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Fond Farewell

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Capo Two or Three
GThCe Glitebrite's now black and white
AmCauEmse you took apart a picture that wasn't right
BmPitCch burning on a shining sheet
AmThe Conly maker that you'd want to meet
GThCe Gdying man in a living room
AmWhoEmse shadow paces the floor
BmHe'Cll take you out any open door
Chorus
AmThiCs is not my life
GItEm’s just a fond farewell to a friend
AmIt’Cs not what I'm like
GItEm’s just a fond farewell to a friend
AmWho Ccouldn’t get things right
GItEm’s just a fond farewell to a friend
Am C
GHe CsGaid really I just wanna dance
Good AMand Emevil matched perfect it's a great romance
BmI cCan deal with some psychic pain
 AmIf Cit'll slow down my higher brain7
 GVCeiGns full of disappearing ink
AmVomEmiting in the kitchen sink
BmDisCconnecting from the missing link
Chorus
AmThiCs is not my life
GItEm’s just a fond farewell to a friend
AmIt’Cs not what I'm like
GItEm’s just a fond farewell to a friend
AmWho Ccouldn’t get things right
GItEm’s just a fond farewell to a friend
Am C
GI CseGe you're leaving me
AAMnd Emtaking up with the enemy
BmThe Ccold comfort of the in between
AmA lCittle less than a human being
GA CliGttle less than a happy high
AmA lEmittle less than a suicide
BmThe Conly things that you really tried
Chorus
AmThiCs is not my life
GItEm’s just a fond farewell to a friend
AmIt’Cs not what I'm like
GItEm’s just a fond farewell to a friend
AmWho Ccouldn’t get things right
GItEm’s just a fond farewell to a friend
Am C G

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Fond Farewell

by Seth Avett

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Capo Two or Three

G C G

The litebrite's now black and white

Am Em

Cause you took apart a picture that wasn't right

Bm C

Pitch burning on a shining sheet

Am C

The only maker that you'd want to meet

G C G

The dying man in a living room

Am Em

Whose shadow paces the floor

Bm C

He'll take you out any open door

Chorus

Am C

This is not my life

G Em

It’s just a fond farewell to a friend

Am C

It’s not what I'm like

G Em

It’s just a fond farewell to a friend

Am C

Who couldn’t get things right

G Em

It’s just a fond farewell to a friend

Am C

G C G

He said really I just wanna dance

AM Em

Good and evil matched perfect it's a great romance

Bm C

I can deal with some psychic pain

Am C

If it'll slow down my higher brain7

G C G

Veins full of disappearing ink

Am Em

Vomiting in the kitchen sink

Bm C

Disconnecting from the missing link

Chorus

Am C

This is not my life

G Em

It’s just a fond farewell to a friend

Am C

It’s not what I'm like

G Em

It’s just a fond farewell to a friend

Am C

Who couldn’t get things right

G Em

It’s just a fond farewell to a friend

Am C

G C G

I see you're leaving me

AM Em

And taking up with the enemy

Bm C

The cold comfort of the in between

Am C

A little less than a human being

G C G

A little less than a happy high

Am Em

A little less than a suicide

Bm C

The only things that you really tried

Chorus

Am C

This is not my life

G Em

It’s just a fond farewell to a friend

Am C

It’s not what I'm like

G Em

It’s just a fond farewell to a friend

Am C

Who couldn’t get things right

G Em

It’s just a fond farewell to a friend

Am C G

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