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A Carolina Jubilee

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The Avett Brothers is an American folk-rock band that originated in Concord, North Carolina. Two brothers, Seth Avett and Scott Avett, formed the group in 2000 after the breakup of the former rock band, Nemo, adding a third member, Bob Crawford. Subsequently, they have been joined by cellist Joe Kwon. The Avett Brothers combine old-time country, bluegrass, punk, pop melodies, folk, rock and roll, honky tonk and ragtime to produce a sound described by the Washington Post as "post civil-war modern rock", or by other reviewers as "grungegrass".

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Artist: The Avett Brothers
Album: A Carolina Jubilee
Tracks:
1. The Traveling Song (Tuning: EADGBE)
2. Love Like the Movies (Tuning: EADGBE)
3. Sorry Man (Tuning: EADGBE)
4. Me and God (Tuning: EADGBE)
5. Pretty Girl From Raleigh (Tuning: EADGBE)
6. Do You Love Him (Tuning: EADGBE)
7. I Killed Sally's Lover (Tuning: EADGBE)
8. Pretty Girl From Locust (Tuning: EADGBE)
9. My Last Song To Jenny (Tuning: EADGBE)
10.Walking For You (Tuning: EADGBE)
11.The D Bag Rag (Tuning: EADGBE)
12.Pretty Girl From Annapolis (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 3)
13.Smoke In Our Lights (Tuning: EADGBE)
14.Offering (Tuning: EADGBE)
15./(Untitled) (Omitted)

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1. The Traveling Song
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: J_hart12

One and a two and three... E
A E B A E

E
Well I guess if my daddy hadn't brought me up

Down a long dirt road in a pickup truck
A E
I'd feel alright, 'neath the city lights
B A E
Couldn't leave the city lights it just ain't right

E
I was born out west of Cheyenne town

While my ma and pa was ramblin' 'round
A E
I'm a rambler too, but I'm country bound
B A E
I'll travel till my country home is found

A
And I will travel (Ooh)
E
Yeah, I will travel (Ooh)
B A E
I will travel 'till my country home is found

Interlude: A E B A E

E
Well a country song on the radio

Country star but what do you know
A E
He's a city boy singin country tunes
B A E
I'm a country boy with those city blues

A
So I will travel
E
Yeah I will travel
B A E
I will travel 'till my country home is found

Interlude: A E (2x) B A E

A
Well Chestertown (lets go)
E
Charlestown (let's go)
B
Albany (lets go)
A
Neptune (lets go)
E
Pittsburgh (let's go)
B
Cleveland town (let's go)

[Repeat A E B E 2x]

E
I've got the wheels to ride and the wheels to run,

Some say I got ramblin' in my blood
A E
No pretty girl can slow me down
B A E
I'll travel 'till my country home is found

A
So I will travel
E
I will travel
B A E
I will travel till my country home is found
A
Yeah, I will travel
E
I will travel
B A E
I will travel 'till my country home is found

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2. Love Like the Movies
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Farting_bear

G D G
So you want to be in love like the movies
G D G
But in the movies they're not in love at all
Em D
And with a twinkle in their eyes
Bm C
They're just saying their lines
G D G
So we can't be in love like the movies

Bm C G
Now in the movies they make it look so perfect
Bm C G
And in the background they're always playing the right song
Bm C G
And in the ending there's always a resolution
Bm C G D C
But real life is more than just two hours long

G D G
So you want to be in love like the movies
G D G
But in the movies they're not in love at all
Em D
And with a twinkle in their eyes
Bm C
They're just saying their lines
G D G
So we can't be in love like the movies

Bm C G
Well you can freeze frame any moment from a movie
Bm C G
Or run the whole damn thing backwards from reel to reel
Bm C G
But I don't see one single solitary light technician
Bm C G D C
Or one single camera in this moonlit field

G D G
I don't want to be in love like the movies
G D G
Cause in the movies they're not in love at all
Em D
With a twinkle in their eyes
Bm C
They're just saying their lines
G D G
So we can't be in love like the movies

