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Slight Figure Of Speech

The Avett Brothers
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 x4
 They say you've got to lose a couple fights to win
It's  hard to tell  from where I'm sitting
 They say that this is where the fun begins
I  guess it's time  that I was quitting
A  slight figure  of speech
I  cut my chest  wide open
They  come and watch  us bleed
Is  it art  like I was hoping now?
 They said "I hope that you will never change"
I  went and cut  my hair
 They say "Don't take your business to the big time"
I  bought us tickets  there
A  slight figure  of speech
I  cut my chest  wide open
They  come and watch  us bleed
Is  it art  like I was hoping now?
-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--------------------------|
-riff 2
e|--3--------------------------------------|
B|--3--------------------------------------|
G|--0--------------------------------------|
D|--0--------------------------------------|
A|--2--0h2h3p2h3p2-------------------------|
E|--3--------------------------------------|
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
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
I  jump over  the sea
 What ifs hot on my trail
But  that can't  catch me, no
A  slight figure  of speech
I  cut my chest  wide open
They  come and watch  us bleed
Is  it art  like I was hoping now?

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Readable chord sheet for Slight Figure Of Speech by The Avett Brothers

[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]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]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?

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