------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SLIGHT FIGURE OF SPEECH - The Avett Brothers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Email: macheeoo@yahoo.com Tuning: EADGBE CAPO II G x4 They say you've got to lose a couple fights to win C D G It's hard to tell from where I'm sitting They say that this is where the fun begins C D G I guess it's time that I was quitting Em D A slight figure of speech G C I cut my chest wide open Em D They come and watch us bleed G C D G Is it art like I was hoping now? They said "I hope that you will never change" C D G I went and cut my hair They say "Don't take your business to the big time" C D G I bought us tickets there Em D A slight figure of speech G C I cut my chest wide open Em D They come and watch us bleed G C D Is it art like I was hoping now? G-riff 1 e|--3-----------3--------------------------| B|--3-----------3--------------------------| G|--0-----------0--------------------------| D|--0-----------0--------------------------| A|--2-2-3-2-3-2-2--------------------------| E|--3-----------3--------------------------| G-riff 2 e|--3--------------------------------------| B|--3--------------------------------------| G|--0--------------------------------------| D|--0--------------------------------------| A|--2--0h2h3p2h3p2-------------------------| E|--3--------------------------------------| G - (Riff 1) What did you expect And what did you forget That to live you let go of me with each step It becomes a progression I won't let regret manifest To aggression Are you to assess what I've been? What I am? Or become? Did you stop to accept how pathetically dumb It can be to Attack those around 'cause you're G - (Riff 2) True to color, a town, a time, or a place? It's not you, it's not mine And besides it is gone And you never will find it again But I don't want to fight I just ask let me be I won't give the chance to be my enemy So go home Think it through A jet plane and a big idea C D G I jump over the sea What ifs hot on my trail C D G But that can't catch me, no Em D A slight figure of speech G C I cut my chest wide open Em C They come and watch us bleed G C D Is it art like I was hoping now? G - (Riff 1) G - (Riff 2) G G G!!!