The Avett Brothers – A Gift For Melody Anne (Guitar)

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Chords

G [Verse 1]
              C                   G
I want to get back, I want to get square

              C
I want to get back all the hopes and the dreams that I had

         G                        F
That the good lord above us can't   spare
[Verse 2]
                C                         G
Like that actor said I don't want to lose heart

                    C
I don't want to get beat beat down by the big big world

   G                  F
Or quit before I even   start
[Chorus 1]
       D            C          G
Lord I just want my life to be true (just want my life to be true)

      D            C           G
And I just want my heart to be true (just want my heart to be true)

      D            C           G
And I just want my words to be true (just want my words to be true)

          Am      C          G
I want my soul to feel brand new
[Verse 3]
               C                            G
I want to hold hands, Yeah and I want make love

               C
I want to keep running all day and and all night

             G                         F
Even when my mind tells my body that's e - nough
[Verse 4]
                    C                           G
And I want to stand up yeah and I want to stand tall

                 C
If I ever have a son, if I ever have a daughter

                 G                               F
I don't want to tell them that I didn't give my all
[Chorus 2]
       D           C          G
And I just want my life to be true (just want my life to be true)

   D           C           G
I just want my heart to be true (just want my heart to be true)

  D            C           G
I just want my words to be true (just want my words to be true)

          Am
I want my soul to feel brand brand new

       C
Like a fresh coat of paint

                            G
We can make it anything but blue

             F
Anything but blue
C [Bridge]
              Am
Now when your dreams start saying I can't come true

        C
You'd be better off without me

             G                F
Don't let em go, don't let em go
C G F F x3 C D7 G G [Verse 5]
                   C                        G
I don't want to go broke, not from one bad deal

                   C
I don't want to be up all night crying in my hands

      G                    F
For a girl that isn't even real
[Chorus 3]
        D           C           G
Lord I just want my life to be true (just want my life to be true)

       D            C          G
And I just want my heart to be true (just want my heart to be true)

       D            C           G
And I just want my words to be true (just want my words to be true)

       D            C          G
And I just want my song to be true (just want my song to be true)

       D            C           G
And I just want my heart to be true (just want my heart to be true)

       D            C           G
And I just want my life to be true (just want my life to be true)

       D            C           G
And I just want my words to be true (just want my words to be true)

       D            C           G
And I just want my heart to be true (just want my heart to be true)

       D            C           G
And I just want my life to be true (just want my life to be true)

       D            C           G
And I just want my song to be true (just want my song to be true)

       D            C           G
And I just want my life to be true (just want my life to be true)

          Am       C          G
I want my soul to feel brand new

          Am       C        |Em (3/4)  |Em/D#    |Em/D   |Em/D  Em/D#|Em  Em/D# Em |Em/F# Em Em/F#| C  *
I want my soul to feel brand new
NC Begining of Complainte d'un matelos mourant (Lament of a dying sailor) *Chords for the end |Em(3/4) |EmM7 |Em7 |Em7 EmM7 |Em EmM7 Em |Emadd2 Em Emadd2 | C