This is a compilation of tabs from various users to form a perfect album tab. All credit will be properly given to each user that contributed to towards the album's tabs/chords. REMEMBER ALL CREDIT IS GIVEN (I only tweak to clean up! This could not have been done without you!) Artist: The Avett Brothers Album: I and Love and You Tracks: 1. I and Love and You (Tuning: EADGBE) 2. January Wedding (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2) 3. Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise (Tuning: EADGBE) 4. And It Spread (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2) 5. The Perfect Space (Tuning: EADGBE) 6. Ten Thousand Words (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2/7) 7. Kick Drum Heart (Tuning: EADGBE) 8. Laundry Room (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4) 9. Ill With Want (Tuning: EADGBE) 10.Tin Man (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2) 11.Slight Figure of Speech (Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2) 12.It Goes On and On (Tuning: EADGBE 13.Incomplete and Insecure (Tuning: EADGBE) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. I and Love and You Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: Unregistered D G D Load the car and write the note D G D Grab your bag and grab your coat D G D Tell the ones that need to know Bm A G We are headed north D G D One foot in and one foot back D G D But it don't play to live like that D G D So I cut the ties and I jumped the tracks Bm A G For never to return D G D Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in D G D Are you aware the shape Im in? D G D My hands they shake my head it spins D -G D Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in D G D When at first i learned to speak D G D I used all my words to fight D G D With him and her and you and me Bm A G Aw but its just a waste of time Bm A G Yea its such a waste of time D G D That women she's got eyes that shine D G D Like a pair of stolen polished dimes D- G D She asked to dance I said it's fine (aw it's fine) Bm G D I'll see you in the morning time D G D Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in D G D Are you aware the shape Im in? D G D My hands they shake my head it spins D -G D Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in Instrumental Notes - G F#m Em D Em D Em F#m G A A D G D Three words that became hard to say Bm A G I and love and you D G D What you are then I am today Bm A G Look at the things I do D G D Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in D G D Are you aware the shape Im in? D G D My hands they shake my head it spins D -G D Aw Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in D G D Dumb down and numbed by time and age D G D Your dreams they catch the world the cage D G D The highway sets the travelers stage Bm A G All exits look the same D G D Three words that became hard to say Bm A G I and love and you Bm A G I and love and you Bm A G I and love and you ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2. January Wedding Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2 Tabbed By: Mikankall & Dave Stewart e|---3----------------3--------------3---------------------------------------| B|---0----------------0--------------0---------------------------------------| G|---0----------------0----------0---0---------------------------------------| D|---0---0h2/7p5------0----0h2/4-----0----------0-----xx---------------------| A|---2----------------2--------------2-----0h1/2------xx---------------------| E|-3-3--------------3-3------------3-3-------------3--xx-----0-2-3-----------| Banjo (arranged for guitar, still capo II) e|-------------------------------------------------5-8-7~--------------------| B|-------------------------------------------5-7-8---------------------------| G|--------0------------------------------------------------------------------| D|--0h2/4--------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G She keeps it simple C And I am thankful for her kind of lovin' G 'Cause it's simple G No longer do we wonder if we're together C We're way past that G And I've already asked her D C G So in January we're gettin' married G She's talkin' to me with her voice C Down so low I barely hear her G But I know what she's sayin' C G I understand because my heart and hers are the same D C G And in January we're gettin' married G And I was sick with heartache C G And she was sick like Audrey Hepburn when I met her G But we would both surrender C G True love is not the kind of thing you should turn down Am C Don't ever turn it down G I hope that I don't sound to insane when I say C G There is darkness all around us G C I don't feel weak but I do need sometimes for her to protect me G C G And reconnect me to the beauty that I'm missin' D C And in January we're gettin' married G C No longer does it matter what circumstances we were born in G She knows which birds are singin' C G And the names of the trees where they're performin' in the mornin D C And in January we're gettin' married D C G Come January let's get married ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3. Head