Down With The Shine chords by The Avett Brothers (Official Version)

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Intro 1

Chorus 1

Down with the shine, the perfect shine

That poisons the well and ruins my mind

I get took for a ride every time

Down with the glistening shine

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Verse 1

It's in with the new and it's out with the old

Out goes the warm and in comes the cold

It's the most predictable story told

In with the young and out with the old

Chorus 2

Down with the shine, the perfect shine

That poisons the well and ruins my mind

I get took for a ride every time

Down with the glistening shine

Verse 2
G 
Am 
A belly full of high dollar wine
C 
D7 
A fat hand, a fat wallet, too
G 
Things change and get strange
Am 
with this movement of time
C 
D7 
G 
It's happening, right now to you

Chorus 3
G 
Am 
Down with the shine, the perfect shine
C 
D7 
That poisons the well and ruins my mind
G 
Am 
I get took for a ride every time
C 
D7 
G 
Down with the glistening shine

Chorus 4

Down with the shine, the perfect shine

That poisons the well and ruins my mind

I get took for a ride every time

Down with the glistening shine

Bridge 1
D7 
G 
It's a real bad time to bring up the truth
D7 
Tho we searched we found
G 
no fountain of youth
B 
Em 
Not in Spain nowhere near
B 
C 
D7 
anywhere close to here

Verse 3
G 
Am 
There's nothing good because nothing lasts
C 
And all that comes here
D7 
it comes here to pass
G 
I would voice my pain
Am 
but the change wouldn't last
C 
D7 
G 
All that comes, it comes here to pass

Chorus 5

Down with the shine, the perfect shine

That poisons the well and ruins my mind

I get took for a ride every time

Down with the glistening shine

Outro 1

I get took for a ride every time

Down with the glistening shine

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Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: BeginnerKey: G majorBPM: 95

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
D7: x-x-0-2-1-2
B: x-2-4-4-4-x
Em: 0-2-2-0-0-0

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This is the definitive original version of Down With The Shine by The Avett Brothers, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of G major. It suits players who want to learn Down With The Shine the way The Avett Brothers intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.