{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":738983,"song":"You Avoid Parties","artist":"The Posies","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11586187-you-avoid-parties-chords-by-the-posies/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/738983?type=chord","rating":4.19077,"votes":7,"content":"You Avoid Parties\r\n\r\nby the Posies\r\n\r\n(tab by Brian Allen)\r\n\r\nListen to the song for a better idea of the rhythms invovled.\r\nThe vocal melody is a bit nonstandard, but I think if you hear\r\nthe song you'll be able to catch on to it.\r\n\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIsn't it nice how things resolve[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo test your will would take the skill of crazy ants[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou fit your mind into smaller and smaller jars[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nYou find them clutching the last straw[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAs if it's worth the worse for wear and tear you look[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]                                                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut why try to understand someone that you don't even know[/tab]\r\nEven though he brought you up, beat you up,\r\n[tab] [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nShut you up when you cried ?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd now you avoid parties[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBecause they remind you[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nOf someone who[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nyou used to know[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPretty soon you'll want to avoid yourself[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n\r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nA popular phrase from the same year[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWould draw no tears save for the fears of looking back[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou find you hide for weaker and weaker reasons[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nThe battle you lost in the mirror[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nEarned you no thanks but wooden planks were soon withdrawn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd you couldn't run away even if you tried[/tab]\r\nAnd you tried and you cried 'cause you knew that laying flat\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]\r\nIn your parents' car[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd now you avoid fathers[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nBecause they remind you[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOf someone who you used to know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPretty soon you'll want to avoid your own[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd now you're finally on your own[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou draw your choices from the voices you despise[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou find you're drawn to tighter and tighter circles[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nFlashbacks, flashes forward[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou are insane though you have gained such wide appeal[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd all the car rides, cheap insides, laughter at the right people[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                                [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAt the right time at the right line in the right frame of mind[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd now you avoid thinking[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]Em[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBecause it reminds you of someone you used to know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPretty soon you'll only think about yourself[/tab]\r\n\r\nOutro \r\n[ch]C[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]","plain_text":"You Avoid Parties\n\nby the Posies\n\n(tab by Brian Allen)\n\nListen to the song for a better idea of the rhythms invovled.\nThe vocal melody is a bit nonstandard, but I think if you hear\nthe song you'll be able to catch on to it.\n\n\nC Em\n\nC Em G7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEven though he brought you up, beat you up,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nC Em\n\nC Em G7\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd you tried and you cried 'cause you knew that laying flat\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOutro \nC Em F G C","chords":["C","Em","G7","F","G","D7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}