The Weight Of Lies Chords

by The Avett Brothers
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: 2nd fret
Author frubalu [a] 115.
1 contributor total, last edit on Aug 4, 2016

Chords

G
Gm7
G6
C
Cm7
Cadd9
Am
D

Strumming

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[Intro/Verse Riff]
 
     G    Gm7   G6    G*       C    Cm7  Cadd9   C
e|---3-----0-----3----3-------0-----0-----0-----0-----------------|
B|---3-----3-----3----3-------1-----0-----3-----1-----------------|
G|---0-----0-----0----0-------0-----0-----0-----0-----------------|
D|---0-----4-----2----0-------2-----2-----2-----2-----------------|
A|---x-----x-----x----x---2-2h3-----3-----3-----3-----------------|
E|---3-----3-----3----3-------x-----x-----x-----x-----------------|
 
G* = only difference between this and regular G is to hit the
open D string rather than the 3rd fret E. You'll hear it in the song.
 
 
Intro Riff x2
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
G                   Gm7
Disappear from your hometown 
G6                  G*                C  Cm7  Cadd9  C
Go and find the people that you know 
G                         Gm7
Show them all your good parts 
G6              G*                C      Cm7  Cadd9  C
Leave town when bad ones start to show 
G                 Gm7
Go and wed a woman 
  G6                   G*        C  Cm7  Cadd9  C
A pretty girl that you've never met 
        G                         Gm7
Make sure she knows you love her well
     G6                 G*      C  Cm7  Cadd9  C
But don't make any other promises 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
    G                   Am
The weight of lies will bring you down 
    C             D
And follow you to every town 
      G               Am                D
Cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there 
   G                 Am
So when you run make sure you run 
   C                 D
To something and not away from 
      G                  Am            D
Cause lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you anywhere 
 
 
Intro/Verse Riff x1
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
G               Gm7
I once heard the worse thing 
  G6              G*             C   Cm7  Cadd9  C
A man could do is draw a hungry crowd 
    G             Gm7              G6
Tell everyone his name, pride, and confidence 
     G*             C   Cm7  Cadd9  C
But leaving out his doubt 
G             Gm7
I'm not sure I bought those words 
     G6            G*         C    Cm7  Cadd9  C
When I was young I knew most everything 
      G                Gm7               G6
These words have never meant as much to anyone 
   G*               C  Cm7  Cadd9  C
As they now mean to me 
 
 
[Chorus]
 
    G                   Am
The weight of lies will bring you down 
    C             D
And follow you to every town 
      G               Am                D
Cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there 
   G                 Am
So when you run make sure you run 
   C                 D
To something and not away from 
      G                  Am            D
Cause lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you down
 
 
Intro/Verse Riff x2
 
 
[Chorus]
 
    G                   Am
The weight of lies will bring you down 
    C             D
And follow you to every town 
      G               Am                D
Cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there 
   G                 Am
So when you run make sure you run 
   C                 D
To something and not away from 
      G                  Am            D
Cause lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you anywhere
 
 
[Chorus]
 
    G                   Am
The weight of lies will bring you down 
    C             D
And follow you to every town 
      G               Am                D
Cause nothing happens here that doesn't happen there 
   G                 Am
So when you run make sure you run 
   C                 D
To something and not away from 
      G                  Am            D
Cause lies don't need an aeroplane to chase you down
 
 
End on G
 
 
 
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| x  Dead note
| h  Hammer-on
 
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5 comments
couda04
This sounds great. Thank you for putting it together.
+1
satchmo020206
Sounds great just like the song.
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postersd
I was unsure of this at first but after a little work, it sounded real nice playing just like you have it layed out here, thanks.
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