The King Is Dead
DecemberistsVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Here we come to a turning of the season.
Witness to the arc toward the sun.
A neighbors blessed burden within reason.
Becomes a burden born of all and one.
And nobody, nobody knows.
Let the oath fall from our shoulders.
Don't carry it all, don't carry it all.
We are all our hands and holders.
Beneath this bold and brilliant sun.
This I swear to all.
Monument to build beneath the arbors.
Upon a blimp that towers toward the trees.
Let every vessel pitching hard to starboard.
Lay it's head on summer's freckled knees.
And nobody, nobody knows.
Let the oath fall from our shoulders.
Don't carry it all, don't carry it all.
We are all our hands and holders.
Beneath this bold and brilliant sun.
This I swear to all......and this I swear to all.
Bare a wreath of trillium and ivy.
Laid upon the body of the boy.
Lazy will the love come from it's hiding.
And return this quiet searcher to the soil.
So raise a glass to turnings of the season.
And watch it as it arcs towards the sun.
And you must bare your neighbors burden within reason.
And your labors will be borne when all is done.
And nobody, nobody knows.
Let the oath fall from our shoulders.
Don't carry it all, don't carry it all.
We are all our hands and holders.
Beneath this bold and brilliant sun.
This I swear to all......and this I swear to all.
And this I swear to all...
And this I swear to all...
To all, to all, to all...
Repeats a bunch of times. Play along with the song to get the rhythm.
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The very end
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Lyrics:
Had a dream
You and me and the war of the end times
And I believe
California succumbed to the fault line
We heaved relief
As scores of innocents died
And the Andalusian tribes
Setting the lay of Nebraska alight
'Til all that remains is the arms of the angel
Petty greed
Queen of supply-side bonhomie bone-drab
You know what I mean
On the road
It's well advised that you follow your own bag
In the year of the chewable Ambien tab
And the Panamanian child
Stands at the Dowager Empress's side
And all that remains is the arms of the angel
And all that remains is the arms of the angels
And you've receded into loam
And they're picking at your bones
Will call cold
We'll come home
Quiet now
Will we gather to conjure the rain down?
Will we now
Build a civilization below ground?
And I'll be crowned the community kick-it-around
And the Andalusian tribes
Setting the lay of Nebraska alight
'Til all that remains is the arms of the angels
'Til all that remains is the arms of the angels
INTRO Lick to G chord 2X:
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Big mountain, wide river, there's an ancient port
These tree trunks, these stream beds, leave our bellies full
They sing out, "I am gonna stand my ground"
You rise to me and I'll blow you down
I am gonna stand my ground, you rise to me and I'll blow you down
Hey Henry, can you hear me? Let me see those eyes
This distance between us can seem a mountain size
But boy, you are gonna stand your ground
They rise to you, you blow them down
Let me see you stand your ground, they rise to you, you blow them down
intro once, , , , , , , , , , intro once]
My darling, my sweetheart, I am in your sway
Two cold climbs, come springtime, so let me hear you say
My love, I am gonna stand my ground
They rise to me, and I'll blow them down
I am gonna stand my ground, they rise me and I'll blow them down
Cause I am gonna stand my ground, you rise me, and I'll blow you down
,, intro once]
- - - ] x2
We get the rocks in the box, get the water right down to your socks
This bulkheads built of fallen brethren bones
We all do what we can, we endure our fellow man
And we sing our songs to the headframes, creeps and bones
And it's one, two, three, of the wrong side of the lee
What we meant for, what we meant for
And its seven, eight, nine, you get your shuffle back in line
And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again
And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again
- - - ] x2
And you won't make it time on this gray ground of mountain mine
Of dirt your made and of dirt you will return
So while were living here, let's get this other one thing clear
There's plenty of men to die, you don't jump your turn
And it's one, two, three, of the wrong side of the lee
What we meant for, what we meant for
And its seven, eight, nine, you get your shuffle back in line
And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again
And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again
- - - ] x2, then
- - - ] x2
And it's one, two, three, of the wrong side of the lee
What we meant for, whatever your meant for
And its seven, eight, nine, you get your shuffle back in line
And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again
And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again
And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again
EADGBe
:033210 actually an Fm7
x3
On a winter's Sunday I go
To clear away the snow
And green the ground below
April all an ocean away
Is this the better way to spend the day?
