Weight Of Lies Chords & Tabs
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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 Gm7 G6 G* C Cm7 Cadd9 C
e|---3-----0-----3----3-------0-----0-----0-----0-----------------|
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 Gm7
Disappear from your hometown
G6 G* C Cm7 Cadd9 C
Go and find the people that you know
G Gm7
Show them all your good parts
G6 G* C Cm7 Cadd9 C
Leave town when bad ones start to show
G Gm7
Go and wed a woman
G6 G* C Cm7 Cadd9 C
A pretty girl that you've never met
G Gm7
Make sure she knows you love her well
G6 G* C Cm7 Cadd9 C
But don't make any other promises
Chorus:
G Am
The weight of lies will bring you down
C D
And follow you to every town
G Am D
Cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
G Am
So when you run make sure you run
C D
To something and not away from
G Am D
Cause lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you anywhere
Intro/Verse Riff x1
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Verse 2:
G Gm7
I once heard the worse thing
G6 G* C Cm7 Cadd9 C
A man could do is draw a hungry crowd
G Gm7 G6
Tell everyone his name, pride, and confidence
G* C Cm7 Cadd9 C
But leaving out his doubt
G Gm7
I'm not sure I bought those words
G6 G* C Cm7 Cadd9 C
When I was young I knew most everything
G Gm7 G6
These words have never meant as much to anyone
G* C Cm7 Cadd9 C
As they now mean to me
Chorus:
G Am
The weight of lies will bring you down
C D
And follow you to every town
G Am D
Cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
G Am
So when you run make sure you run
C D
To something and not away from
G Am D
Cause lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you down
Intro/Verse Riff x2
Chorus:
G Am
The weight of lies will bring you down
C D
And follow you to every town
G Am D
Cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
G Am
So when you run make sure you run
C D
To something and not away from
G Am D
Cause lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you anywhere
Chorus:
G Am
The weight of lies will bring you down
C D
And follow you to every town
G Am D
Cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there
G Am
So when you run make sure you run
C D
To something and not away from
G Am D
Cause 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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