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3. Sorry Man
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Macheeoo

C G C
Your mama doesn't like me
C G F
She thinks I'm a sorry man
C G C
When she tells her friends about me
C G F
She says I'm a sorry man
C
And she asks you each day
G C C G F
Why would you stay with a sorry man
C
Well I was doing my best
G C C G F
Just trying to impress, still a sorry man
G C F
And I've got news for your ma
G C F
I'm the best she ever saw
G C F G F
No one could love your daughter like I do

Your mama told you father
She said I'm a sorry man
So he told me not to ever
Come back here again
So I told your dear old daddy
That he can't keep us apart
Because it's you and not your parents
Who can break my heart
And I've got news for your ma
I'm the best she ever saw
No one could love your daughter like I do

Well I tried to tell your mama
But I didn't want to fight
Well they'll be the same tomorrow
So we're leaving here tonight
Tomorrow they'll be waking
To a sad sorry dawn
And then they'll be sorry
When they see that we're gone
Cause I've got news for your ma
I'm the best she ever saw
No one could love your daughter like I do

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4. Me and God
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Skyler25

e----------------------------------------------------------|
b---3--1--0----------------1-0-----------------------------|
g------------2--0-----0-2-------2-0---------0--------------|
d-------------------2-----------------2-0-2----------------|
a----------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|

e---------------------------------------------------------------------|
b---------------------------------------------------------------------|
g-------2-0-----------------------------2-0---------------------------|
d------------2-0-----------------------------2-0----------------------|
a----------------3-2-0-------------------------3-2-0------------------|
E------------------------3-(G)-------------------------3(G)-----------|

G F G
Well I know a preacher hes a real good man
F C
Speaks from the good book in his hand

e--------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------|
G---2-0--------------------------------------|
D--------2-0---------------------------------|
A--------------3-2-3-0-----------------------|
E------------------------3(G)----------------|

G F G
And helps all people when he can
F C
But me and God don't need a middle man

Now I found God in a soft woman's hair
A long days work and a good sittin chair
The ups and downs on the treble clef lines
And five miles to go on an interstate sign

C G C G C G
My God my God and I
F C
Don't need a middle man

Now I found God in a soft woman's hair
A long days work and a good sittin chair
The ups and downs on the treble clef lines
And five miles to go on an interstate sign

Now I don't doubt that the Good Book is true
But what's right for me may not be right for you
So church on Sunday I stand beside
For all the hurtin people with the fear in their eyes

And I thank the Lord for the country land
And just like Paul I thank Him for my hands
But I don't know if my soul is saved
Cause sometimes I use curse words when I pray

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5. Pretty Girl From Raleigh
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Macheeoo

G G/A G/B Cadd9 G/F# C D Em
e|---3---3---3----3-----3--------0-----2-----0-------------------------------|
B|---3---3---3----3-----3--------1-----3-----0-------------------------------|
G|---0---0---0----0-----0--------0-----2-----0-------------------------------|
D|---0---0---0----2-----0--------2-----0-----2-------------------------------|
A|---2---0---2----3-----X--------3-----X-----2-------------------------------|
E|---3---X---X----X-----2--------X-----X-----0-------------------------------|

Intro:
G/B Cadd9 G/F# G Cadd9 G/B G/A G

G G/B Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/F# G x2

C D G
Who sold you this anger
C D G
I suspect it was your friends
C D G Em
Or was it a stranger
C D G
Convincing you that this was the end-nd-nd

G/B Cadd9 G/F# G Cadd9 G/B G/A G
G G/B Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/F# G

REPEAT VERSE CHORDS

And I would like to thank you
For coming round and doing this
My nights have been pretty painful
Losing that pain was always the trick

G/B Cadd9 G/F# G Cadd9 G/B G/A G
G G/B Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/F# G

You always said that I was lying
That I was just a selfish man
But I all ready gave it all away
So you can let go of my selfish hand