Keeping the winter at bay
What were the words I meant to say before you left?
When I could see your breath lead where you were going to
Maybe I should just let it be
And maybe it will all come back to me
Sing: O, Janu--ary, O
x2
How I lived a childhood in snow
And all my teens in tow
Stuffed in strata of clothes
Pale the winter days after dark
Wandering the gray memorial park
A fleeting beating of hearts
What were the words I meant to say before she left?
When I could see her breath lead where she was going to
Maybe I should just let it be
And maybe it will all come back to me
Sing: O, Janu-, O Janu--ary, O
x4 End on
See this ancient riverbed
See where all the follies led
Down by the water, (and) down by the old main drag
I was just some towhead teen
Feelin' 'round for fingers to get in-between
Down by the water, down by the old main drag
The season rubs me wrong
The summer swells anon
So knock me down, tear me up
But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
Sweet decsend this rabble 'round
the pretty little patter of a seaport town
Rolling in the water and rolling down the old main drag
All dolled up in gabardine
The lash-flashing Leda of pier nineteen
Queen of the water and queen of the old main drag
The season rubs me wrong
The summer swells anon
So knock me down, tear me up
But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
BREAK/SOLOS
The season rubs me wrong
The summer swells anon
So knock me down, tear me up
But I would bear it all broken just to fill my cup
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
OUTRO/CODA
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
Down by the water and down by the old main drag
(There's a ritardando in the last line, you'll hear it)
Baby wants a new spin, baby wants a broken heart
I hear you found a lynch pin to keep it all falling apart
But you keep on rolling, you keep on rolling
Better find a way, better kick it from your big brown eyes
If it tightens up when you fall at the fifteenth try
Like a ship at ocean, like a ship at ocean, like a ship at ocean, like a ship at sea
You spit thick and you cross your heart but the culverts all run dry
From keeping shotguns shy all around me, just be mine tonight
So the dollar-shop shoppers broke a lock and they knocked you down
Better call the coppers if you need someone to push you around
You keep on stealing, you keep on stealing, you keep on stealing
There's nothing left to steal
You spit thick and you cross your heart but the culverts all run dry
From keeping shotguns shy all around me, just be mine tonight
Just be mine tonight, just be mine tonight
Here's the hymn to welcome in the day, heralding a summer's early sway
And all the bulbs all coming in to begin
The thrushes bleating battle with the wrens disrupts my reverie again
Pegging clothing on the line
Training jasmine how to vine up the arbor to your door, and more
You're standing on the landing with the war you shouldered all the night before
And once upon it, the yellow bonnets, garland all the lawn
And you were waking and day was breaking, a panoply of song
And summer comes to Springville Hill
A barony of ivy in the trees, expanding out its empire by degrees
And all the branches burst to bloom, in the boom
Heaven sent this cardinal maroon to decorate our living room
Once upon it, yellow bonnets, garland all along
You were waking, day was breaking, a panoply of song
And summer comes to Springville Hill
And years from now when this old light isn't ambling anymore
Will I bring myself to writ--ite--ite-ite--ite
I give my best to Springville Hill
- - - ], then
- - - /], then
- - - / - ]
Once upon it, yellow bonnets, garland all along
You were waking, day was breaking, a panoply of song
And summer comes to Springville Hill
Chords Used:
- - ] x4
Come the war, come the avarice
Come the war, come how?
Come attrition, come the reek of bones
Come attrition, come how?
This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake
This is why, this is why we fight
And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound
This is why, this is why we fight, come how?
Right of quiet, writer on quiet vein
Right of quiet, right of how
Come the arches, come the infant cheek
Come the arches of how
This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake
This is why, this is why we fight
And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound
This is why, this is why we fight, come how, come how?
- - ] x4
This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake
This is why, this is why we fight
And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound
This is why, this is why we fight
So come to me, come to me now
Lay your arms around me
This is why, this is why we fight
Come how, come how, come how, come how?
