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Distraction 74

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------4-5--5-4----------------------------|
G|-4-4h6-----------6-4--6-4----4--6-4--------|
D|---------------------------6---------6-/4--|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------4-4--6-4----------------------|
D|-4-2--4-4/6------------6-2--4-/6--2-4--1-2-|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
I was in Elove with your Abeauty
From the Eday you walked my Away.
Oh, how I Ewish that was Aenough to
Have Emade me B7want to Estay.
See, I'm Eas true as I trAy to be,
And EI must say my Agirl,
I Etried the best to Agive to you
All of the Etruest B7in the Eworld.
But, when I lEeft your house Athat morning
in that Eragged ThunderAbird,
I tried so Ehard to fight the Avoices
From the Edevils B7that I Eheard.
See, there's a Ehighway to the Aright of us
I Etook a year Aago,
And since a Eyear ago can't Adrive past
Without Eturning B7down that Eroad.
[Chorus 1]
(Strum E chord)
And GI Cknew it, I Gnever should have Cturned the wheel.
And GI Cknew it, the Gvoices calling Cme weren't real.
GI Cknew it, Glisten to the Csong they sing.
GI Cknew I was Gwrong, and GI Cknew I was Gwrong.
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------4-5--5-4----------------------------|
G|-4-4h6-----------6-4--6-4----4--6-4--------|
D|---------------------------6---------6-/4--|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------|
G|-------------4-4--6-4----------------------|
D|-4-2--4-4/6------------6-2--4-/6--2-4--1-2-|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
[Verse 2]
E
So, give me a Etry at Adescribing
Just how Edifficult it Ais,
When you Ekind of love two Agirls
To figure Eout which B7one you Emiss.
Stumble Eaway from your Astairway
With your Eperfume on my Aclothes.
Well, I Ekind of loved two Agirls
But, now I Ekind of B7lost them Eboth.
[Chorus 2]
E
And GI Cknew it, I Gnever should have Cturned the wheel.
And GI Cknew it, the Gvoices calling Cme weren't real.
GI Cknew it, Glisten to the Csong they sing.
GI Cknew I was Gwrong, and GI Cknew I was Gwrong.
(done a capella in the original)
And if I could Egather up the Adamage
That I've Erendered in my Alife,
Place it Eon a scale and Aweigh against
The Edamage B7done that Enight.
Then it'd be Esafe to say
The Aweight of all I Edid and didn't Ado
Would surly Efloat against the Alightest wrong
I Eever B7did to Eyou.

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Distraction 74

by The Avett Brothers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

e|-------------------------------------------|

B|-------4-5--5-4----------------------------|

G|-4-4h6-----------6-4--6-4----4--6-4--------|

D|---------------------------6---------6-/4--|

A|-------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------|

G|-------------4-4--6-4----------------------|

D|-4-2--4-4/6------------6-2--4-/6--2-4--1-2-|

A|-------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1]

E A

I was in love with your beauty

E A

From the day you walked my way.

E A

Oh, how I wish that was enough to

E B7 E

Have made me want to stay.

E A

See, I'm as true as I try to be,

E A

And I must say my girl,

E A

I tried the best to give to you

E B7 E

All of the truest in the world.

E A

But, when I left your house that morning

E A

in that ragged Thunderbird,

E A

I tried so hard to fight the voices

E B7 E

From the devils that I heard.

E A

See, there's a highway to the right of us

E A

I took a year ago,

E A

And since a year ago can't drive past

E B7 E

Without turning down that road.

[Chorus 1]

(Strum E chord)

G C G C

And I knew it, I never should have turned the wheel.

G C G C

And I knew it, the voices calling me weren't real.

G C G C

I knew it, listen to the song they sing.

G C G G C G

I knew I was wrong, and I knew I was wrong.

e|-------------------------------------------|

B|-------4-5--5-4----------------------------|

G|-4-4h6-----------6-4--6-4----4--6-4--------|

D|---------------------------6---------6-/4--|

A|-------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------|

e|-------------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------------|

G|-------------4-4--6-4----------------------|

D|-4-2--4-4/6------------6-2--4-/6--2-4--1-2-|

A|-------------------------------------------|

E|-------------------------------------------|

[Verse 2]

E A

So, give me a try at describing

E A

Just how difficult it is,

E A

When you kind of love two girls

E B7 E

To figure out which one you miss.

E A

Stumble away from your stairway

E A

With your perfume on my clothes.

E A

Well, I kind of loved two girls

E B7 E

But, now I kind of lost them both.

[Chorus 2]

G C G C

And I knew it, I never should have turned the wheel.

G C G C

And I knew it, the voices calling me weren't real.

G C G C

I knew it, listen to the song they sing.

G C G G C G

I knew I was wrong, and I knew I was wrong.

(done a capella in the original)

E A

And if I could gather up the damage

E A

That I've rendered in my life,

E A

Place it on a scale and weigh against

E B7 E

The damage done that night.

Then it'd be safe to say

A E A

The weight of all I did and didn't do

E A

Would surly float against the lightest wrong

E B7 E

I ever did to you.

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