G G/B Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/F# G

So bye bye bye bye bye
I ain't got time to watch you cry
Cause I've been drinking seven hours now
Sympathy is a waste of my high

G G/B Cadd9 G/B Cadd9 G/F# G

And I would like to say it hurts me (but it don't)
That I don't know just what to do (but I do)
But it don't hurt when you're just killing time
I was killing time and I think that you knew

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6. Do You Love Him
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Macheeoo

G D G
Do you love him? Do you love him? Do you love him, my dear?
G D
Do you love him? Do you love him? Do you love him, my dear?
D7 G
Does he hold you? Does he hug you? Does he keep you near?
C
And as you lie together, does he whisper in your ear?
G D G
Do you love him? Do you love him? Do you love him, my dear?

G D G
In the evening, those tired evenings, at twilights first glare
D D7 G
Does he lay in your lap? Do you play with his hair?
C
And when he falls asleep, Do you just stare?
G D G
Do you love him? Do you love him? Do you love him, my dear?

PLAY VERSE CHORDS

D C G
Late in the night when you fear the unknown
D C G
Does he warm up your mind? As you chill to the bone

G D
I do love you, I do feel you, Each day and night
D7 G
But I can't tell right from wrong, or fear from insight
C
But you always knew everything and that is what is clear

G D Em
Do you love him? Do you love him? Do you love him, my dear? x3

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7. I Killed Sally's Lover
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Macheeoo

Intro Riff-
e|-----------5-----------------5h8-88----------5-------7-5-------------------|
B|-------5-8---8-5-8-------5-8-------------5-8---8-5-8-----8-5-8~------------|
G|--7-77--------------7-77------------7-77-----------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

G
Somebody get my shotgun
C
Somebody get my blade
G
Sally's been layin' with another man
D G
And he's sleeping in my place
G
Somebody get my shotgun
C
Gonna shoot him sure as rain
G
You can run as fast as you want to boy
D G
I'll kill you just the same

Somebody get my pocket blade
Gonna cut him don't you know
You can try to hide all you want to boy
There ain't nowhere to go
Somebody get my shotgun
Somebody get my blade
Sally's been layin' with another man
And he's sleeping in my place

Now Sally don't go thinkin'
That you got off so clean
I'd kill you too if I had the nerve
But I just ain't that mean
So I go and get my murder tools
I throw them in the lake
Gonna steal me an automobile
And drive so far away
Now I am a fugitive
I'm always on the run
Sally told the policeman
Exactly what I'd done
I went and got my shotgun
I went and got my blade
Killed poor Sally's lover
And I put him in the grave.

Now all you ramblin' fellas
You listen close to me
That woman gonna bring you pain
Your heart is gonna bleed
But it ain't worth the trouble
The sufferin' or the grief
A bleeding heart is better than the penitentiary
I killed Sally's lover
One dark and dreary day
Sally got another
And I got sent away
Somebody get my shotgun
Somebody get my blade
Sally's been laying with another man
And I set him in his grave

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8. Pretty Girl From Locust
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Macheeoo

Intro:
G G/F# Em C G D x2

G G/F# Em
Careful, not to say that I don't care
C G D
Or haven't, or can't, or will not again
G G/F# Em
Winter didn't die, she was murdered
C G D
And you are the culprit, I am the same

C G Em D
It's only right, it's only right
G G/F# Em C
For you to fall in love with me
D G D G
Give me a life, give me a life
D C D G
Give me tonight, it's only right

REPEAT INTRO

G G/F# Em
Thirty days alone with the savior
C G D
An angel, a devil, rapture and smoke
G G/F# Em
And Im careful, just not to say that I miss you
C G D
Cause sometimes, I guess I still miss myself

C G Em D
It's only right, it's only right
G G/F# Em C
For you to fall in love with me
D G D G
Give me a life, give me a life
D C D G
Give me tonight, it's only right

REPEAT INTRO OUT!

