The Ballad Of Love And Hate
The Avett Brothers
Capo 3
| Chord Guide | |||
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32 1 C: x32010 |
3 4
G: 3x0003 |
134211
F: 133211 |
231
Am: x02210 |
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B D U D U
Strum: 1 + 2 + 3 + |
C (2) G C (4)
Love writes a letter and sends it to hate.
F (3) C (4)
My vacations ending. I'm coming home late.
F G C Am
The weather was fine and the ocean was great
C G F (4)
and I can't wait to see you again.
C (2) G C (4)
Hate reads the letter and throws it away.
F (3) C (4)
"No one here cares if you go or you stay.
F G C Am
I barely even noticed that you were away.
C G F (4)
I'll see you or I won't, whatever."
C (2) G C (4)
Love sings a song as she sails through the sky.
F (3) C (4)
The water looks bluer through her pretty eyes.
F G C Am
And everyone knows it whenever she flies,
C G F (4)
and also when she comes down.
C (2) G C (4)
Hate keeps his head up and walks through the street.
F (3) C (4)
Every stranger and drifter he greets.
F G C Am
And shakes hands with every loner he meets
C G F (4)
with a serious look on his face.
C (2) G C (4)
Love arrives safely with suitcase in tow.
F (3) C (4)
Carrying with her the good things we know.
F G C Am
A reason to live and a reason to grow.
C G F (4)
To trust. To hope. To care.
C (2) G C (4)
Hate sits alone on the hood of his car.
F (3) C (4)
Without much regard to the moon or the stars.
F G C Am
Lazily killing the last of a jar
C G F (4)
of the strongest stuff you can drink.
C (2) G C (4)
Love takes a taxi, a young man drives.
F (3) C (4)
As soon as he sees her, hope fills his eyes.
F G C Am
But tears follow after, at the end of the ride,
C G F (4)
‘cause he might never see her again.
C (2) G C (4)
Hate gets home lucky to still be alive.
F (3) C (4)
He screams o'er the sidewalk and into the drive.
F G C Am
The clock in the kitchen says two fifty five,
C G F (4)
And the clock in the kitchen is slow.
C (2) G C (4)
Love has been waiting, patient and kind.
F (3) C (4)
Just wanting a phone call or some kind of sign,
F G C Am
That the one that she cares for, who's out of his mind,
C G F (4)
Will make it back safe to her arms.
C (2) G C (4)
Hate stumbles forward and leans in the door.
F (3) C (4)
Weary head hung, eyes to the floor.
F G C Am
He says "Love, I'm sorry", and she says, "What for?
C G F (4)
I'm yours and that's it, whatever.
F G C Am
I should not have been gone for so long.
C G F (2)
I'm yours and that's it, forever.
C G F (hold)
You're mine and that's it, forever.”