Chords for The Avett Brothers- Tale of Coming News
Tempo:
101.85 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Bb
G
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I'm so tired of hearing [Eb] tales of coming news, [G] telling tales [Eb] of a changing [Bb] sky.
It's just a shame that [Eb] I didn't notice you, [Gm] until someone [Eb] I loved had [Bb] to die.
What made us [Eb] think that this was so [Bb] different?
[Gm] Who is [Eb] driving behind those [Bb] things you say?
Why do [Eb] you insult me [Bb] and my friends, [Gm]
who [Eb] are my friends [Bb] anyway?
I spend my [Eb] life lying, [Bb] now I pay the price.
[G] Are these really [Eb] words of a young man or words of [Bb] human life?
I don't mean to [Eb] scare you with the [Bb] things I say.
I [G] take it back, [Eb] yes it's a beautiful [Bb] day.
I watched you [Eb] from the beach when [Bb] your ship sailed.
[Gm] You made it [Eb] clear that nothing [Bb] stays the same.
It's getting [Eb] darker, I wonder if [Bb] you could tell.
[Gm] I wonder [Eb] when did all [Bb] that change?
You never used [Eb] to let me go [Bb] on bed.
I [G] was so [Eb] distracted I never saw [Bb] the rain.
You promised you [Eb] meant every word you said.
[Gm] I wonder when [Eb] did all [Bb] that change?
It hurts so bad [Eb] to hear such pretty words, [Gm] coming from [Eb] somebody [Bb] like you.
I've been looking for [Eb] so long that I've lost touch [Gm] with what's the [Eb] best something [Bb] to do.
I've got a [Eb] friend who makes good [Bb] choices.
[G]
Everyone [Eb] likes the way that [Bb] he sees things.
I've got a [Eb] problem and it wants [Bb] me daily.
[G] Can't you see [Eb] no one's [Bb] proud of me?
It's a long [Eb] road alone and [Bb] I'm not proving [G]
anything, [Eb] going [Bb] by myself.
When your love [Eb] light is on and [Bb] really moving.
[Gm] Oh sugar girl I do [Bb] appreciate that.
I had my [Eb] fun with money, [Bb] gold and diamonds.
[G] Thought went [Eb] sour before they [Bb] got to me.
I'll be waiting [Eb] girl but don't go [Bb] counting hours.
[G] I'm not waiting [Eb] for any [Bb] of the three.
I was just a [Eb] peasant [Bb] from the highlands.
She [G] said don't you [Eb] call me your [Bb] mountain girl.
I said don't [Eb] bother me I'm [Bb] trying to ride in.
[G] Don't worry [Eb] you ain't my [Bb] mountain girl.
I could call you [Eb] but I'd probably [Bb] make you cry.
[G] These days it's [Eb] what you often [Bb] times do.
Call the [Eb] preacher then go [Bb] call your father.
[G] Tell them [Eb] that the wedding [Bb] plans have moved.
I sent a [Eb] message said I'd be [Bb] gone forever.
[G] A letter [Eb] of reply [Bb] never came.
She said that [Eb] she'd be true but [Bb] I wouldn't let her.
[G] I wonder [Eb] when did all [Bb]
that change.
Hell has [Eb] no fury [Bb] like a woman.
[G] Happy, [Eb] scorned or [Bb]
otherwise.
You can do [Eb] what you want to with [Bb] your name.
[G] But you can bet [Eb] I'm changing [Bb]
mine.
I'd give a [Eb] hundred dollars to [Bb] get a letter.
If [G] at the bottom it [Eb] said I miss [Bb] you bad.
See but the truth of the [Eb] matter is no one [Bb] back home really misses me.
[G] You see [Eb] how I talk [Bb] when I'm sad.
Since I was [Eb] young I've known.
[Bb] [G] [Eb] [Bb]
[N]
It's just a shame that [Eb] I didn't notice you, [Gm] until someone [Eb] I loved had [Bb] to die.
What made us [Eb] think that this was so [Bb] different?
[Gm] Who is [Eb] driving behind those [Bb] things you say?
Why do [Eb] you insult me [Bb] and my friends, [Gm]
who [Eb] are my friends [Bb] anyway?
I spend my [Eb] life lying, [Bb] now I pay the price.
[G] Are these really [Eb] words of a young man or words of [Bb] human life?
I don't mean to [Eb] scare you with the [Bb] things I say.
I [G] take it back, [Eb] yes it's a beautiful [Bb] day.
I watched you [Eb] from the beach when [Bb] your ship sailed.
[Gm] You made it [Eb] clear that nothing [Bb] stays the same.
It's getting [Eb] darker, I wonder if [Bb] you could tell.
[Gm] I wonder [Eb] when did all [Bb] that change?
You never used [Eb] to let me go [Bb] on bed.
I [G] was so [Eb] distracted I never saw [Bb] the rain.
You promised you [Eb] meant every word you said.
[Gm] I wonder when [Eb] did all [Bb] that change?
It hurts so bad [Eb] to hear such pretty words, [Gm] coming from [Eb] somebody [Bb] like you.
