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Artist: The Avett Brothers
Album: I and Love and You
Tracks:
1. I and Love and You (Tuning: EADGBE)
2. January Wedding (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2)
3. Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise (Tuning: EADGBE)
4. And It Spread (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2)
5. The Perfect Space (Tuning: EADGBE)
6. Ten Thousand Words (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2/7)
7. Kick Drum Heart (Tuning: EADGBE)
8. Laundry Room (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4)
9. Ill With Want (Tuning: EADGBE)
10.Tin Man (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2)
11.Slight Figure of Speech (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2)
12.It Goes On and On (Tuning: EADGBE
13.Incomplete and Insecure (Tuning: EADGBE)
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1. I and Love and You
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Unregistered
DGD
Load the car and write the note
DGD
Grab your bag and grab your coat
DGD
Tell the ones that need to know
BmAG
We are headed north
DGD
One foot in and one foot back
DGD
But it don't play to live like that
DGD
So I cut the ties and I jumped the tracks
BmAG
For never to return
DGD
Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
DGD
Are you aware the shape Im in?
DGD
My hands they shake my head it spins
D -GD
Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
DGD
When at first i learned to speak
DGD
I used all my words to fight
DGD
With him and her and you and me
BmAG
Aw but its just a waste of time
BmAG
Yea its such a waste of time
DGD
That women she's got eyes that shine
DGD
Like a pair of stolen polished dimes
D- GD
She asked to dance I said it's fine (aw it's fine)
BmGD
I'll see you in the morning time
DGD
Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
DGD
Are you aware the shape Im in?
DGD
My hands they shake my head it spins
D -GD
Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
Instrumental Notes -
GFEDEDEFGAADGD
Three words that became hard to say
BmAG
I and love and you
DGD
What you are then I am today
BmAG
Look at the things I do
DGD
Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
DGD
Are you aware the shape Im in?
DGD
My hands they shake my head it spins
D -GD
Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
DGD
Dumb down and numbed by time and age
DGD
Your dreams they catch the world the cage
DGD
The highway sets the travelers stage
BmAG
All exits look the same
DGD
Three words that became hard to say
BmAG
I and love and you
BmAG
I and love and you
BmAG
I and love and you
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2. January Wedding
Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2
Tabbed By: Mikankall & Dave Stewart
e|---3----------------3--------------3---------------------------------------|
B|---0----------------0--------------0---------------------------------------|
G|---0----------------0----------0---0---------------------------------------|
D|---0---0h2/7p5------0----0h2/4-----0----------0-----xx---------------------|
A|---2----------------2--------------2-----0h1/2------xx---------------------|
E|-3-3--------------3-3------------3-3-------------3--xx-----0-2-3-----------|
Banjo (arranged for guitar, still capo II)
e|-------------------------------------------------5-8-7~--------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------5-7-8---------------------------|
G|--------0------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--0h2/4--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G
She keeps it simple
C
And I am thankful for her kind of lovin'
G
'Cause it's simple
G
No longer do we wonder if we're together
C
We're way past that
G
And I've already asked her
DG
So in January we're gettin' married
G
She's talkin' to me with her voice
C
Down so low I barely hear her
G
But I know what she's sayin'
CG
I understand because my heart and hers are the same
DG
And in January we're gettin' married
G
And I was sick with heartache
CG
And she was sick like Audrey Hepburn when I met her
G
But we would both surrender
CG
True love is not the kind of thing you should turn down
AmC
Don't ever turn it down
G
I hope that I don't sound to insane when I say
CG
There is darkness all around us
GC
I don't feel weak but I do need sometimes for her to protect me
GCG