Full of Doubt/Road Full of Promise Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: Bmsacket G D C Em Theres a darkness upon me thats flooded in light G D C Em In the fine print they tell me whats wrong and whats right G D C Em And it comes in black and it comes in white Em D C And Im frightened by those that dont see it G D C Em When nothing is owed or deserved or expected G D C Em And your life doesnt change by the man thats elected G D C Em If youre loved by someone, youre never rejected Em D C Decide what to be and go be it *Build up On C to go into the Chorus* Chorus: C G C G There was a dream and one day I could see it C G D C D G Like a bird in a cage I broke in and demanded that somebody free it C G C G And there was a kid with a head full of doubt C G D C D G--D--C--Em So Ill scream til I die and the last of those bad thoughts are finally out *Intro once more, just once* G D C Em Theres a darkness upon you thats flooded in light G D C Em And in the fine print they tell you whats wrong and whats right G D C Em And it flies by day and it flies by night Em D C And Im frightened by those that dont see it -Chorus- Break Down: Chords: C Em D Em Melody: G A B C B A G G B - G A B C B A G G A Chords: C Em D Melody: G A B C B A G G B - G A B C B A G G Chords: C Em D Em Melody: G A B C B A G G B - G A B C B A G G A Chords: C Em C Melody: G A B C B A G G B - G A B C B A G G *Not sure about the A note over the E minor, perhaps it is a B again?* -Chorus- G D C Em Theres a darkness upon me thats flooded in light G D C Em In the fine print they tell me whats wrong and whats right G D C Em Theres a darkness upon me thats flooded in light Em D C And Im frightened by those that dont see it ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. And It Spread Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2 Tabbed By: Dustymuffin (arranged to lyrics by Macheeoo) Intro Em C G Bm C D G x2 C D G There was light in the room C D G Then you left and it was through C D G C D G Then the frost started in on my toes and fingertips B7 Em and it spread B7 Em C G and it spread into my heart B7 Em and it spread B7 Em C G and it spread into my heart C D G Then for I don't know how long C D G I settled in to doing wrong C D G and as the wind fills the sail C D G came the thought to hurt myself B7 Em and it spread B7 Em C G and it spread into my home B7 Em and it spread B7 Em C G and it spread into my song Bm Em C G where there are no lines Bm Em C G Bm C D G separating the truth from the lies C D G Then you came back from space C D G with a brand new laugh and a different face C D G You took my hand and held it up C D G and shot my arm full of love B7 Em and it spread B7 Em C G and it spread into my home B7 Em and it spread B7 Em C G and it spread into my song Bm Em C G where there are no lines Bm Em C G Bm C D G separating the truth from the lies ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5. The Perfect Space Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: DonTago 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: 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6. Ten Thousand Words Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2 or 7 Tabbed By: Dvphilisophe & Jamuel24 (arranged to lyrics by Macheeoo) (This tab has two guitars playing, one in standard Capo 2 and the other standard Capo 7. () = Capo 7 Chord) D(G) C(F) Ten thousand words swarm around my head G(C) D(G) C(F) G(C) Ten million more in books written beneath my bed D(G) C(F) G(C) I wrote or read them all when searchin' in the swarms D(G) C(F) G(C) Still can't find out how to hold my hands D(G) C(F) G(C) And I know you need me in the next room over D(G) C(F) G(C) But I am stuck in here all paralyzed D(G) C(F) For months I got myself in ruts G(C) D(G) C(F) G(C) Too much time spent in mirrors framed in yellow walls D(G) C(F) G(C) Ain't it like most people? I'm no different D(G) C(F) G(C) We love to talk on things we don't know about D(G) C(F) G(C) Ain't it like most people? I'm no different D(G) C(F) G(C) We love to talk on things we don't know about D(G) C(F) G(C) And everyone around me shakes their head in disbelief D(G) C(F) G(C) And says I'm too caught up D(G) C(F) They say young is good and old is fine G(C) And truth is cool but all that matters D(G) C(F) G(C) Is that you have your good times D(G) C(F) But their good times come with prices G(C) D(G) C(F) G(C) And I can't believe it when I hear the jokes they make D(G) C(F) G(C) At anyone's expese except their own D(G) C(F) G(C) Would they laugh if they knew who paid? D(G) C(F) G(C) Ain't it like most people? I'm no different D(G) C(F) G(C) We love to talk on things we don't know about D(G) C(F) G(C) Ain't it like most people? I'm no different D(G) C(F) G(C) We love to talk on things we don't know about D(G) C(F) And after we are through ten years G(C) D(G) C(F) G(C) Of making it to be the most of glorious day dues D(G) C(F) I'll come back home without my things G(C) D(G) C(F) G(C) 'Cause the clothes I wore out there I will not wear 'round you D(G) C(F) G(C) And they'll be quick to point out our short-commings D(G) C(F) G(C) And