I've been looking for [Eb] so long that I've lost touch [Gm] with what's the [Eb] best something [Bb] to do.
I've got a [Eb] friend who makes good [Bb] choices.
[G]
Everyone [Eb] likes the way that [Bb] he sees things.
I've got a [Eb] problem and it wants [Bb] me daily.
[G] Can't you see [Eb] no one's [Bb] proud of me?
It's a long [Eb] road alone and [Bb] I'm not proving [G]
anything, [Eb] going [Bb] by myself.
When your love [Eb] light is on and [Bb] really moving.
[Gm] Oh sugar girl I do [Bb] appreciate that.
I had my [Eb] fun with money, [Bb] gold and diamonds.
[G] Thought went [Eb] sour before they [Bb] got to me.
I'll be waiting [Eb] girl but don't go [Bb] counting hours.
[G] I'm not waiting [Eb] for any [Bb] of the three.
I was just a [Eb] peasant [Bb] from the highlands.
She [G] said don't you [Eb] call me your [Bb] mountain girl.
I said don't [Eb] bother me I'm [Bb] trying to ride in.
[G] Don't worry [Eb] you ain't my [Bb] mountain girl.
I could call you [Eb] but I'd probably [Bb] make you cry.
[G] These days it's [Eb] what you often [Bb] times do.
Call the [Eb] preacher then go [Bb] call your father.
[G] Tell them [Eb] that the wedding [Bb] plans have moved.
I sent a [Eb] message said I'd be [Bb] gone forever.
[G] A letter [Eb] of reply [Bb] never came.
She said that [Eb] she'd be true but [Bb] I wouldn't let her.
[G] I wonder [Eb] when did all [Bb]
that change.
Hell has [Eb] no fury [Bb] like a woman.
[G] Happy, [Eb] scorned or [Bb]
otherwise.
You can do [Eb] what you want to with [Bb] your name.
[G] But you can bet [Eb] I'm changing [Bb]
mine.
I'd give a [Eb] hundred dollars to [Bb] get a letter.
If [G] at the bottom it [Eb] said I miss [Bb] you bad.
See but the truth of the [Eb] matter is no one [Bb] back home really misses me.
[G] You see [Eb] how I talk [Bb] when I'm sad.
Since I was [Eb] young I've known.
[Bb] [G] [Eb] [Bb]
[N]
Key:
Eb
Bb
G
Gm
Eb
Bb
G
Gm
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm so tired of hearing [Eb] tales of coming news, _ [G] telling tales [Eb] of a changing [Bb] sky.
_ It's just a shame that [Eb] I didn't notice you, [Gm] until someone [Eb] I loved had [Bb] to die.
_ What made us [Eb] think that this was so [Bb] different?
_ _ [Gm] Who is [Eb] driving behind those [Bb] things you say?
_ Why do [Eb] you insult me [Bb] and my friends, _ [Gm]
who [Eb] are my friends [Bb] anyway?
_ _ I spend my [Eb] life lying, [Bb] now I pay the price.
[G] Are these really [Eb] words of a young man or words of [Bb] human life? _
I don't mean to [Eb] scare you with the [Bb] things I say.
I [G] take it back, [Eb] yes it's a beautiful [Bb] day. _
I watched you [Eb] from the beach when [Bb] your ship sailed.
[Gm] You made it [Eb] clear that nothing [Bb] stays the same. _
It's getting [Eb] darker, I wonder if [Bb] you could tell.
[Gm] I wonder [Eb] when did all [Bb] that change?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You never used [Eb] to let me go [Bb] on bed.
I [G] was so [Eb] distracted I never saw [Bb] the rain.
_ You promised you [Eb] meant every word you said.
_ [Gm] I wonder when [Eb] did all [Bb] that change?
It hurts so bad [Eb] to hear such pretty words, _ [Gm] coming from [Eb] somebody [Bb] like you.
_ I've been looking for [Eb] so long that I've lost touch [Gm] with what's the [Eb] best something [Bb] to do.
_ I've got a [Eb] friend who makes good [Bb] choices.
_ _ _ [G]
Everyone [Eb] likes the way that [Bb] he sees things.
I've got a [Eb] problem and it wants [Bb] me daily.
_ [G] Can't you see [Eb] no one's [Bb] proud of me?
_ It's a long [Eb] road alone and [Bb] I'm not proving _ _ [G]
anything, [Eb] going [Bb] by myself.
_ When your love [Eb] light is on and [Bb] really moving.
_ [Gm] Oh sugar girl I do [Bb] appreciate that. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I had my [Eb] fun with money, [Bb] gold and diamonds.
_ _ [G] Thought went [Eb] sour before they [Bb] got to me.
_ I'll be waiting [Eb] girl but don't go [Bb] counting hours.
[G] I'm not waiting [Eb] for any [Bb] of the three.
_ I was just a [Eb] peasant [Bb] from the highlands.
She [G] said don't you [Eb] call me your [Bb] mountain girl.
I said don't [Eb] bother me I'm [Bb] trying to ride in.
[G] Don't worry [Eb] you ain't my [Bb] mountain girl.