And reconnect me to the beauty that I'm missin'
DC
And in January we're gettin' married
GC
No longer does it matter what circumstances we were born in
G
She knows which birds are singin'
CG
And the names of the trees where they're performin' in the mornin
DC
And in January we're gettin' married
DG
Come January let's get married
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3. Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Bmsacket
GDCEm
Theres a darkness upon me thats flooded in light
GDCEm
In the fine print they tell me whats wrong and whats right
GDCEm
And it comes in black and it comes in white
EmDC
And Im frightened by those that dont see it
GDCEm
When nothing is owed or deserved or expected
GDCEm
And your life doesnt change by the man thats elected
GDCEm
If youre loved by someone, youre never rejected
EmDC
Decide what to be and go be it
*Build up On C to go into the Chorus*
Chorus:
CGCG
There was a dream and one day I could see it
CGDCDG
Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it
CGCG
And there was a kid with a head full of doubt
C G D C D G--D--C--Em
So Ill scream til I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out
*Intro once more, just once*
GDCEm
Theres a darkness upon you thats flooded in light
GDCEm
And in the fine print they tell you whats wrong and whats right
GDCEm
And it flies by day and it flies by night
EmDC
And Im frightened by those that dont see it
-Chorus-
Break Down:
Chords: C Em D Em
Melody: G A B C B A G G B - G A B C B A G G A
Chords: C Em D
Melody: G A B C B A G G B - G A B C B A G G
Chords: C Em D Em
Melody: G A B C B A G G B - G A B C B A G G A
Chords: C Em C
Melody: G A B C B A G G B - G A B C B A G G
*Not sure about the A note over the E minor, perhaps it is a B again?*
-Chorus-
GDCEm
Theres a darkness upon me thats flooded in light
GDCEm
In the fine print they tell me whats wrong and whats right
GDCEm
Theres a darkness upon me thats flooded in light
EmDC
And Im frightened by those that dont see it
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4. And It Spread
Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2
Tabbed By: Dustymuffin (arranged to lyrics by Macheeoo)
Intro
EmCGBm
C D G x2
CDG
There was light in the room
CDG
Then you left and it was through
CDGCDG
Then the frost started in on my toes and fingertips
B7Em
and it spread
B7EmCG
and it spread into my heart
B7Em
and it spread
B7EmCG
and it spread into my heart
CDG
Then for I don't know how long
CDG
I settled in to doing wrong
CDG
and as the wind fills the sail
CDG
came the thought to hurt myself
B7Em
and it spread
B7EmCG
and it spread into my home
B7Em
and it spread
B7EmCG
and it spread into my song
BmEmCG
where there are no lines
BmEmCGBmCDG
separating the truth from the lies
CDG
Then you came back from space
CDG
with a brand new laugh and a different face
CDG
You took my hand and held it up
CDG
and shot my arm full of love
B7Em
and it spread
B7EmCG
and it spread into my home
B7Em
and it spread
B7EmCG
and it spread into my song
BmEmCG
where there are no lines
BmEmCGBmCDG
separating the truth from the lies
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5. The Perfect Space
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: DonTago
C-C-A-F-A-C
Intro: , play x2, then, F - Am - C - F - G - C
Verse 1 chords:
FCFC
I wanna have friends that I can trust
AmGFGC
That love me for the man I've become not the man I was
FCFC
I wanna have friends that will let me be
AmGFGC
All alone when being alone is all that I need
CC/BAmFAmC
Interlude 1: , play x2
Verse 2: use verse 1 chords
I wanna fit in to the perfect space
Feel natural and safe in a volatile place
And I wanna grow old without the pain
Give my body back to the earth and not complain
Bridge 1 chords:
CGAmCGAm
Will you understand when I am too old of a man?
CGAmCGAm
And will you forget when we have paid our debt
GF
Who did we borrow from? Who did we borrow from?
CG5FFG5CGD5C5
Interlude 2: , play x2, then , play x2
Verse 3 chords:
G5D5C5Em
Okay part two now clear the house
G5D5C5Em
The party's over take the shouting and the people, get out
G5D5C5Em
I have some business and a promise that I have to hold to
G5D5C5Em
I do not care what you assume or what the people told you
Bridge 2 chords:
G5D5EmG5D5Em
Will you understand, when I am too old of a man?
G5D5EmG5D5Em
Will you forget when we have paid our debts
D5C
Who did we borrow from, who did borrow from?
