The Weight of Lies The Avett Brothers
Capo II
Intro:
G G/F# Em7 Dsus C Cmaj7 Cadd9 C X2
Verse 1:
[G]Disappear from your [G/F#]hometown
[Em7]Go and find the [Dsus]people that you [C]know[Cmaj7] [Cadd9] [C]
[G]Show them all your [G/F#]good parts
[Em7]Leave town when [Dsus]bad ones start to [C]show[Cmaj7] [Cadd9] [C]
[G]Go and wed a [G/F#]woman
[Em7]A pretty girl [Dsus]that you've never [C]met[Cmaj7] [Cadd9] [C]
[G]Make sure she knows you [G/F#]love her well
[Em7]But don't make any [Dsus]other [C]promises[Cmaj7] [Cadd9] [C]
Chorus 1:
The [G]weight of lies will br[Am]ing you down
And [C]follow you to [D]every town
Cause [G]nothing happens [Am]here that doesn't hap[D]pen there[Dsus] [D]
So [G]when you run make sure you [Am]run
To [C]something and not a[D]way from
Cause [G]lies don't need an [Am]aero-plane to [D]chase you anywhere
Mmm mm mmmum M[G]mmmmm um[G/F#]mmmmm mmmmm [Em7]ooummmmm[Dsus] [C] [Cmaj7] [Cadd9] [C]
Verse2:
[G]I once heard the wor[G/F#]se thing
[Em7]A man could do i[Dsus]s draw a hungry [C]crowd[Cmaj7] [Cadd9] [C]
[G]Tell everyone his n[G/F#]ame, pride, and
[Em7]Confidence but l[Dsus]eaving out his do[C]ubt[Cmaj7] [Cadd9] [C]
[G]I'm not sure I boug[G/F#]ht those words
[Em7]When I was young I [Dsus]knew most everyt[C]hing[Cmaj7] [Cadd9] [C]
[G]These words have ne[G/F#]ver meant as
[Em7]Much to anyone [Dsus]as they now mean to[C] me[Cmaj7] [Cadd9] [C]
Chorus2:
The we[G]ight of lies will b[Am]ring you down
And [C]follow you to [D]every town
Cause [G]nothing happens [Am]here that doesn't happen [D]there[Dsus] [D]
So [G]when you run make sure you [Am]run
To [C]something and not aw[D]ay from
Cause [G]lies don't need an [Am]aero-plane to [D]chase you down
Mmm mm mmmum M[G]mmmmm um[G/F#]mmmmm mmmmm [Em7]ooummmmm[Dsus] [C] [Cmaj7] [Cadd9] [C]
Chorus 3
(Backup singer starts here repeating some of this chorus one beat behind the main singer)
T[G]he weight of lies will br[Am]ing you down
And [C]follow you to [D]every town
Cause [G]nothing happens [Am]here that doesn't happen [D]there[Dsus] [D]
So [G]when you run make s[Am]ure you run
To [C]something and not a[D]way from
Cause [G]lies don't need an [Am]aero-plane to [D]chase you down[Dsus] [D]
X2
End on G
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