• Song:

    The Ballad Of Love And Hate

  • Artist:

    The Avett Brothers

  • Album:

    Emotionalism

Capo on 4 (or whatever)

Didn't see a complete version with the C -> Am transition on line three, so though I repost

C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)         CLove (x32010@1)writes a letter and sends it to hate.
   F (133211@1)                               CMy (x32010@1)vacations ending. I'm coming home late.
    F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)   B/C (134442@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
The weather was fine and the ocean was great
      C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)     F (133211@1)      
and I can't wait to see you again.

C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)       CHate (x32010@1)reads the letter and throws it away.
F (133211@1)                                 C"No (x32010@1)one here cares if you go or you stay.
  F (133211@1)         G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)      B/C (134442@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
I barely even noticed that you were a---way.
     C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)    F (133211@1)I'll see you or I won't, whatever."

C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)               CLove (x32010@1)sings a song as she sails through the sky.
    F (133211@1)                                  CThe (x32010@1)water looks bluer through her pretty eyes.
    F (133211@1)      G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)  B/C (134442@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
And everyone knows it whenever she flies,
    C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)       F (133211@1)and also when she comes down.

C (x32010@1)                        G (320003@1)               CHate (x32010@1)keeps his head up and walks through the street.
F (133211@1)                           CEvery (x32010@1)stranger and drifter he greets.
    F (133211@1)               G (320003@1)   C (x32010@1)   B/C (134442@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
And shakes hands with every loner he  meets
       C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1)         F (133211@1)with a serious look on his face.

C (x32010@1)                      G (320003@1)         CLove (x32010@1)arrives safely with suitcase in tow.
F (133211@1)                                  CCarrying (x32010@1)with her the good things we know.
  F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)        C (x32010@1)    B/C (134442@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
A reason to live and a reason to  grow.
   C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)To trust. To hope. To care.

C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1)         CHate (x32010@1)sits alone on the hood of his car.
    F (133211@1)                                CWithout (x32010@1)much regard to the moon or the stars.
F (133211@1)    G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)     B/C (134442@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
Lazily killing the last of a   jar
       C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)           F (133211@1)of the strongest stuff you can drink.

C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)       CLove (x32010@1)takes a taxi, a young man drives.
   F (133211@1)                                 CAs (x32010@1)soon as he sees her, hope fills his eyes.
    F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)           C (x32010@1)    B/C (134442@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
But tears follow after, at the end of the ride,
         C (x32010@1)         G (320003@1)      F (133211@1)cause he might never see her again.

C (x32010@1)                     G (320003@1)       CHate (x32010@1)gets home lucky to still be alive.
   F (133211@1)                                    CHe (x32010@1)screams o'er the sidewalk and into the drive.
    F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)          C (x32010@1)    B/C (134442@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
The clock in the kitchen says two fifty  five,
        C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)        F (133211@1)And the clock in the kitchen is slow.

C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1)         CLove (x32010@1)has been waiting, patient and kind.
     F (133211@1)                                  CJust (x32010@1)wanting a phone call or some kind of sign,
         F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)              C (x32010@1)    B/C (134442@1)name="chord_x02210@1">Am
That the one that she cares for, who's out of his mind,
     C (x32010@1)          G (320003@1)         F (133211@1)Will make it back safe to her arms.

C (x32010@1)                       G (320003@1)          CHate (x32010@1)stumbles forward and leans in the door.
F (133211@1)                          CWeary (x32010@1)head hung, eyes to the floor.
         F (133211@1)       G (320003@1)         C (x32010@1)        B/C (134442@1)AmHe (x02210@1)says "Love, I'm sorry", and she says, "What for?
    C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1) F (133211@1)I'm your and that's it, Whatever.

F (133211@1)             G (320003@1)  C (x32010@1)      B/C (134442@1)AmI (x02210@1)should not have been gone for so   long.
    C (x32010@1)               G (320003@1) FI'm (133211@1)yours and that's it, forever."
       C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1) FYou're (133211@1)mine and that's it, forever.
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