Verse 4 chords:
GCG
I wanna have pride like my mother has
EmDCDG
And not like the kind in the bible that turns you bad
CGCG
And I wanna have friends that I can trust
EmDCDG
That love me for the man I've become and not the man that I was
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6. Ten Thousand Words
Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2 or 7
Tabbed By: Dvphilisophe & Jamuel24 (arranged to lyrics by Macheeoo)
(This tab has two guitars playing, one in standard Capo 2 and the other
standard Capo 7. () = Capo 7 Chord)
D(G) C(F)
Ten thousand words swarm around my head
G(C) D(G) G(C)
Ten million more in books written beneath my bed
D(G) C(F) G(C)
I wrote or read them all when searchin' in the swarms
D(G) G(C)
Still can't find out how to hold my hands
D(G) C(F) G(C)
And I know you need me in the next room over
D(G) G(C)
But I am stuck in here all paralyzed
D(G) C(F)
For months I got myself in ruts
G(C) D(G) G(C)
Too much time spent in mirrors framed in yellow walls
D(G) C(F) G(C)
Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
D(G) CG(C)
We love to talk on things we don't know about
D(G) C(F) G(C)
Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
D(G) CG(C)
We love to talk on things we don't know about
D(G) C(F) G(C)
And everyone around me shakes their head in disbelief
D(G) CG(C)
And says I'm too caught up
D(G) C(F)
They say young is good and old is fine
G(C)
And truth is cool but all that matters
D(G) C(F) G(C)
Is that you have your good times
D(G) C(F)
But their good times come with prices
G(C) D(G(C)
And I can't believe it when I hear the jokes they make
D(G) C(F) G(C)
At anyone's expese except their own
D(G) C(FG(C)
Would they laugh if they knew who paid?
D(G) C(F) G(C)
Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
D(G) CG(C)
We love to talk on things we don't know about
D(G) C(F) G(C)
Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
D(G) CG(C)
We love to talk on things we don't know about
D(G) C(F)
And after we are through ten years
G(C) D(G) C(F)G(C)
Of making it to be the most of glorious day dues
D(G) C(F)
I'll come back home without my things
G(C) D(G) C(FG(C)
'Cause the clothes I wore out there I will not wear 'round you
D(G) C(F) G(C)
And they'll be quick to point out our short-commings
D(G) C(G(C)
And how the experts all have had their doubts
D(G) C(F) G(C)
Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
D(G) CG(C)
We love to talk on things we don't know about
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7. Kick Drum Heart
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: DonTago & Macheeoo
Bass Melody:
CFG
e|----------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----5---5---5---5-----------------------| play 2x
A|--3---3---3---3-------3---3-----5---5---|
E|--------------------1---1-----3---3-----|
CF
The footprints over the snow, the fabric of all the lonely
GC
Covering only the fables and hands
F
The rest is out in the cold holding the last of the season
G
F-F-F-freezzin, yeah
Chorus 1 chords:
FGAm
My my my hearts like a kick drum
FGAm
My, my hearts like a kick drum
FGAm
My, my hearts like a kick drum
FGC
My, my loves like a voice
bells transcribed to guitar
Interlude 1:
CFG
e|-0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-----0----0-0-------------------0-|
B|---------3-1-------------3-1---1------3-1-3-0---3-3-1-3---| play x2,
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 2:
CF
Were walkin in to the fields, were walking into the forest
GC
The moon is before us, up above
F
Were holdin hands in the rain, saying words like ?I love you?
G
Cha Cha do you love me? Yeah!
Chorus 2:
FGAm
My, my, my hearts like a kick drum
FGAm
My, my hearts like a kick drum
FGAm
My, my hearts like a kick drum
FGC
My, my loves like a voice
CCFGCCAAFG
Bridge chords:
FEmAmGF
Mother Mary heard us approaching her door
EmAmGF
Though we didnt make a sound
CFG
e|-0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-----0----0-0-------------------0-|
B|---------3-1-------------3-1---1------3-1-3-0---3-3-1-3---| play x2,
G|----------------------------------------------------------|
Verse 3:
C
Theres nothing like finding gold within the rocks and the coal
F G'STOP'
Im so surprised to find more always surprised to find more
C
I wont look back anymore I left the people that do
FG
Its not the chase that I love, its me following you
Chorus 3:
FGAm
My, my, my hearts like a kick drum
FGAm
My, my hearts like a kick drum
FGAm
My, my hearts like a kick drum
FGAm
My, my loves like a voice
FGAm
My, my hearts like a kick drum
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8. Laundry Room
Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4
Tabbed by: DonTago
G
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------0---2---0-------0---0---| then,
D|----0---2---------------2-----------|
A|------------------------------------|
E|--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----|
