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Ten Thousand Words

The Avett Brothers
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 Ten thousand  words swarm around my head
 Ten million  more in books written beneath my bed
 I wrote  or read them all when  searchin' in the  swarms
 Still can't find out how to hold my hands
 And I know you need me in the next room over
 But I am stuck in here all paralyzed
 For months I got myself in ruts
 Too much time spent in mirrors framed in yellow walls
 Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
 We love to talk on things we don't know about
 Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
 We love to talk on things we don't know about
 And everyone around me shakes their head in disbelief
 And says I'm too caught up
 They say young is good and old is fine
 And truth is cool but all that matters
 Is that you have your good times
 But their good times come with prices
 And I can't believe it when I hear the jokes they make
 At anyone's expese except their own
 Would they laugh if they knew who paid?
 Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
 We love to talk on things we don't know about
 Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
 We love to talk on things we don't know about
 And after we are through ten years
 Of making it to be the most of glorious debuts
 I'll come back home without my things
 'Cause the clothes I wore out there I will not wear 'round you
 And they'll be quick to point out our shortcomings
 And how the experts all have had their doubts
 Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
 We love to talk on things we don't know about

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Readable chord sheet for Ten Thousand Words by The Avett Brothers

Ten t[G]housand words swarm around my head      [F]
Ten mi[C]llion more in books written beneath my bed
I wr[G]ote or read them all wh[F]en searchin' in the[C] swarms

Still can't find out how to hold my hands

And I know you need me in the next room over
But I am stuck in here all paralyzed
For months I got myself in ruts
Too much time spent in mirrors framed in yellow walls

Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
We love to talk on things we don't know about
Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
We love to talk on things we don't know about

And everyone around me shakes their head in disbelief
And says I'm too caught up
They say young is good and old is fine
And truth is cool but all that matters
Is that you have your good times
But their good times come with prices
And I can't believe it when I hear the jokes they make
At anyone's expese except their own
Would they laugh if they knew who paid?

Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
We love to talk on things we don't know about
Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
We love to talk on things we don't know about

And after we are through ten years
Of making it to be the most of glorious debuts
I'll come back home without my things
'Cause the clothes I wore out there I will not wear 'round you
And they'll be quick to point out our shortcomings
And how the experts all have had their doubts

Ain't it like most people? I'm no different
We love to talk on things we don't know about

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