Weight Of Lies chords by The Avett Brothers

Chords with lyrics

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			   Weight of Lies - The Avett Brothers
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Tabbed by: frugal
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Tuning: capo on 2, standard tuning


Intro/Verse Riff
   C majorC
e|---3-----0-----3----3-------0-----0-----0-----0-----------------|
BB|---3-----3-----3----3-------1-----0-----3-----1-----------------|
G+G|---0-----0-----0----0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----------------|
D MajorD|---0-----4-----2----0-------2-----2-----2-----2-----------------|
A augmentedA|---x-----x-----x----x---2-2h3-----3-----3-----3-----------------|
E MajorE|---3-----3-----3----3-------x-----x-----x-----x-----------------|

G* = only difference between this and regular G+G is to hit the
open D MajorD string rather than the 3rd fret E. You'll hear it in the song.

Intro Riff x2


Verse 1:
Gm7Gm7
Disappear from your hometown
C majorC
Go and find the people that you know
Gm7Gm7
Show them all your good parts
C majorC
Leave town when bad ones start to show
Gm7Gm7
Go and wed a woman
 C majorC
A augmentedA pretty girl that you've never met
    Gm7Gm7
Make sure she knows you love her well
   C majorC
But don't make any other promises


Chorus:
  A minorAm
The weight of lies will bring you down
  D MajorD
And follow you to every town
   D MajorD
Cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
  A minorAm
So when you run make sure you run
  D MajorD
To something and not away from
   D MajorD
Cause lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you anywhere

Intro/Verse Riff x1


Verse 2:
Gm7Gm7
I once heard the worse thing
 C majorC
A augmentedA man could do is draw a hungry crowd
  G6G6
Tell everyone his name, pride, and confidence
   C majorC
But leaving out his doubt
Gm7Gm7
I'm not sure I bought those words
   C majorC
When I was young I knew most everything
   G6G6
These words have never meant as much to anyone
  C majorC
As they now mean to me


Chorus:
  A minorAm
The weight of lies will bring you down
  D MajorD
And follow you to every town
   D MajorD
Cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
  A minorAm
So when you run make sure you run
  D MajorD
To something and not away from
   D MajorD
Cause lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you down


Intro/Verse Riff x2


Chorus:
  A minorAm
The weight of lies will bring you down
  D MajorD
And follow you to every town
   D MajorD
Cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
  A minorAm
So when you run make sure you run
  D MajorD
To something and not away from
   D MajorD
Cause lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you anywhere


Chorus:
  A minorAm
The weight of lies will bring you down
  D MajorD
And follow you to every town
   D MajorD
Cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
  A minorAm
So when you run make sure you run
  D MajorD
To something and not away from
   D MajorD
Cause lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you down


End on G+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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