Verse 1 chords:
GCGCG
Don't push me out, just a little longer
CGG
Stall your mother, disregard your fathers words
Verse 2 chords:
GCGCG
Close the laundry door, tiptoe across the floor
CGG
Keep your clothes on, I got all that I can take
CG
Teach me how to use the love that people say you made
Verse 3:
GCGGCG
Stop your parents car, I just saw a shooting star
C
We can wish upon it
GG
but we wont share the wish we made
C
But i cant keep no secrets
GG
I wish that you would always stay
Verse 4:
GCG
Last night I dreamt the whole night long
GCG
I woke with a head full of songs
C
I spent the whole day
GG
I wrote em down but its a shame
CGG
Tonight Ill burn the lyrics, cause every chorus was your name
Bridge:
GCG
Break this tired old routine
GCG
and this time dont make me leave
GCG
I am a breathing time machine
GCG
Ill take you on for a ride
G
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0--|
play 2x
D|--0h2-2/4-4/5-5/4-4/2-2/4-4h5-5p4-0---0-0h2-0---0-0h2-0--| then,
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
Line 10:
G
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0--0--0---0--0-0---|
D|--0h2-2/4-4/5-5/9-9/7-7/5-4h5-5p4-0---0-0h2-0---0-0h2-0--| then,
A|---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
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9. Ill With Want
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: DonTago
E-G-C
Intro: x3, then D
Verse 1 chords:
GCGC
I am sick with wanting and it's evil and it's daunting
GCGC
How I let everything I cherish lay to waste
GCGC
I am lost in greed, this time it's definitely me
GCGC
I point fingers but there's no one there to blame
Pre-chorus 1 chords:
CB7EmDC
A need for something, now let me break it down again
CB7EmDC
A need for something but not more medicine
Verse 2:
GCGC
I am sick of wanting and it's evil how it's got me
GCGC
And every day is worse than the one before
GCGC
The more I have the more I think I'm almost where I need to be
GCGC
If only I could get a little more
CB7EmDC
A need for something, now let me break it down again
CB7EmDC
A need for something but not more medicine
Chorus 1 chords:
GEm
Something has me, oh something has me
CDG
Acting like someone I don't wanna be
GEm
Something has me, oh something has me
CDEm
Acting like someone I know isn't me
CDG
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed
E-G-C
Interlude: x3, then D
Verse 3:
GCGC
Temporary is my time, ain't nothing on this world that's mine
GCGC
Except the will I found to carry on
GC
Free is not your right to chose
GC
It's answering what's asked of you
GCGC
To give the love you find until it's gone
CB7EmDC
A need for something, now let me break it down again
CB7EmDC
A need for something but not more medicine
Chorus 2: use chorus 1 chords
GEm
Something has me, oh something has me
CDG
Acting like someone I don't wanna be
GEm
Something has me, oh something has me
CDEm
Acting like someone I know isn't me
CDG
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed
CDG
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed
CDG
Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed
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10.Tin Man
Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2
Tabbed By: Ian224
G
You can't be like me
Am
But be happy that you can't
CG
I see pain but I don't feel it I am like the old tin man
G
I'm as worn as a stone
Am
I keep it steady as I can
CG
I see pain but I don't feel it I am like the old tin man
Am
I miss it
C
I miss it
GDC
Oh, I miss that feeling of feeling
GAm
I used to fill the sky around with happiness and joy
CG
I had news to give the wind to keep my sails and heart employed
G
I felt people move around me
Am
I felt loneliness and shame
CG
Back then every day was different now each moment is the same
Am
I miss it
C
I miss it
GDC
Oh, I miss that feeling of feeling (X2)
DC
The feeling of feeling
G
The wind upon my face
EmAm
And caring what it brings this way
DC
The feeling of feeling
G
The minutes pass away
EmAm
And caring what I do with them
BmC
Maybe bring me love or something else
Fill: C B C D E D E F# G
G
And so it goes a man grows cold
Am
Some would say a man grows strong
They say life only grows short
CG
I say the road only grows long
G
But as long as there's a road
Am
My feet will never touch the ground
CG
And if you won't give my heart back I've no need to stick around
Am
I miss it
C
I miss it
GDC
Oh, I miss that feeling of feeling (X2)
DC
The feeling of feeling
DC
The feeling of feeling
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11.Slight Figure of Speech
Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2
Tabbed By: Macheeoo
G x4
They say you've got to lose a couple fights to win
CDG
It's hard to tell from where I'm sitting
They say that this is where the fun begins
CDG
I guess it's time that I was quitting
EmD
A slight figure of speech
GC
I cut my chest wide open
EmD
They come and watch us bleed
GCDG
Is it art like I was hoping now?
