ^ v ^ x ^ (x1 per bar)
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   intro
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  verse
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1.       Sold my cold...                 knot                     a heavy  
      Sold my red horse                  for a                      venture
2.       My     mil              e could not                       Pump the
    In my arbor                         'til                 my ardor 

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  stone
  home                     To vanish on the bow              settling in slow
  plumb
  trumped                      every inner    inertia                  lump sum
 
  chorus
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1.                                Fit it all,            fit it in the doldrums
      Color             the              era               Film it its historic-
2.                                 All at once Rushing from the sump-pump
          Balance we won't know                  We will see when it gets

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  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +   1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 
                                      Or so the story goes
 -al
                                      Or so the story goes
  warm

 interlude                                              x3
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 outro                                                  x17
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