Slight Figure Of Speech
The Avett BrothersVersion1
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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
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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--------------------------------------|
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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? [G] [G] [G] [G] [G]