how the experts all have had their doubts D(G) C(F) G(C) Ain't it like most people? I'm no different D(G) C(F) G(C) We love to talk on things we don't know about ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7. Kick Drum Heart Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: DonTago & Macheeoo Bass Melody: C F G e|----------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------| D|----5---5---5---5-----------------------| play 2x A|--3---3---3---3-------3---3-----5---5---| E|--------------------1---1-----3---3-----| C F The footprints over the snow, the fabric of all the lonely G C Covering only the fables and hands F The rest is out in the cold holding the last of the season G F-F-F-freezzin, yeah Chorus 1 chords: F G Am My my my hearts like a kick drum F G Am My, my hearts like a kick drum F G Am My, my hearts like a kick drum F G C My, my loves like a voice Interlude 1: [bells transcribed to guitar] C F G e|-0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-----0----0-0-------------------0-| B|---------3-1-------------3-1---1------3-1-3-0---3-3-1-3---| play x2, G|----------------------------------------------------------| Verse 2: C F Were walkin in to the fields, were walking into the forest G C The moon is before us, up above F Were holdin hands in the rain, saying words like “I love you” G Cha Cha do you love me? Yeah! Chorus 2: F G Am My, my, my hearts like a kick drum F G Am My, my hearts like a kick drum F G Am My, my hearts like a kick drum F G C My, my loves like a voice C C F G C C Am Am F G Bridge chords: F Em Am G F Mother Mary heard us approaching her door Em Am G F Though we didnt make a sound C F G e|-0-0-0-0-----0---0-0-0-0-----0----0-0-------------------0-| B|---------3-1-------------3-1---1------3-1-3-0---3-3-1-3---| play x2, G|----------------------------------------------------------| Verse 3: C Theres nothing like finding gold within the rocks and the coal F G'STOP' Im so surprised to find more always surprised to find more C I wont look back anymore I left the people that do F G Its not the chase that I love, its me following you Chorus 3: F G Am My, my, my hearts like a kick drum F G Am My, my hearts like a kick drum F G Am My, my hearts like a kick drum F G Am My, my loves like a voice F G Am My, my hearts like a kick drum ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8. Laundry Room Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 4 Tabbed by: DonTago G e|------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------| G|------------0---2---0-------0---0---| then, D|----0---2---------------2-----------| A|------------------------------------| E|--3---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----| Verse 1 chords: G C G C G Don't push me out, just a little longer C G C G Stall your mother, disregard your fathers words Verse 2 chords: G C G C G Close the laundry door, tiptoe across the floor C G C G Keep your clothes on, I got all that I can take C G Teach me how to use the love that people say you made Verse 3: G C G G C G Stop your parents car, I just saw a shooting star C We can wish upon it G C G but we wont share the wish we made C But i cant keep no secrets G C G I wish that you would always stay Verse 4: G C G Last night I dreamt the whole night long G C G I woke with a head full of songs C I spent the whole day G C G I wrote em down but its a shame C G C G Tonight Ill burn the lyrics, cause every chorus was your name Bridge: G C G Break this tired old routine G C G and this time dont make me leave G C G I am a breathing time machine G C G Ill take you on for a ride G e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------| G|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0--0--0---0--0--0--| D|--0h2-2/4-4/5-5/4-4/2-2/4-4h5-5p4-0---0-0h2-0---0-0h2-0--| [play 2x] then, A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| Line 10: G e|---------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------| G|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--0---0--0--0---0--0-0---| D|--0h2-2/4-4/5-5/9-9/7-7/5-4h5-5p4-0---0-0h2-0---0-0h2-0--| then, A|---------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------| ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 9. Ill With Want Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: DonTago Intro: [Em - G - C] x3, then D Verse 1 chords: G C G C I am sick with wanting and it's evil and it's daunting G C G C How I let everything I cherish lay to waste G C G C I am lost in greed, this time it's definitely me G C G C I point fingers but there's no one there to blame Pre-chorus 1 chords: C B7 Em D C A need for something, now let me break it down again C B7 Em D C A need for something but not more medicine Verse 2: G C G C I am sick of wanting and it's evil how it's got me G C G C And every day is worse than the one before G C G C The more I have the more I think I'm almost where I need to be G C G C If only I could get a little more C B7 Em D C A need for something, now let me break it down again C B7 Em D C A need for something but not more medicine Chorus 1 chords: G Em Something has me, oh something