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Weight of Lies - The Avett Brothers
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Tabbed by: frugal
Email:jlj05n@acu.edu
Tuning: capo on 2, standard tuning
Intro/Verse Riff
G (320003@1) Gm7 G6 (320000@1) G* C (x32010@1) Cm7 Cadd9 (x32030@1) Ce|---3-----0-----3----3-------0-----0-----0-----0-----------------| (x32010@1)B|---3-----3-----3----3-------1-----0-----3-----1-----------------|
G|---0-----0-----0----0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----------------|
D|---0-----4-----2----0-------2-----2-----2-----2-----------------|
A|---x-----x-----x----x---2-2h3-----3-----3-----3-----------------|
E|---3-----3-----3----3-------x-----x-----x-----x-----------------|
G* = only difference between this and regular G is to hit the
open D string rather than the 3rd fret E. You'll hear it in the song.
Intro Riff x2
Verse 1:
G (320003@1) Gm7
Disappear from your hometown
G6 (320000@1) G* C (x32010@1)Cm7 Cadd9 (x32030@1)CGo (x32010@1)and find the people that you know
G (320003@1) Gm7
Show them all your good parts
G6 (320000@1) G* C (x32010@1) Cm7 Cadd9 (x32030@1)CLeave (x32010@1)town when bad ones start to show
G (320003@1) Gm7
Go and wed a woman
G6 (320000@1) G* C (x32010@1)Cm7 Cadd9 (x32030@1)CA (x32010@1)pretty girl that you've never met
G (320003@1) Gm7
Make sure she knows you love her well
G6 (320000@1) G* C (x32010@1)Cm7 Cadd9 (x32030@1)CBut (x32010@1)don't make any other promises
Chorus:
G (320003@1) AmThe (x02210@1)weight of lies will bring you down
C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)follow you to every town
G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) DCause (xx0232@1)nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
G (320003@1) AmSo (x02210@1)when you run make sure you run
C (x32010@1) DTo (xx0232@1)something and not away from
G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) DCause (xx0232@1)lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you anywhere
Intro/Verse Riff x1
Verse 2:
G (320003@1) Gm7
I once heard the worse thing
G6 (320000@1) G* C (x32010@1) Cm7 Cadd9 (x32030@1)CA (x32010@1)man could do is draw a hungry crowd
G (320003@1) Gm7 G6Tell (320000@1)everyone his name, pride, and confidence
G* C (x32010@1) Cm7 Cadd9 (x32030@1)CBut (x32010@1)leaving out his doubt
G (320003@1) Gm7
I'm not sure I bought those words
G6 (320000@1) G* C (x32010@1) Cm7 Cadd9 (x32030@1)CWhen (x32010@1)I was young I knew most everything
G (320003@1) Gm7 G6These (320000@1)words have never meant as much to anyone
G* C (x32010@1)Cm7 Cadd9 (x32030@1)CAs (x32010@1)they now mean to me
Chorus:
G (320003@1) AmThe (x02210@1)weight of lies will bring you down
C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)follow you to every town
G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) DCause (xx0232@1)nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
G (320003@1) AmSo (x02210@1)when you run make sure you run
C (x32010@1) DTo (xx0232@1)something and not away from
G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) DCause (xx0232@1)lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you down
Intro/Verse Riff x2
Chorus:
G (320003@1) AmThe (x02210@1)weight of lies will bring you down
C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)follow you to every town
G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) DCause (xx0232@1)nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
G (320003@1) AmSo (x02210@1)when you run make sure you run
C (x32010@1) DTo (xx0232@1)something and not away from
G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) DCause (xx0232@1)lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you anywhere
Chorus:
G (320003@1) AmThe (x02210@1)weight of lies will bring you down
C (x32010@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)follow you to every town
G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) DCause (xx0232@1)nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
G (320003@1) AmSo (x02210@1)when you run make sure you run
C (x32010@1) DTo (xx0232@1)something and not away from
G (320003@1) Am (x02210@1) DCause (xx0232@1)lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you down
End on G
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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