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          THE LOWERING: A SAD DAY IN GREENVILLETOWN - The Avett Brothers
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Tabbed by: Macheeoo
E-mail: macheeoo@yahoo.com

Tuning: Standard CAPO II

C (x32010@1)               EmIf (022000@1)I had known, your heart was down
     F (133211@1)           GThat (320003@1)lonely day in Greenvilletown
     C (x32010@1)               EmThen (022000@1)I would have been more concerned
    F (133211@1)         GBut (320003@1)later on, I truly learned
    C (x32010@1)            EmHow (022000@1)it can feel in every bone
    F (133211@1)                   GTo (320003@1)really see that you're all alone

Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)       CBut (x32010@1)I'll, I'll kiss your head
     Am (x02210@1)   F (133211@1)       CWhen (x32010@1)death finds your bed
            FAnd (133211@1)you are gone

C (x32010@1)            EmAnd (022000@1)if I had seen the way it would be
    F (133211@1)                  GI'd (320003@1)hush your cries when you came to me
   C (x32010@1)             EmIf (022000@1)I could do what I did to you
    F (133211@1)                     GThe (320003@1)same to me, and I would love for you to see

Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)     CThat (x32010@1)I sleep with remorse
    Am (x02210@1)         F (133211@1)      CAnd (x32010@1)regret hangs round my door 
        FForevermore (133211@1)
C (x32010@1)             EmAnd (022000@1)if I had known the lowering tide
     F (133211@1)              GWas (320003@1)lowering with the way you felt inside
   C (x32010@1)             EmIf (022000@1)I had known all hope was gone
   F (133211@1)                GA (320003@1)broken heart and a broken home

Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)     CThat (x32010@1)pierced my lover's past
     Am (x02210@1)     F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1) 
And carved a lonely path for 
        Fher (133211@1)to walk

C (x32010@1)           GSo (320003@1)if ever someone says to you
 F (133211@1)                  G"Life (320003@1)isn't fair, get used to it"
     C (x32010@1)                     EmThen (022000@1)you should say -- "Well it might be
   F (133211@1)                 GIf (320003@1)folks like you would let it be"

Am (x02210@1)       F (133211@1)       CBut (x32010@1)I'll, I'll kiss your head
     Am (x02210@1)    F (133211@1)       CWhen (x32010@1)death becomes my bed
          FAnd (133211@1)I am gone.