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9. My Last Song To Jenny
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Timmyk1269

A E F#m A D
Oh tell me please that I don't have to read between the lines
A E F#m A D
Hey this is me and you don't have to keep something heavy on your mind
E A
Did you sleep?
E A
Not a wink
F#m A D
Well neither did I

(keep using the same chords as you play the next three stanzas)

I've never been too good at readin' in between the lines
So babe spell it out but you don't have to shout when you're talking to me
Do you care?
Are you there?
Well neither am I

Don't lock your door everyone is poor between the lines
And I could never steal the sadness you feel when your changing you mind
Oh my dear
Can you hear?
Well neither can I

I want to live and I want you to live happy and free
But I don't know how to seperate the now from what used to be
Will you sleep?
Not a wink
Well neither will I

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10.Walking For You
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Macheeoo

Intro:
G D
G C D G

G
Ain't got no money
D 'STOP'
But I've got time
G
I don't care about the sunshine
C D G
But I love to see you smile

G
So you say you're lonesome
D
Baby dry your eyes
G
Well there's a road to your door step
C D G
I'll be there by morning's light

C
But I don't have an answer
G
For when you ask me why
Am C
I know I love you baby like I know I never ever
G D
Gonna let you ever say goodbye
C D G
Say goodbye, Say goodbye

G
I've got an old Ford pickup truck
D
I got a Cadillac
G
And I don't care how I get there
C D G
Transportation can't hold me back

C
But I don't have an answer
G
For when you ask me why
Am C
I know I love you baby like I know I never ever
G D
Gonna let you ever say goodbye
C D G
Say goodbye, Say goodbye

NO PLAYING HERE!
Cause I've had bad lovers, yeah
That walked to my back door
I've wasted years walkin' for them gals
That's how I know you're worth walking for

G
So you say you're so in love
D
Well baby so am I
G
And I don't care if I'm on the road
C D G
I am always by your side

C
But I don't have an answer
G
For when you ask me why
Am C
I know I love you baby like I know I never ever
G D
Gonna let you ever say goodbye
C D G
Say goodbye, Say goodbye

END!

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11.The D Bag Rag
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Macheeoo

Here is the order by which each riff/chords are played with the timing -

Chords 1 0:00
Chords 2 0:15 (Riff 1 Low under piano)
Chords 1 0:22
Chords 2 0:36
Chords 3 0:43
Chords 2 0:58
Riff 2 1:04
Riff 3 1:19
Riff 4 1:25
Riff 3 1:40
Chords 1 1:48
Chords 2 2:01
End

Chords 1:
F C F C Am F Am F

Chords 2:
C G F G - Am G C

Chords 3:
C F C F C F C F

Riff 1 Low C
e|---------------------------------0-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------1---------1-----------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------2-0-----0-----------------------------------------|
D|--2-----2--0-----0-----------2---2-----------------------------------------|
A|----3-2------2-3---3-----------3-3-----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 2 (Really fast picking)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------5~-------5--------3-5-3---3-5-3---------|
G|--5-7-5---5-7-5---5-7-5---5-7-5---------4-5---5-4----------5-------5-------|
D|--------7-------7-------7-------7-----7-----------7-------------------etc--|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 3
e|--------------------------------------12----12-/-15-15-12------------------|
B|-------------------10----10--13-10-13----13--------------15-13p13-10-------|
G|--9----9--12-9-12-----12--------------------------------------------12-9---|
D|----10-------------------------------------------------------------------10|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Riff 4 High
e|----------------------------------------|
B|--------8------------------8------------|
G|----7-9---9-7h9p7------7-9---9~-7~------|
D|--9--------------10--9------------9-----|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------| x2

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12.Pretty Girl From Annapolis
Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 3
Tabbed By: Macheeoo

C C/B Am G F G C x2
C

F G C
Oh don't you look at me that way
F G C C/B Am
I would be honest but I don't know how to say
F G C
I've been lazy with my love
F G C C/B Am F G
Can't you give me a chance to make it up to you

C C/B Am G F G C x2
C

F G C
I'm always chasing some far off dream
F G C C/B Am
My lady I know it's not easy for you to see
F G C
But I've lied to myself
F G C C/B Am
And your lovelyness no it doesn't help
F G C
No your beautiful smile don't help

