Standard Tuning
Chords used:
EADGBe
Am: 002210
C: 032010
C5: 3355--
C/B:020010
D: 000232
D5: 5577--
Em: 022000
F: 133211
G: 320033
G5: 3554--
Intro: [C - C/B - Am - F - Am - C], play x2, then, F - Am - C - F - G - C
Verse 1 chords:
F C F C
I wanna have friends that I can trust
Am G F G C
That love me for the man I've become not the man I was
F C F C
I wanna have friends that will let me be
Am G F G C
All alone when being alone is all that I need
Interlude 1: [C - C/B - Am - F - Am - C], play x2
Verse 2: use verse 1 chords
I wanna fit in to the perfect space
Feel natural and safe in a volatile place
And I wanna grow old without the pain
Give my body back to the earth and not complain
Bridge 1 chords:
https://www.coveralia.com/acordes/the-perfect-space-the-avett-brothers.php
C G Am C G Am
Will you understand when I am too old of a man?
C G Am C G Am
And will you forget when we have paid our debt
G F
Who did we borrow from? Who did we borrow from?
Interlude 2: [C - G5 - F - F - G5 - C], play x2, then [G5 - D5 - C5], play x2
Verse 3 chords:
G5 D5 C5 Em
Okay part two now clear the house
G5 D5 C5 Em
The party's over take the shouting and the people, get out
G5 D5 C5 Em
I have some business and a promise that I have to hold to
G5 D5 C5 Em
I do not care what you assume or what the people told you
Bridge 2 chords:
G5 D5 Em G5 D5 Em
Will you understand, when I am too old of a man?
G5 D5 Em G5 D5 Em
Will you forget when we have paid our debts
D5 C
Who did we borrow from, who did borrow from?
Verse 4 chords:
G C G
I wanna have pride like my mother has
Em D C D G
And not like the kind in the bible that turns you bad
C G C G
And I wanna have friends that I can trust
Em D C D G
That love me for the man I've become and not the man that I was
