The Perfect Space The Avett Brothers
Standard Tuning
Chords used:
EADGBe
Am: 002210
C: 032010
C5: 3355--
C/B:020010
D: 000232
D5: 5577--
Em: 022000
F: 133211
G: 320033
G5: 3554--
Intro: [C] [-] [C/B] [-] [Am] [-] [F] [-] [Am] [-] [C], play x2, then, F - Am - C - F - G - C
Verse 1 chords:
I [F]wanna have [C]friends that [F]I can [C]trust
That [Am]love me for the [G]man I've [F]become not the [G]man I [C]was
I [F]wanna have [C]friends that [F]will let me [C]be
All [Am]alone when [G]being a[F]lone is a[G]ll that I [C]need
Interlude 1: (C - C/B - Am - F - Am - C), 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:
[C]Will [G]you unders[Am]tand wh[C]en [G]I am too [Am]old of a man?
And [C]will [G]you [Am]forget w[C]hen [G]we have p[Am]aid our debt
Who did we [G]borrow from? Who did we [F]borrow from?
Interlude 2: [C] [-] [G5] [-] [F] [-] [F] [-] [G5] [-] [C], play x2, then [G5] [-] [D5] [-] [C5], play x2
Verse 3 chords:
[G5]Okay part [D5]two now clear the [C5]house[Em]
[G5]The party's [D5]over take the s[C5]houting and the people, [Em]get out
[G5]I have some [D5]business and a [C5]promise that I [Em]have to hold to
[G5]I do not [D5]care what you [C5]assume or what the people [Em]told you
Bridge 2 chords:
[G5]Will [D5]you under[Em]stand, [G5]when [D5]I am too [Em]old of a man?
[G5]Will [D5]you for[Em]get [G5]when [D5]we have [Em]paid our debts
Who did we [D5]borrow from, who did [C]borrow from?
Verse 4 chords:
I wanna have [G]pride like my [C]mother [G]has
And [Em]not like the [D]kind in the [C]bible that [D]turns you [G]bad
And I [C]wanna have f[G]riends that [C]I can [G]trust
That [Em]love me for the [D]man I've be[C]come and not the [D]man that I [G]was
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