They said "I hope that you will never change"
CDG
I went and cut my hair
They say "Don't take your business to the big time"
CDG
I bought us tickets there
EmD
A slight figure of speech
GC
I cut my chest wide open
EmD
They come and watch us bleed
GCD
Is it art like I was hoping now?
G-riff 1
e|--3-----------3--------------------------|
B|--3-----------3--------------------------|
G|--0-----------0--------------------------|
D|--0-----------0--------------------------|
A|--2-2-3-2-3-2-2--------------------------|
E|--3-----------3--------------------------|
G-riff 2
e|--3--------------------------------------|
B|--3--------------------------------------|
G|--0--------------------------------------|
D|--0--------------------------------------|
A|--2--0h2h3p2h3p2-------------------------|
E|--3--------------------------------------|
G - (Riff 1)
What did you expect
And what did you forget
That to live you let go of me with each step
It becomes a progression I won't let regret manifest
To aggression
Are you to assess what I've been? What I am? Or become?
Did you stop to accept how pathetically dumb
It can be to
Attack those around 'cause you're
G - (Riff 2)
True to color, a town, a time, or a place?
It's not you, it's not mine
And besides it is gone
And you never will find it again
But I don't want to fight
I just ask let me be
I won't give the chance to be my enemy
So go home
Think it through
A jet plane and a big idea
CDG
I jump over the sea
What ifs hot on my trail
CDG
But that can't catch me, no
EmD
A slight figure of speech
GC
I cut my chest wide open
EmC
They come and watch us bleed
GCD
Is it art like I was hoping now?
G - (Riff 1)
G - (Riff 2)
G G G!!!
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12.It Goes On and On
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Mantis5463
FAmDmC
I lost my fear in your arms
FAmDmC
I lost my tears in your car
FAmDmBb
I lost my will in your candle lit eyes
FAmDmC
And all my love in your yard
PreChorus:
BbF
Baby would you leave me if you knew that I was making it up?
BbF
And underneath the love you got to wonder am I giving you up?
F7BC
No way am I
Chorus:
Bb
It goes on.
Verse 2:
FAmDmBb
Violent is the motion in my heart and in my body and mind.
FAmDmBb
And silent is the feeling that I lost but I'm determined to find.
FAmDm
And love is but an ocean, unrealistic notion, but I cling to her devotion,
BbC
and I let it pull me down to the floor.
Chorus:
BbF
It goes on, on, on, on.
BbF
It goes on, on, on, on.
BbF
It goes on, on, on, on.
DmCBbC
It goes on, on, on.
Verse 3:
FAmDmC
I found my will in your car
FAmDmC
I caught my tears in your arms
FAmDmBb
I found myself on that poor county drive
FAmDmC
And found my love in your guard
PreChorus:
BbF
Baby would you leave me if you knew that I was making it up?
BbF
And underneath the love you got to wonder am I giving you up?
F7BbC
No way am I.
Chorus:
BbF
It goes on, on, on, on.
BbF
It goes on, on, on, on.
BbF
It goes on, on, on, on.
DmCBb
It goes on, on, on.
DmCBb
It goes on, on, on.
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13.Incomplete and Insecure
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Unregistered
CFC
I havent finished a thing since I started my life
G
I dont feel much like starting now.
CF
Walking out lonely has worked like a charm
CG
Im the only one I have to let down.
AmFCF
But watching you makes me think that that is wrong
CF
I can go on with my insecure nature
CG
I can keep living off sympathy.
CF
I can tell all the people that all of my success
CG
Is a direct reflection on me.
AmFCF
But watching you makes me think that that is wrong
CF
What is important? Whats really important?
CG
Am I not to know by my name?
CF
Will I ever know silence without mental violence?
CG
Will the ringing at night go away?
AmF
Its up to you.
CG
My father told me.
CFC
I havent finished a thing since I started my life
G
I dont feel much like starting now. x4
CFC
I havent finished a thing since I started my life. x2
G
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