Chords:
: 000333 or (sometimes 000330)
: 55500-
Dear Avery, I think of you only
Were you waving? Were you dead on the vine?
Oh Avery, I think of you lonely
But I could just grab you by the nape of your neck
There are times life will rattle your bones and will bend your limbs
You're still far and away the boy you've ever been
So you bend back and shake at the frame Of the frame you made
But don't you shake alone
Please Avery-y-y-y, come home
):
Headstrong, you and your long arms
Listing lazily on the cusp of your teens
But you were my Avery and when you needed saving
I could just grab you by the nape of your neck
There are times life will rattle your bones
And will bend your limbs
You're still far and away the boy you've ever been
So you bend back and shake at the frame
Of the frame you made
But don't you shake alone
Please Avery, come home
(Don't you shake alone!)
Please Avery-y-y-y, come home
END!!!!!
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Readable chord sheet for The King Is Dead by Decemberists
[G]Here we come to a [G]turning of the [G]season. [Em] [D]
[G]Witness to the [G]arc toward the [G]sun. [Em] [D]
[G]A neighbors blessed [G]burden within [G]reason. [Em] [D]
[G]Becomes a burden [G]born of all and [G]one.
And [Em]nobody, [D]nobody [C]knows.
[C]Let the oath fall [C]from our [G]shoulders.
[C]Don't carry it all[C], don't carry it [Em]all. [D]
[C]We are all our [C]hands and [G]holders.
[Bm]Beneath this bold and brilliant [C]sun.
[C]This I swear to all.
[G]Monument to bu[G]ild beneath the [G]arbors. [Em] [D]
Upon a blimp that towers toward the trees.
Let every vessel pitching hard to starboard.
Lay it's head on summer's freckled knees.
And [Em]nobody, [D]nobody [C]knows.
[C]Let the oath fall [C]from our [G]shoulders.
[C]Don't carry it all[C], don't carry it [Em]all. [D]
[C]We are all our [C]hands and [G]holders.
[Bm]Beneath this bold and brilliant [C]sun.
[C]This I swear to [G]all......and this I[Em] swear to al[D]l.
[Bm]Bare a wreath of trillium and ivy. [C]
[Bm]Laid upon the body of the boy. [Em]
[Bm]Lazy will the love come from it's hidi[C]ng.
[Am]And return this quiet searcher to the [D]soil.
[G]So raise a gla[G]ss to turnings o[G]f the season. [Em] [D]
And watch it as it arcs towards the sun.
And you must bare your neighbors burden within reason.
And your labors will be borne when all is done.
And [Em]nobody, [D]nobody [C]knows.
[C]Let the oath fall [C]from our [G]shoulders.
[C]Don't carry it all[C], don't carry it [Em]all. [D]
[C]We are all our [C]hands and [G]holders.
[Bm]Beneath this bold and brilliant [C]sun.
[C]This I swear to [G]all......and this I[Em] swear to al[D]l.
And this I swear to all...
And this I swear to all...
To all, to all, to all...
Repeats a bunch of times. Play along with the song to get the rhythm.
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The very end
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Lyrics:
Had a dream
You and me and the war of the end times
And I believe
California succumbed to the fault line
We heaved relief
As scores of innocents died
And the Andalusian tribes
Setting the lay of Nebraska alight
'Til all that remains is the arms of the angel
Petty greed
Queen of supply-side bonhomie bone-drab
You know what I mean
On the road
It's well advised that you follow your own bag
In the year of the chewable Ambien tab
And the Panamanian child
Stands at the Dowager Empress's side
And all that remains is the arms of the angel
And all that remains is the arms of the angels
And you've receded into loam
And they're picking at your bones
Will call cold
We'll come home
Quiet now
Will we gather to conjure the rain down?
Will we now
Build a civilization below ground?