_ I could call you [Eb] but I'd probably [Bb] make you cry.
_ [G] These days it's [Eb] what you often [Bb] times do.
_ _ Call the [Eb] preacher then go [Bb] call your father.
_ _ [G] Tell them [Eb] that the wedding [Bb] plans have moved.
_ I sent a [Eb] message said I'd be [Bb] gone forever.
_ [G] A letter [Eb] of reply [Bb] never came.
She said that [Eb] she'd be true but [Bb] I wouldn't let her.
[G] I wonder [Eb] when did all [Bb]
that change. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Hell has [Eb] no fury [Bb] like a woman.
_ _ [G] Happy, [Eb] scorned or _ [Bb]
otherwise.
_ You can do [Eb] what you want to with [Bb] your name.
_ [G] But you can bet [Eb] I'm changing [Bb]
mine.
_ I'd give a [Eb] hundred dollars to [Bb] get a letter.
If [G] at the bottom it [Eb] said I miss [Bb] you bad.
_ See but the truth of the [Eb] matter is no one [Bb] back home really misses me.
[G] You see [Eb] how I talk [Bb] when I'm sad.
_ Since I was [Eb] young I've known.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
_ _ _ _ _ I'm so tired of hearing [Eb] tales of coming news, _ [G] telling tales [Eb] of a changing [Bb] sky.
_ It's just a shame that [Eb] I didn't notice you, [Gm] until someone [Eb] I loved had [Bb] to die.
_ What made us [Eb] think that this was so [Bb] different?
_ _ [Gm] Who is [Eb] driving behind those [Bb] things you say?
_ Why do [Eb] you insult me [Bb] and my friends, _ [Gm]
who [Eb] are my friends [Bb] anyway?
_ _ I spend my [Eb] life lying, [Bb] now I pay the price.
[G] Are these really [Eb] words of a young man or words of [Bb] human life? _
I don't mean to [Eb] scare you with the [Bb] things I say.
I [G] take it back, [Eb] yes it's a beautiful [Bb] day. _
I watched you [Eb] from the beach when [Bb] your ship sailed.
[Gm] You made it [Eb] clear that nothing [Bb] stays the same. _
It's getting [Eb] darker, I wonder if [Bb] you could tell.
[Gm] I wonder [Eb] when did all [Bb] that change?
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ You never used [Eb] to let me go [Bb] on bed.
I [G] was so [Eb] distracted I never saw [Bb] the rain.
_ You promised you [Eb] meant every word you said.
_ [Gm] I wonder when [Eb] did all [Bb] that change?
It hurts so bad [Eb] to hear such pretty words, _ [Gm] coming from [Eb] somebody [Bb] like you.
_ I've been looking for [Eb] so long that I've lost touch [Gm] with what's the [Eb] best something [Bb] to do.
_ I've got a [Eb] friend who makes good [Bb] choices.
_ _ _ [G]
Everyone [Eb] likes the way that [Bb] he sees things.
I've got a [Eb] problem and it wants [Bb] me daily.
_ [G] Can't you see [Eb] no one's [Bb] proud of me?
_ It's a long [Eb] road alone and [Bb] I'm not proving _ _ [G]
anything, [Eb] going [Bb] by myself.
_ When your love [Eb] light is on and [Bb] really moving.
_ [Gm] Oh sugar girl I do [Bb] appreciate that. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ I had my [Eb] fun with money, [Bb] gold and diamonds.
_ _ [G] Thought went [Eb] sour before they [Bb] got to me.
_ I'll be waiting [Eb] girl but don't go [Bb] counting hours.
[G] I'm not waiting [Eb] for any [Bb] of the three.
_ I was just a [Eb] peasant [Bb] from the highlands.
She [G] said don't you [Eb] call me your [Bb] mountain girl.
I said don't [Eb] bother me I'm [Bb] trying to ride in.
[G] Don't worry [Eb] you ain't my [Bb] mountain girl.
_ I could call you [Eb] but I'd probably [Bb] make you cry.
_ [G] These days it's [Eb] what you often [Bb] times do.
_ _ Call the [Eb] preacher then go [Bb] call your father.
_ _ [G] Tell them [Eb] that the wedding [Bb] plans have moved.
_ I sent a [Eb] message said I'd be [Bb] gone forever.
_ [G] A letter [Eb] of reply [Bb] never came.
She said that [Eb] she'd be true but [Bb] I wouldn't let her.
[G] I wonder [Eb] when did all [Bb]
that change. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Hell has [Eb] no fury [Bb] like a woman.
_ _ [G] Happy, [Eb] scorned or _ [Bb]
otherwise.
_ You can do [Eb] what you want to with [Bb] your name.
_ [G] But you can bet [Eb] I'm changing [Bb]
mine.
_ I'd give a [Eb] hundred dollars to [Bb] get a letter.
If [G] at the bottom it [Eb] said I miss [Bb] you bad.
_ See but the truth of the [Eb] matter is no one [Bb] back home really misses me.
[G] You see [Eb] how I talk [Bb] when I'm sad.
_ Since I was [Eb] young I've known.
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _