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Distraction 74

The Avett Brothers
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
e------------------------------------------|
B----------4-5-4---------------------------|
G---4-4h6---------6-4-6-4-----4-6-4--------|
D--------------------------6---------6-4/2-|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G-----------------4-6-4--------------------|
D--2--4--4h6--6----------6--2-4-6-2-4-1-2--|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|
 I was in love  with your beauty
 From the day  you walked my way.
 Oh, how I wish  that was enough  to
 Have made  me want  to stay.
 See, I'm as true as I try to be,
 And I must say my girl,
 I tried the best to give to you
 All of the truest in the world.
 But, when I left your house that morning
 in that ragged Thunderbird,
 I tried so hard to fight the voices
 From the devils that I heard.
 See, there's a highway to the right of us
 I took a year ago,
 And since a year ago can't drive past
 Without turning down that road.
 And I knew  it, I never  should have turned  the wheel.
 And I knew  it, the voices  calling me  weren't real.
I knew  it, listen  to the song  they sing.
I knew  I was wrong,  and I knew  I was wrong.
 So, give me a try at describing
 Just how difficult it is,
 When you kind of love two girls
 To figure out which one you miss.
 Stumble away from your stairway
 With your perfume on my clothes.
 Well, I kind of loved two girls
 But, now I kind of lost them both.
 And I knew it, I never should have turned the wheel.
 And I knew it, the voices calling me weren't real.
 I knew it, listen to the song they sing.
 I knew I was wrong, and I knew I was wrong.
 And if I could gather up the damage
 That I've rendered in my life,
 Place it on a scale and weigh against
 The damage done that night.
 Then it'd be safe to say
 The weight of all I did and didn't do
 Would surly float against the lightest wrong
 I ever did to you.

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Readable chord sheet for Distraction 74 by The Avett Brothers

e------------------------------------------|
B----------4-5-4---------------------------|
G---4-4h6---------6-4-6-4-----4-6-4--------|
D--------------------------6---------6-4/2-|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|

e------------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------------|
G-----------------4-6-4--------------------|
D--2--4--4h6--6----------6--2-4-6-2-4-1-2--|
A------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------|

[Strum E chord, and hit 12th fret harmonics]

I was in [E]love with your [A]beauty
From the [E]day you walked my [A]way.
Oh, how I [E]wish that was [A]enough to
Have [E]made me [B7]want to [E]stay.

See, I'm as true as I try to be,
And I must say my girl,
I tried the best to give to you
All of the truest in the world.

But, when I left your house that morning
in that ragged Thunderbird,
I tried so hard to fight the voices
From the devils that I heard.

See, there's a highway to the right of us
I took a year ago,
And since a year ago can't drive past
Without turning down that road.

[Strum E chord]

And [G]I [C]knew it, I [G]never should have [C]turned the wheel.
And [G]I [C]knew it, the [G]voices calling [C]me weren't real.
[G]I [C]knew it, [G]listen to the [C]song they sing.
[G]I [C]knew I was [G]wrong, and [G]I [C]knew I was [G]wrong.

[Repeat Intro, strum E chord, and slide down from 12th Fret on low E]

So, give me a try at describing
Just how difficult it is,
When you kind of love two girls
To figure out which one you miss.

Stumble away from your stairway
With your perfume on my clothes.
Well, I kind of loved two girls
But, now I kind of lost them both.

And I knew it, I never should have turned the wheel.
And I knew it, the voices calling me weren't real.
I knew it, listen to the song they sing.
I knew I was wrong, and I knew I was wrong.

And if I could gather up the damage
That I've rendered in my life,
Place it on a scale and weigh against
The damage done that night.

Then it'd be safe to say
The weight of all I did and didn't do
Would surly float against the lightest wrong
I ever did to you.

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