Biography:
Seth Avett (born in Charlotte, North Carolina in 1980) is one of the lead singers and founding members of the folk-rock band, The Avett Brothers. Avett primarily plays the guitar but also plays drums and piano for the band based out of Concord, North Carolina. In 2008, their album, The Second Gleam, reached the ten spot on Billboard.com's Top Independent Albums Chart, and stayed there for three weeks.
Seth Avett is the son of Susie and Jim Avett of Concord, NC.
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[Intro]
C
[Verse 1]
C
Well it struck me how cold the rain was
C7 F
but I didn't look for cover at all
G
I just stood there face to face with my love
F G
watching her tear drops fall
C C7
And sad as it was, her blue eyes inspired me
C7 F
switched on a light in my mind
G
and when she was gone, I wrote down a song
F G
to claim the moment as mine
[Chorus]
F G C
But Willie got there first
F G C F
put heartache and heartbreak into reverse
G G
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B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------0--2---0-----|
D|----------------------0----2---3---------------|
A|-----------0--2----3---------------------------|
E|---------3-------------------------------------|
like an alchemist turning his sorrow to gold
F G
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--2-0--------0--------------|
D|---------3---------3--2---0-|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
lyrics like maps for a soul
G F D/F# G
Eloquent truth and a common man's words
F G C F
I have such a good idea for a song
Am G C
But Willie got there first
[Verse 2]
C C7
The phases and stages of life they've been changing
C7 F
and I was sure changing too
G
the rivers of whiskey and Bloody Mary mornings
F G
were causing my plans to fall through
C C7
But when I was down I met me an angel
C7 F
flying too close to the ground
G
and we rose up together and the victory moved me
F G
to make a musical sound
[Chorus]
F G C
But Willie got there first
F G C F
but falling in love to a beautiful verse
G G
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G|-------------------------------------------0---2---0-----|
D|-------------------------------0----2---3----------------|
A|-----------------0-----2----3----------------------------|
E|---------3-----------------------------------------------|
like the brush strokes of a renaissance master so bold
F G
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B|---------------------------------|
G|--2-----0--------0---------------|
D|-------------3---------3---2---0-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
still lifes of cold black and gold
G F D/F# G
breath taking country side, landscapes of words
F G C F
I have such a good idea for a song
Am G C
But Willie got there first
[Bridge]
G C
The rhymes are already written
G C
the rhythm laid down by the band
A
the melodys already been brought to life
D D7
by the piano players right hand
D7 C
Bobby play it pretty
C G
leave that harp solo in
A
and Mickey take us, home one more time then lets
D G
get on the road again
[Verse 3]
C C7
I'm crazy for feeling so lonely with my family
C7 F
and so many friends
G
I know how it is with life as with love
F G
when one ends another begins
C C7
to live well you must be tougher than leather
C7 F
and tender as a babe in a manger
G
lets lift up a glass of yesterdays wine
F G
and cheers to the red headed stranger
[Chorus]
F G C
Cause Willie got there first
F G C F
put God and the devil into the same verse
G G
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B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------0---2--0-----|
D|-------------------------0---2---3---------------|
A|-------------0---2---3---------------------------|
E|--------3----------------------------------------|
like a preacher man letting his Sermon unfold
F G
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|----2---0-------0-------------|
D|-------------3------3---2---0-|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
a tune like a cure for a soul
G F D/F# G
the truth in a cowboys words
F G C F
I have such a good idea for a song
Am G C F
But Willie got there first
Am G C
Yeah Willie got there first
C
[Verse 1]
C
Well it struck me how cold the rain was
C7 F
but I didn't look for cover at all
G
I just stood there face to face with my love
F G
watching her tear drops fall
C C7
And sad as it was, her blue eyes inspired me
C7 F
switched on a light in my mind
G
and when she was gone, I wrote down a song
F G
to claim the moment as mine
[Chorus]
F G C
But Willie got there first
F G C F
put heartache and heartbreak into reverse
G G
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------0--2---0-----|
D|----------------------0----2---3---------------|
A|-----------0--2----3---------------------------|
E|---------3-------------------------------------|
like an alchemist turning his sorrow to gold
F G
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|--2-0--------0--------------|
D|---------3---------3--2---0-|
A|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|
lyrics like maps for a soul
G F D/F# G
Eloquent truth and a common man's words
F G C F
I have such a good idea for a song
Am G C
But Willie got there first
[Verse 2]
C C7
The phases and stages of life they've been changing
C7 F
and I was sure changing too
G
the rivers of whiskey and Bloody Mary mornings
F G
were causing my plans to fall through
C C7
But when I was down I met me an angel
C7 F
flying too close to the ground
G
and we rose up together and the victory moved me
F G
to make a musical sound
[Chorus]
F G C
But Willie got there first
F G C F
but falling in love to a beautiful verse
G G
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------0---2---0-----|
D|-------------------------------0----2---3----------------|
A|-----------------0-----2----3----------------------------|
E|---------3-----------------------------------------------|
like the brush strokes of a renaissance master so bold
F G
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|--2-----0--------0---------------|
D|-------------3---------3---2---0-|
A|---------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|
still lifes of cold black and gold
G F D/F# G
breath taking country side, landscapes of words
F G C F
I have such a good idea for a song
Am G C
But Willie got there first
[Bridge]
G C
The rhymes are already written
G C
the rhythm laid down by the band
A
the melodys already been brought to life
D D7
by the piano players right hand
D7 C
Bobby play it pretty
C G
leave that harp solo in
A
and Mickey take us, home one more time then lets
D G
get on the road again
[Verse 3]
C C7
I'm crazy for feeling so lonely with my family
C7 F
and so many friends
G
I know how it is with life as with love
F G
when one ends another begins
C C7
to live well you must be tougher than leather
C7 F
and tender as a babe in a manger
G
lets lift up a glass of yesterdays wine
F G
and cheers to the red headed stranger
[Chorus]
F G C
Cause Willie got there first
F G C F
put God and the devil into the same verse
G G
e|-------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------0---2--0-----|
D|-------------------------0---2---3---------------|
A|-------------0---2---3---------------------------|
E|--------3----------------------------------------|
like a preacher man letting his Sermon unfold
F G
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|----2---0-------0-------------|
D|-------------3------3---2---0-|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
a tune like a cure for a soul
G F D/F# G
the truth in a cowboys words
F G C F
I have such a good idea for a song
Am G C F
But Willie got there first
Am G C
Yeah Willie got there first
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