Open Ended Life â?' The Avett Brothers
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[G]
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[G]Pack a change of clothes and a [C]pillow
for the road for when you [G]drift off
Put the sketches and the notes in the [C]box
labeled 'burn with furni[G]ture'
We will [Am]watch the fire burn
the whole en[D]tire house we built down to [G]ashes
[Am] [D]
We won't [Am]waste a long goodbye on the [D]smoke or foolish lies
that finally [G]passed us
I was [Am]taught to keep an open-ended life[D]
And never trap myself in no[G]thing
[G]Let's find something new to talk ab[C]out
I'm tired of talkin' about my[G]self
I spent my whole life talkin' to con[C]vince
everyone that I was something [G]else
And the [Am]part that kinda hurts is
I [D]think it finally worked and now I'm lea[G]ving
I get the [Am]feeling things have changed But the [D]mystery to me
is where and [Am]when along the way Did any[D]one decide
that they be[G]lieved me
I was [Am]taught to keep an open-ended life[D]
And never trap myself in [G]nothing
I was [Am]told to keep an open-ended life[D]
To never trap yourself in no[G]thing
G C G G (x2)
Riff:
[C] [G] [C] [G]
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B|------------------------3--3----3--3-------------3--|
G|--3b4b3--2p0-------0----5--4----5--5-------------4--|
D|--------------2p0-------5--5----5--5-------------5--| (x2)
A|------------------------5--5----5--5-------------5--|
E|---------------------------3------------0--3--5--3--|
[G]When we settle down in another nowhere t[C]own
let's tell our neigh[G]bors
We won't be here long and we'll be [C]quiet
but don't go askin' any fa[G]vors
I can't [Am]stand the unexpected unin[D]vited visits from
too many [G]strangers
My [Am]trust has dwindled down and I can [D]leave just as abruptly
as I came [G]here
I was [Am]taught to keep an open-ended life[D]
And never trap myself in [G]nothing
I was [Am]taught to keep an open-ended life[D]
To never trap yourself in [G]nothing
I was [Am]taught to keep an open-ended life[D]
And never trap myself in [G]nothing
G C G G (x2) Am D (x3)
Outro Riff:
[C] [G]
e|---------------------------3--|
B|------------------------3--3--|
G|--3b4b3--2p0-------0----5--4--|
D|--------------2p0-------5--5--|
A|------------------------5--5--|
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[G]
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D|--0---0h2--2--2--2--0--0----|
A|--2---0----0--0--0--0--2----|
E|--3--------------------3----|
[G]Pack a change of clothes and a [C]pillow
for the road for when you [G]drift off
Put the sketches and the notes in the [C]box
labeled 'burn with furni[G]ture'
We will [Am]watch the fire burn
the whole en[D]tire house we built down to [G]ashes
[Am] [D]
We won't [Am]waste a long goodbye on the [D]smoke or foolish lies
that finally [G]passed us
I was [Am]taught to keep an open-ended life[D]
And never trap myself in no[G]thing
[G]Let's find something new to talk ab[C]out
I'm tired of talkin' about my[G]self
I spent my whole life talkin' to con[C]vince
everyone that I was something [G]else
And the [Am]part that kinda hurts is
I [D]think it finally worked and now I'm lea[G]ving
I get the [Am]feeling things have changed But the [D]mystery to me
is where and [Am]when along the way Did any[D]one decide
that they be[G]lieved me
I was [Am]taught to keep an open-ended life[D]
And never trap myself in [G]nothing
I was [Am]told to keep an open-ended life[D]
To never trap yourself in no[G]thing
G C G G (x2)
Riff:
[C] [G] [C] [G]
e|---------------------------3---------------------3--|
B|------------------------3--3----3--3-------------3--|
G|--3b4b3--2p0-------0----5--4----5--5-------------4--|
D|--------------2p0-------5--5----5--5-------------5--| (x2)
A|------------------------5--5----5--5-------------5--|
E|---------------------------3------------0--3--5--3--|
[G]When we settle down in another nowhere t[C]own
let's tell our neigh[G]bors
We won't be here long and we'll be [C]quiet
but don't go askin' any fa[G]vors
I can't [Am]stand the unexpected unin[D]vited visits from
too many [G]strangers
My [Am]trust has dwindled down and I can [D]leave just as abruptly
as I came [G]here
I was [Am]taught to keep an open-ended life[D]
And never trap myself in [G]nothing
I was [Am]taught to keep an open-ended life[D]
To never trap yourself in [G]nothing
I was [Am]taught to keep an open-ended life[D]
And never trap myself in [G]nothing
G C G G (x2) Am D (x3)
Outro Riff:
[C] [G]
e|---------------------------3--|
B|------------------------3--3--|
G|--3b4b3--2p0-------0----5--4--|
D|--------------2p0-------5--5--|
A|------------------------5--5--|
E|---------------------------3--|