And I'll be crowned the community kick-it-around
And the Andalusian tribes
Setting the lay of Nebraska alight
'Til all that remains is the arms of the angels
'Til all that remains is the arms of the angels
INTRO Lick to G chord 2X:
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[C]Big mountain,[Am] wide river, [Bm]there's an ancient [C]port
[C]These tree trunks,[Bm] these stream beds, [D]leave our bellies f[C]ull
They sing o[G]ut, "[D]I am gonna [C]stand my grou[G]nd"
You [D]rise to me and I[C]'ll blow you d[G]own
[Em]I am gonna [C]stand my [D]ground, yo[D]u rise to me and I'[C]ll blow you[G] down
[Interlude same as intro]
Hey Henry, can you hear me? Let me see those eyes [use verse chords]
This distance between us can seem a mountain size
But boy, you are gonna stand your ground [use chorus chords]
They rise to you, you blow them down
Let me see you stand your ground, they rise to you, you blow them down
intro once, [C], [Am], [Bm], [C], [C], [Bm], [D], [C], [G], intro once]
My darling, my sweetheart, I am in your sway [use verse chords]
Two cold climbs, come springtime, so let me hear you say
My love, I am gonna stand my ground [use chorus chords]
They rise to me, and I'll blow them down
I am gonna stand my ground, they rise me and I'll blow them down
[D]Cause I am gonna s[C]tand my g[G]round, you r[D]ise me, and I'll b[C]low you down[G]
[[G],[D], intro once]
[[Am] - [C] - [Em] - [Am]] x2
We get the [Am]rocks in the box, get the [C]water right down to your [G]socks
This [Em]bulkheads built of fallen brethren [Am]bones
We all [Am]do what we can, we en[C]dure our fellow [G]man
And we [Em]sing our songs to the headframes, creeps and [Am]bones
And it's [F]one, two, three, of the [C]wrong side of the lee
What we [G]meant for, what we [Am]meant for
And its [F]seven, eight, nine, you get your [C]shuffle back in line
And [G]if you ever make it to ten you won't make it [Am]again
And [G]if you ever make it to ten you won't make it [Am]again
[[Am] - [C] - [Em] - [Am]] x2
[use verse 1 chords]
And you won't make it time on this gray ground of mountain mine
Of dirt your made and of dirt you will return
So while were living here, let's get this other one thing clear
There's plenty of men to die, you don't jump your turn
[use chorus 1 chords]
And it's one, two, three, of the wrong side of the lee
What we meant for, what we meant for
And its seven, eight, nine, you get your shuffle back in line
And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again
And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again
[[Am] - [C] - [Em] - [Am]] x2, then
[[Am] - [G] - [Em] - [C]] x2
[use chorus 1 chords]
And it's one, two, three, of the wrong side of the lee
What we meant for, whatever your meant for
And its seven, eight, nine, you get your shuffle back in line
And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again
And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again
And if you ever make it to ten you won't make it again
EADGBe
[F] :033210 actually an Fm7
[C] [Csus2] [C] [Csus4] [Fm7] [G] [Gsus2] [G] x3
[C]On a winter's S[F]und[G]ay I g[C]o [Csus2] [C] [Csus4]
To c[F]lear aw[G]ay the s[C]now[Csus2] [C] [Csus4]
And g[F]reen the g[G]round b[C]elo[Csus2]w [C] [Csus4] [F] [G]
[C]April all an o[F]cea[G]n awa[C]y [Csus2] [C] [Csus4]
Is t[F]his the better w[G]ay to spend the d[C]ay?[Csus2] [C] [Csus4]
[F]Keeping the [G]winter at [C]ba[Csus2]y [C] [Csus4] [F] [G]
[F]What were the wo[G]rds I meant to sa[C]y before you le[F]ft?
When[Am] I could see your br[F]eath lead where you were [G]goi[G7]ng t[G6]o [G]
[C]Maybe I should j[F]ust l[G]et it b[C]e [Csus2] [C] [Csus4]
And m[F]aybe it will a[G]ll come back to m[C]e [Csus2] [C] [Csus4]
Sing: [F]O, Jan[G]u--ary, [C]O
[C] [Csus2] [C] [Csus4] [Fm7] [G] [Gsus2] x2
[C]How I lived a c[F]hildh[G]ood in sn[C]ow[Csus2] [C] [Csus4]
And a[F]ll my t[G]eens in [C]tow[Csus2] [C] [Csus4]
Stuff[F]ed in stra[G]ta of clo[C]the[Csus2]s [C] [Csus4] [F] [G]
[C]Pale the win[F]ter d[G]ays after da[C]rk [Csus2] [C] [Csus4]
[F]Wandering the gr[G]ay memorial pa[C]rk [Csus2] [C] [Csus4]
A f[F]leeting be[G]ating of he[C]art[Csus2]s [C] [Csus4] [F] [G]
[F]What were the wo[G]rds I meant to s[C]ay before she l[F]eft?
