The Avett Brothers – C-Sections And Railway Trestles (Guitar Live)

Capo 6
Key
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Chords

[Intro]
e|-------------------------------------------3----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------3------------------------------|
G|--3p2p0-----0-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------0h2---2p0-----0----------------0--------------------------------|
A|------------------0h2---2p0--------0h2----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------0-2-3---------------------------------------|

e|----3--3-3-3-3----3--3-3-3-3------3--3-3-3-3------------|
B|----0--0-0-1-0----0--0-0-1-0------0--0-0-1-0------------|
G|----0--0-0-0-0----0--0-0-0-0------0--0-0-0-0------------|
D|----0--0-0-2-0----0--0-0-2-0------0--0-0-2-0------------|
A|----2-------------2---------------2---------------0-2---|
E|--3-------------3---------------3-------------3-3-------|
[Interlude] (play the bass note on each of these chords before strumming)
C       D
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum

G       C
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum
C D G (Then walk up G-A-B-C) bum bum bum ba dum ba dum bum
C       D
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum

G       C
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum

C       D                 G
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum bum
[Verse 1]
C                             G
You're long and strong like a railway trestle

G                       C
Dad's just a muscle and mama just a vessel

C                         G
Meant to call, fawn over, nuzzle and nestle

    G                         C
But Dad's just a bear you can tackle down and wrestle

C                       G
Son, give me time I'm a bona fide mess'll

   G                   C
If Mama says no; maybe Dad'll say yes'll

C                      G
Did you do wrong? Well go ahead confess'll

F                     G
Dad just a muscle and mama just a vessel
[Verse 2]
C                     G
You all blue and your mama like a rattle

G                       C
Came out looking like a Smurf in a battle

C                     G
Me in the nosebleeds, Mama in the saddle

G                        C
Brave like a Sioux brave going into battle

C                    G
Emotion going like a stampede of cattle

G                  C
Real like rain and coffee in Seattle

C                G
Anesthesiologist fiddle and faddle

F                     G
You all blue and your mama like a rattle
[Interlude]
C       D
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum

G       C
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum
C D G (Then walk up G-A-B-C) bum bum bum ba dum ba dum bum
C       D
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum

G       C
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum

C       D                 G
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum bum
[Verse 3]
C                         G
Oh life's so clear like a Rivera mural

G                C
Lucifer's teeth, introduce the epidural

C                           G
Doctor Jones, do you need a heaven referral?

G                    C
God sent you down to me and my girl

C                       G
She's long and tall and healthy as hell

G                                  C
But the plan went to hell when the little fella fell

C                  G
Boy went headfirst into her pelvis

F                  G
Nineteen fifty-six shakin' like Elvis
[Verse 4]
    C                  G
Oh, Yesterday-born and already thinkin'

G                      C
Body like a Ford and a mind like a Lincoln

C                G
Mama and Papa in love and sinkin'

G                C
Into a brand new situation drinkin' up

C                         G
Coffee like a fish on the second and third shift

G                        C
Loving every single ever-loving minute of this

C                        G
Standing ovation for the OR specialist

F                       G
Let me get close, wanna give my son one kiss, on his head
[Interlude]
C       D
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum

G       C
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum
C D G (Then walk up G-A-B-C) bum bum bum ba dum ba dum bum
C       D
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum

G       C
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum

C       D                 G
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum bum
[Verse 5]
C                        G
Planning for the future; health and dental

G                       C
Picking up my baby boy, easy and gentle

C                    G
Soup for the family: sausage and lentil

G                 C
Beans and greens, arugula and fentel

C                       G
Don't never sleep, I'm about to go mental

G                      C
But nothing so far has been accidental

C                          G
Can't keep my life so it's gotta be a rental

F                       G
Picking up my baby boy, easy and gentle
[Verse 6]
    C                             G
Oh, you're long and strong like a railway trestle

G                       C
Dad's just a muscle and mama just a vessel

C                         G
Meant to call, fawn over, nuzzle and nestle

    G                         C
But Dad's just a bear you can tackle down and wrestle

C                          G
You can have a pop-tent or you can have a castle

G                             C
Try to change people but it's gonna be a hassle

C                                 G
Don't have to be an astronaut for NASA

G                             C
But it's always good to get a gown and a tassel

C                       G
Son, have fun with your life it's a drama

G                   C
Just one period and all kinds of commas

C                        G
Now you got a onesie but then you get pajamas

F                              G
You know you've got me and you know you've got your mama
[Interlude]
C       D
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum

G       C
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum
C D G (Then walk up G-A-B-C) bum bum bum ba dum ba dum bum
C       D
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum

G       C
bum bum bum ba dum ba dum

C       D           G
bum bum bum bum bum bum