Am G C
My dreams are lies
F G C
That I have tried to ignore
Am G C
My dreams fly me
F G C
To a place near Baltimore

C C/B Am G F G C x2
C
F G C
And I love this moment we're in
F G C C/B Am
Though we might never see this moment again
F G C
May you find all that you need
F G C C/B Am
An easy way to forget about me
F G C
May you forget about me

Am G C
My dreams are lies
F G C
That I have tried to ignore
Am G C
My dreams fly me
F G C
To a place near Baltimore

C C/B Am G F G C x2
C

F G C
And if I don't make it to the spring
F G C C/B Am
May you catch the joy that a melody brings
F G C
From my dear brothers ragged six string
F G C C/B Am
Singing the songs we're embarrassed to sing
F G C
May you never be embarrassed to sing

Am G C
My dreams are lies
F G C
That I have tried to ignore
Am G C
My dreams fly me
F G C
To a place near Baltimore

C C/B Am G F G C x2

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13.Smoke In Our Lights
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Macheeoo

G D
You're not a girl, you're a town
C G
You're snow on the ground
G D C
You're my first year in school
G D Am C
You're the words in a song that Hoon sang to me
G D C G
And all around my memories, you dance

G D
You're not a girl, you're a car
C G
You're a red Trans Am
G D C
You're 90 miles an hour
G D Am C
We never get caught cause there's no cops around
G D C
And no roads like this, downtown

D C Bm
Why'd we have to change
Am C/B C D
It all seems so fine
C Bm
We'll go our own ways
Am C/B C
We're both asking
D C Bm
Why'd we have to change
Am C/B C D
It all seems so fine
C Bm
We'll go our own ways
Am C/B C F Fm C G Am
We're both asking, why

G D C G
You're not a girl, you're the night of the homecoming game
G D
You're the voice in my head
C
Just begging me to stay
G C Am C
You're the smoke in our lights as we sped away
G D C
To catch the moonlight on the graves

Solo:
PLAY VERSE CHORDS

G D
You're not a girl, you're a waltz
C G
You're a canopy bed
G D C
You're June to August
G C Am C
You're the back and forth sway of the hammock all day
G D C
When I asked you what did you say?

D C Bm
Why'd we have to change
Am C/B C D
It all seems so fine
C Bm
We'll go our own ways
Am C/B C
We're both asking
D C Bm
Why'd we have to change
Am C/B C D
It all seems so fine
C Bm
We'll go our own ways
Am C/B C F Fm C G Am
We're both asking, why

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14.Offering
Tuning: EADGBE
Tabbed By: Macheeoo

Riff throughout song-
G C D G G G/F# Em D G
e|--3-----0--2--3---3--3-----0------2---3-----------------------------------|
B|--3-----1--3--3---3--3-----0------3---3-----------------------------------|
G|--0-----0--2--0---0--0-----0------2---0-----------------------------------|
D|--0-----2--0--0---0--0-----2------0---0-----------------------------------|
A|--2--2--3--X--2---2--X-----2--2-3-X---2-----------------------------------|
E|--3-----X--X--3---3--2-----0------X---3-----------------------------------|

G C
Babe I'm lost
D G
Cause I don't know what to say
G G/F# Em D
Hmmm I love you
G
Want to make you my wife someday

G C
Don’t wanna steal you
D G
Of a young woman’s light
G G/F# Em D
To me it's perfect
G
Just wanna do you right

G C
And I've known others
D G
And I've loved others too
G G/F# Em D
But I loved them cause they were stepping stones
G
On a staircase to you

G C
Sometimes I act foolish
D G
I don't know what to do
G G/F# Em D
Please babe try not to judge me
G
For my offering is true

G C
And I dream of children
D G
We can call our own
G G/F# Em D
Watch 'em run around in the front yard
G
From the front porch of our home

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15./Offering
(Ommitted)

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