When[Am] I could see her bre[F]ath lead where she was go[G]ing[G7] to [G6] [G]
[C]Maybe I should j[F]ust l[G]et it b[C]e [Csus2] [C] [Csus4]
And m[F]aybe it will a[G]ll come back to m[C]e [Csus2] [C] [Csus4]
Sing: [F]O, Ja[G]nu-, [F]O Jan[G]u--ary, [C]O
[C] [Csus2] [C] [Csus4] [Fm7] [G] [Gsus2] [G] x4 End on [C]
[C] [Em] [C] [Em] [D]
[Em]See this ancient [G]riverbed
[D]See where all the [C]follies led
[Em]Down by the water, (and) d[D]own by the old main[Em] drag
[Em]I was just some[G] towhead teen
[D]Feelin' 'round for finge[C]rs to get in-between
[Em]Down by the water, do[D]wn by the old main[Em] drag
[Em]The season [D]rubs me [Em]wrong
[Em]The summer[D] swells[C] anon
[Em]So knock me down,[G] tear me up
[D]But I would bear it all broken just[C] to fill my cup
[Em]Down by the water and[D] down by the old m[Em]ain drag
[C] [Em] [C] [Em] [D]
[Em]Sweet decsend this [G]rabble 'round
the [D]pretty little patter of[C] a seaport town
[Em]Rolling in the water and r[D]olling down the old mai[Em]n drag
[Em]All dolled up in[G] gabardine
[D]The lash-flashing Leda of [C]pier nineteen
[Em]Queen of the water and[D] queen of the old m[Em]ain drag
[Em]The season[D] rubs me [Em]wrong
[Em]The summer[D] swells[C] anon
[Em]So knock me down,[G] tear me up
[D]But I would bear it all broken just[C] to fill my cup
[Em]Down by the water and[D] down by the old m[Em]ain drag
BREAK/SOLOS
[C] [Em] [C] [Em] [D]
[Em] [G] [D] [C] [Em] [D]
[Em]The season[D] rubs me [Em]wrong
[Em]The summer[D] swells[C] anon
[Em]So knock me down,[G] tear me up
[D]But I would bear it all broken just[C] to fill my cup
[Em]Down by the water and[D] down by the old m[Em]ain drag
OUTRO/CODA
[Em]Down by the water and[D] down by the old m[Em]ain drag
[Em]Down by the water and[D] down by the old m[Em]ain drag
(There's a ritardando in the last line, you'll hear it)
[G]
[G]Baby wants a new spin, baby wants a broken heart
[G]I hear you found a lynch pin to keep it all falling apart
But you keep on r[C]olling, you keep on [G]rolling
[G]Better find a way, better kick it from your big brown eyes
[G]If it tightens up when you fall at the fifteenth try
Like a ship at [C]ocean, like a ship at [G]ocean, like a ship at [C]ocean, like a ship at [G]sea
[D]You spit thick and you cross your heart but the [C]culverts all run [G]dry
From [C]keeping shotguns [G]shy all [D]around me, just be mine [G]tonight
[use verse 1 chords]
So the dollar-shop shoppers broke a lock and they knocked you down
Better call the coppers if you need someone to push you around
You keep on stealing, you keep on stealing, you keep on stealing
There's nothing left to steal
[use chorus 1 chords]
You spit thick and you cross your heart but the culverts all run dry
From keeping shotguns shy all around me, just be mine tonight
Just be mine tonight, just be mine tonight
[G]
[G]Here's the hymn to [D]welcome in the [Em]day, [G]heralding a [D]summer's early [Em]sway
And all the bulbs all coming [C]in [C/B]to begin [Am] [C/B]
The [C]thrushes bleating [C/B]battle with the [Am]wrens disrupts my [G]re[Am]verie a[D]gain
[Use verse 1 chords]
Pegging clothing on the line
Training jasmine how to vine up the arbor to your door, and more
You're standing on the landing with the war you shouldered all the night before
[C]And once upon it, [D]the yellow bonnets, g[G]arland all the l[C]awn
