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Standard Tuning, No capo
Fm C Fm C Fm C Dm Em7
CWhere are Emyou?
AmI'm not Gasking what Ctown
You Emknow what I AmmeanAm  
CYes you Emguessed it
AmI'm not Gthat concerned
With Cbeing Emsweet to AmyouEm7  
  Fm    C
 Agentleman
Would Fmnever Csay
The Fmwords that CI
Am Dmabout toEm7  
CWho are Emyou?
AmI'm not Gasking your Cname
You Emknow what I AmmeanAm  
CLet's cut Emthrough
AmAll this Gcourtesy
And Cjust tell Emme what you AmneedEm7  
  Fm    C
 Agentleman
Would Fmnever Csay
The Fmwords that CI
Am aDmbout toEm7  
CYou're the Amworst Fthing
CYou're the Amworst Fthing
That Gever happened to mAme
CYou're the Amworst Fthing
CYou're the Amworst Fthing
That Gever happened to FmmeG  
To FmmeG  
CWhere are Emyou?
AmI'm not Gasking what Ctown
You Emknow what I DmmeanEm7  

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The Worst Thing

by The Avett Brothers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

Standard Tuning, No capo

Fm C Fm C Fm C Dm Em7

C Em

Where are you?

Am G C

I'm not asking what town

Em Am Am

You know what I mean

C Em

Yes you guessed it

Am G

I'm not that concerned

C Em Am Em7

With being sweet to you

Fm C

gentleman

Fm C

Would never say

Fm C

The words that I

Dm Em7

Am about to

C Em

Who are you?

Am G C

I'm not asking your name

Em Am Am

You know what I mean

C Em

Let's cut through

Am G

All this courtesy

C Em Am Em7

And just tell me what you need

Fm C

gentleman

Fm C

Would never say

Fm C

The words that I

Dm Em7

Am about to

C Am F

You're the worst thing

C Am F

You're the worst thing

G Am

That ever happened to me

C Am F

You're the worst thing

C Am F

You're the worst thing

G Fm G

That ever happened to me

Fm G

To me

C Em

Where are you?

Am G C

I'm not asking what town

Em Dm Em7

You know what I mean

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