Slight Figure of Speech The Avett Brothers
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SLIGHT FIGURE OF SPEECH - The Avett Brothers
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Tuning: EADGBE CAPO II
G x4
They say you've got to lose a couple fights to win
[C]It's hard to [D]tell from where I'm [G]sitting
They say that this is where the fun begins
[C]I guess it's [D]time that I was [G]quitting
[Em]A slight [D]figure of speech
[G]I cut my c[C]hest wide open
[Em]They come and [D]watch us bleed
[G]Is it ar[C]t like I was hoping [D]now?[G]
They said "I hope that you will never change"
[C]I went and c[D]ut my hair[G]
They say "Don't take your business to the big time"
[C]I bought us [D]tickets there[G]
[Em]A slight f[D]igure of speech
[G]I cut my c[C]hest wide open
[Em]They come and [D]watch us bleed
[G]Is it [C]art like I was hoping [D]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
[C]I jump o[D]ver the sea[G]
What ifs hot on my trail
[C]But that [D]can't catch me, [G]no
[Em]A slight [D]figure of speech
[G]I cut my [C]chest wide open
[Em]They come and [C]watch us bleed
[G]Is it [C]art like I was hoping [D]now?
G - (Riff 1)
G - (Riff 2)
G G G!!!
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