Chords for songs

The Ballad Of Love And Hate

The Ballad Of Love And Hate

The Ballad Of Love And Hate chords

by The Avett Brothers

Year: 2007

Genre: Folk

Guitar
Tuning E A D G B E
Capo Fret 3
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C
G
F
Am

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Chord Highlight

Intro 1

C

C

C

C

Verse 1

C

Love writes

a letter

and

G

sends it

C

to Hate

"My

F

vacation's ending,

I'm

coming home

C

late

The

F

weather was

G

fine

and

C

the ocean

was

Am

great

And I

C

can't wait

to

G

see you

F

again"

Verse 2

C

Hate reads

the letter

and

G

throws it

a

C

way

F

"No one

here cares

if

you go

or

you

C

stay

I

F

barely even

G

noticed

that

C

you were

a

Am

way

I'll

C

see you

or I

G

won't,

what

F

ever"

Verse 3

C

Love sings

a song

as

she

G

sails

through the

C

sky

The

F

water looks

bluer

through her

pretty

C

eyes

And

F

everyone

knows

G

it

when

C

ever

she

Am

flies

And

C

also

G

when she

comes

F

down

Verse 4

C

Hate keeps

his head

up

and

G

walks through

the

C

street

F

Every stranger

and drifter

he

C

greets

And

F

shakes hands

with

G

every

C

loner

he

Am

meets

With a

C

serious

G

look on

his

F

face

Verse 5

C

Love arrives

safely with

G

suitcase in

C

tow

F

Carrying

with her

the good

things we

C

know

A

F

reason to

G

live

and a

C

reason

Am

to grow

To

C

trust,

to

G

hold, to

F

care

Verse 6

C

Hate sits

alone on

the

G

hood of

his

C

car

With

F

out much

regard to

the moon

or the

C

stars

F

Lazily

G

killing

the

C

last

of

Am

a jar

Of the

C

strongest

G

stuff you

can

F

drink

Verse 7

C

Love takes

a taxi,

a

G

young man

C

drives

As

F

soon he

sees her

hope

fills his

C

eyes

But

F

tears follow

G

after

at the

C

end

of

Am

the ride

'Cause he

C

might never

G

see her

F

again

Verse 8

C

Hate gets

home lucky

to

G

still be

a

C

live

He

F

screams over

the sidewalk

and

into the

C

drive

The

F

clock in

the

G

kitchen

says

C

two

fif

Am

ty five

And the

C

clock in

the

G

kitchen is

F

slow

Verse 9

C

Love has

been waiting

G

patient and

C

kind

Just

F

wanting a

phone call

or some

kind of

C

sign

That the

F

one that

she

cares

G

for

who's

C

out

of

his

Am

mind

Will

C

make it

back

G

safe to

her

F

arms

Verse 10

C

Hate stumbles

forward

and

G

leans in

the

C

door

F

Weary head

hung down,

eyes

to the

C

floor

He

F

says, "Love,

I'm

G

sorry,"

and

C

she says,

"What

Am

for?

I'm

C

yours and

that's

G

it,

what

F

ever

I should

not have

G

been

C

gone

for

so

Am

long

I'm

C

yours

and that's

G

it,

for

F

ever

Your

C

mine and

that's

G

it,

for

F

ever

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