The Ballad of Love and Hate Chords by The Avett Brothers
- Key: Eb
- BPM: 79
- Capo: no capo
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THE BALLAD OF LOVE AND HATE CHORDS
[Start] [Verse] Eb Bb Eb ■ Love writes a letter and sends it to Hate Ab Eb My vacation's ending I'm coming home late ■ Ab Bb Eb Cm ■ The weather was fine and the ocean was great Eb Bb Ab And I can't wait to see you again ■ Eb Hate reads the letter and throws it away Ab Eb No one here cares if you go or you stay Ab Bb Cm I barely even noticed that you were away Eb Bb Ab I'll see you or I won't whatever Eb Bb Eb Love sings a song as she sails through the sky Ab Eb The water looks bluer through her pretty eyes Ab Bb Cm ■ And everyone knows it whenever she flies Bb Ab And also when she comes down ■ Eb Hate keeps his head up and walks through the street Ab Eb ■ Every stranger and drifter he greets Ab Bb Eb Cm And shakes hands with every loner he meets Eb Ab With a serious look on his face Eb Bb Eb Love arrives safely with suitcase in tow Ab Eb Carrying with her the good things we know Ab Bb Cm ■ A reason to live and a reason to grow Eb Bb Ab To trust to hold to care Eb Bb Eb Hate sits alone on the hood of his car Ab Eb Without much regard to the moon or the stars Ab Eb Lazily killing the last of a jar Cm Eb Bb Ab Of the strongest stuff you can drink ■ Eb Bb Eb Love takes a taxi a young man drives Ab Eb As soon he sees her hope fills his eyes Ab Bb Eb Bb But tears follow after at the end of the ride Cm Eb Bb Ab 'cause he might never see her again Eb Bb Eb ■ Hate gets home lucky to still be alive Ab Eb He screams o'er the sidewalk and into the drive Bb Cm The clock in the kitchen says two fifty five Eb Bb Ab And the clock in the kitchen is slow Eb Bb Eb Love has been waiting patient and kind Ab Eb Just wanting a phone call or some kind of sign ■ [Chorus] Bb Cm That the one that she cares for who's out of his mind Eb Bb Ab Will make it back safe to her arms Eb Bb Eb Hate stumbles forward and leans in the door ■ Ab Eb ■ Weary head hung down eyes to the floor Ab Bb Eb Cm He says Love I'm sorry and she says What for Bb Ab I'm yours and that's it whatever Bb Cm I should not have been gone for so long Eb Bb Ab I'm yours and that's it forever Eb Ab Your mine and that's it forever [End]