[Am]And you were waking [D]and day was breaking, [G]a panoply of so[C]ng
[D]And summer comes to [C/G]Springville [G]Hill
[use verse 1 chords]
A barony of ivy in the trees, expanding out its empire by degrees
And all the branches burst to bloom, in the boom
Heaven sent this cardinal maroon to decorate our living room
[use chorus 1 chords]
Once upon it, yellow bonnets, garland all along
You were waking, day was breaking, a panoply of song
And summer comes to Springville Hill
[C]And years from n[D]ow when this old l[Em]ight isn't a[C]mbling anymore
[Am] [D/F#] [G] [D] [Em]
Will I bring myself to writ-[E]-ite-[E]-ite-ite-[E]-ite
[C]I give my best to [D]Springville H[G]ill
[[G] - [Em] - [G] - [Em]], then
[[C] - [C/B] - [Am] - [G]/[Am]], then
[[C] - [C/B] - [Am] - [G]/[Am] - [D/F#]]
[use chorus 1 chords]
Once upon it, yellow bonnets, garland all along
You were waking, day was breaking, a panoply of song
And summer comes to Springville Hill
Chords Used:
[[Em7] - [Em7/F#] - [G]] x4
[Em] Come the[C] war, [Em] come the[C] avarice
[Em] Come the[C] war, come [Em]how? [C]
[Em] Come att[C]rition[Em], come [C]the reek of bones
[Em] Come att[C]rition, com[Em]e how? [C]
[G] This is why,[D] why we fi[Em]ght, why we[C] lie awake
[G] This is why,[D] this is why [C]we fight
[G] And when we [D]die, we w[Em]ill die, [C]with our arms unbound
[G] This is why,[D] this is why[C] we fight, [Em7]come[Em7/F#] how? [G] [Em7] [Em7] [F#] [G]
[use verse 1 chords]
Right of quiet, writer on quiet vein
Right of quiet, right of how
Come the arches, come the infant cheek
Come the arches of how
[use chorus 1 chords]
This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake
This is why, this is why we fight
And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound
This is why, this is why we fight, come how, come how?
[[Em7] - [Em7/F#] - [G]] x4
[use chorus 1 chords]
This is why, why we fight, why we lie awake
This is why, this is why we fight
And when we die, we will die, with our arms unbound
This is why, this is why we fight
[use chorus 1 chords]
So come to me, come to me now
Lay your arms around me
This is why, this is why we fight
Come how, come how, come how, come how?
Chords:
[Gm]: 000333 or (sometimes 000330)
[G]: 55500-
[Dsus2] [Gm]
[Dsus2] [Gm]
Dear [Dsus2]Avery, I think of you only[Gm]
Were you [Dsus2]waving? Were you dead on the vine?[Gm]
Oh Av[Dsus2]ery, I think of you lonely[Gm]
But I could just[Dsus2] grab you by the nape of your neck[Gm]
There ar[A]e times life wil[G]l rattle your bones and [D]will bend your limbs
You're still [A]far and away the [G]boy you've ever b[D]een
So you [A]bend back and [G]shake at the f[D]rame Of the frame you made
But [Bm]don't you shake a[A]lone [G]
Please [Em]Avery-y-y-[A]y, come home
[Dsus2] [Gm]
[Dsus2] [Gm]
[Dsus2] [Gm]):
Headstrong, you and your long arms
Listing lazily on the cusp of your teens
But you were my Avery and when you needed saving
I could just grab you by the nape of your neck
There are times life will rattle your bones
And will bend your limbs
You're still far and away the boy you've ever been
So you bend back and shake at the frame
Of the frame you made
But don't you shake alone
Please Avery, come home
[Bm](Don't you [A]shake a[G]lone!)
Please [Em]Avery-y-y-[A]y, come home
[Dsus2] [Gm]
END!!!!!