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Live And Die

The Avett Brothers

 

Capo 4, w/swing feel

 

Chord Guide

      3    4

G:    3x0003

       12

Em:   022000

       32 1

C:    x32010

       13421

Bm:   x24432

         132

D:    xx0232

       231

Am:  x02210

 

 

 

Strumming Guide  (play both patterns w/swing feel)

Main Strum:

D   D U   U D U

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

Chorus Strum:

B   D U B   D U

1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

 

 

Intro: / G - - - / Em - - - / C - - - / G - - - /

           / G - - - / Bm - - - / C - - - / D - - - / - - - - /

 

G                   Bm                     C   G

All it’ll take is just one moment, and

G                  Em                        C        D

You can say goodbye to how we had it planned

G                        Bm                   C             G

Fear like a habit, run like a rabbit, out and away

G                             Em           C   D

Through the screen door to the unknown

 

Pre-Chorus:

       Em (2)

And I want to love you and more

Am (2)

I want to find you and more

    C                    G                  

Where do you reside when you

 Bm                  C

hide, How can I find you?

 

           Em (2)

‘Cause I want to send you and more

Am (2)

I want to tempt you and more

  C                    G

Can you tell that I am

   Bm              C (2)

alive, Let me prove it

 

Chorus 1:

            G (½)             Em (½)

You and I, we're the same

              Am (½)           D (½)

Live and die, we're the same

                G (½)                 Em (½)

Hear my voice, know my name

             Am (½)            D (2)

You and I, we're the same

 

 G                            Bm                      C        G

Left like a pharaoh, Sing like a sparrow, anyway

G                  Em               C         D

Even if there is no land, or love in sight

         G                     Bm                   C             G

We bloom like roses, lead like Moses, out and away

G                           Em              C D

Through the bitter crowd to the daylight

 

       Em (2)

And I want to love you and more

Am (2)

I want to find you and more

  C                    G

Can you tell that I am

   Bm              C (2)

alive, Let me prove it to ya

 

Chorus 2:

            G (½)             Em (½)

You and I, we're the same

              Am (½)           D (½)

Live and die, we're the same

          G (½)           Em (½)

You rejoice, I complain

                   Am (½)        D (½)

But you and I, we're the same

 

               G (½)             Em (½)

Live and die, we're the same

            Am (½)          D (½)

You and I, we're the same

               G (½)                Em (½)

Hear my voice, know my name

            Am (½)          D (2)

You and I, we're the same

 

Solo: Instrumental Verse

 

Repeat Pre-Chorus

 

Chorus 3:

            G (½)             Em (½)

You and I, we're the same

              Am (½)          D (½)

Live and die, we're the same

          G (½)           Em (½)

You rejoice, I complain

                   Am (½)          D (½)

But you and I, we're the same

 

               G (½)             Em (½)

Live and die, we're the same

            Am (½)          D (½)

You and I, we're the same

               G (½)                Em (½)

Hear my voice, know my name

            Am (2)       D (2)

You and I, You and I

 

/ G - - - / - C G (hold) - /

 

End

 

 

Travis-picking solo (arranged by Rob):

 


This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.