has me C D G Acting like someone I don't wanna be G Em Something has me, oh something has me C D Em Acting like someone I know isn't me C D G Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed Interlude: [Em - G - C] x3, then D Verse 3: G C G C Temporary is my time, ain't nothing on this world that's mine G C G C Except the will I found to carry on G C Free is not your right to chose G C It's answering what's asked of you G C G C To give the love you find until it's gone C B7 Em D C A need for something, now let me break it down again C B7 Em D C A need for something but not more medicine Chorus 2: use chorus 1 chords G Em Something has me, oh something has me C D G Acting like someone I don't wanna be G Em Something has me, oh something has me C D Em Acting like someone I know isn't me C D G Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed C D G Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed C D G Ill with want and poisoned by this ugly greed ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 10.Tin Man Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2 Tabbed By: Ian224 G You can't be like me Am But be happy that you can't C G I see pain but I don't feel it I am like the old tin man G I'm as worn as a stone Am I keep it steady as I can C G I see pain but I don't feel it I am like the old tin man Am I miss it C I miss it G D C Oh, I miss that feeling of feeling G Am I used to fill the sky around with happiness and joy C G I had news to give the wind to keep my sails and heart employed G I felt people move around me Am I felt loneliness and shame C G Back then every day was different now each moment is the same Am I miss it C I miss it G D C Oh, I miss that feeling of feeling (X2) D C The feeling of feeling G The wind upon my face Em Am And caring what it brings this way D C The feeling of feeling G The minutes pass away Em Am And caring what I do with them Bm C Maybe bring me love or something else Fill: C B C D E D E F# G G And so it goes a man grows cold Am Some would say a man grows strong They say life only grows short C G I say the road only grows long G But as long as there's a road Am My feet will never touch the ground C G And if you won't give my heart back I've no need to stick around Am I miss it C I miss it G D C Oh, I miss that feeling of feeling (X2) D C The feeling of feeling D C The feeling of feeling ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 11.Slight Figure of Speech Tuning: EADGBE CAPO 2 Tabbed By: Macheeoo 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!!! ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12.It Goes On and On Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: Mantis5463 F Am Dm C I lost my fear in your arms F Am Dm C I lost my tears in your car F Am Dm Bb I lost my will in your candle lit eyes F Am Dm C And all my love in your yard PreChorus: Bb F Baby would you leave me if you knew that I was making it up? Bb F And underneath the love you got to wonder am I giving you up? F7 Bb C No way am I Chorus: Bb It goes on. Verse 2: F Am Dm Bb Violent is the motion in my heart and in my body and mind. F Am Dm Bb And silent is the feeling that I lost but I'm determined to find. F Am Dm And love is but an ocean, unrealistic notion, but I cling to her devotion, Bb C and I let it pull me down to the floor. Chorus: Bb F It goes on, on, on, on. Bb F It goes on, on, on, on. Bb F It goes on, on, on, on. Dm C Bb C It goes on, on, on. Verse 3: F Am Dm C I found my will in your car F Am Dm C I caught my tears in your arms F Am Dm Bb I found myself on that poor county drive F Am Dm C And found my love in your guard PreChorus: Bb F Baby would you leave me if you knew that I was making it up? Bb F And underneath the love you got to wonder am I giving you up? F7 Bb C No way am I. Chorus: Bb F It goes on, on, on, on. Bb F It goes on, on, on, on. Bb F It goes on, on, on, on. Dm C Bb It goes on, on, on. Dm C Bb It goes on, on, on. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13.Incomplete and Insecure Tuning: EADGBE Tabbed By: Unregistered C F C I havent finished a thing since I started my life G I dont feel much like starting now. C F Walking out lonely has worked like a charm C G Im the only one I have to let down. Am F C F But watching you makes me think that that is wrong C F I can go on with my insecure nature C G I can keep living off sympathy. C F I can tell all the people that all of my success C G Is a direct reflection on me. Am F C F But watching you makes me think that that is wrong C F What is important? Whats really important? C G Am I not to know by my name? C F Will I ever know silence without mental violence? C G Will the ringing at night go away? Am F Its up to you. C G My father told me. C F C I havent finished a thing since I started my life G I dont feel much like starting now. x4 C F C I havent finished a thing since I started my life. x2 G ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ I would like to thank you for making it all the way to the bottom of this page! As well as remind you that EVERY user was given the credit they deserve for the work they've done!