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Slight Figure Of Speech Chords

Tuning: EADGBE CAPO II
 
 
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!!!
Tags: Easy guitar chords, song lyrics, The Avett Brothers