Long Story Short chords by The Avett Brothers
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Intro 1
(D major)
Verse 1
(D major) Here I am standing
(G major) ten feet between (A major) us
(D major) Beside me the door that
(E minor) I just came (D major) through
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Verse 2
Where I walked (D major) past an
overweight (E minor) cop in an alley
(D major) With a beer gut bursting
from a (E minor) bullet proof jacket
(D major) Who
Verse 3
thinks to himself
"I've (G major) got to get back (D major) to the man that
I was when I was (E minor) a dreamer (D major)
With a partner in crime
named (A major) Brandy (D major) McGill
A girl with a love of life (E minor) bigger
than nor (D major) mal
Who still wonders when
her life (E minor) will be (D major) gin
Her best friend Maria who seem (E minor) s to have
(D major) everything tells her
She probably just (E minor) needs a vaca (D major) tion away
from the stress of her (E minor) husband's vocation
(D major) While Maria
Verse 4
is talking, (G major) Brandy is drift (D major) ing,
staring at John who just (G major) got the job (D major)
Busing tables to pay for Com
(G major) munity Col (D major) lege
An Associates degree in
x- ray (G major) tech (D major) nology
Verse 5
John (A major) is too old to still be in college
He (G major) doesn't like class and some
times (A major) does not go (D major)
Long story short his (G major) family was broken (D major)
Verse 6
He was (D major) freed from a past
life as a (A major) kid on Skid (D major) row
Verse 7
He (D major) notices Brandy but (G major) stares at Mari (D major) a
Her beauty well practiced
in (G major) casting a spell (D major)
Verse 8
Imagining (D major) her naked he spill (E minor) s (G major) dirty dishes (D major)
On the lap of an elderly (A major) woman named (D major) Belle
Verse 9
A (D major) lady who won't live to see (E minor)
her next birth (D major) day
But shares a warm smile (E minor) re
gardless of that (D major)
Verse 10
The mess (D major) that unfolds com
(E minor) pletely surrounds (D major) her
Not one bit of urgency (A major) enters her (D major) soul
Verse 11
She (D major) reaches for Roy,
her hus (G major) band forever (D major)
In love and connection,
her small (A major) hand he (D major) holds
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(D major) (A major) (D major)
Verse 12
And (D major) nothing comes of it but a
(G major) manager's an (D major) ger
Not for the mess, but her father's (G major) remark
(D major) About a bad grade she had (E minor) as a child
(D major) So she
Verse 13
takes her revenge
out by (E minor) firing John (D major)
Who now wonders when
his (E minor) life will begin (D major)
Verse 14
(A major) Ain't it confusing to search
for the will and (G major) learn
When you find it that you've (A major)
lost your (D major) way
Verse 15
(D major) Long story short he saw (G major) a
commer (D major) cial that said that
The 20's are the (A major) prime of your (D major) life
Verse 16
But (D major) that doesn't seem to be
true (G major) (E minor) at (G major) this (D major) mo ment
As he cleans out his locker
and calls (G major) his best friend
(D major) Who's too busy to talk cause he's (G major)
prepping with law (D major) yers
To keep money from his (G major) ex- wife
The mother (D major) of
Verse 17
their only son who's (G major) naturally
drawn (D major) to guns and sharp objects
Who now (G major) has no (D major) father except for
on weekends (A major) two times a month (D major)
Verse 18
No need to worry, I'm told (E minor) we're pro (D major) tected
by the men passing laws in the house
And (A major) the sen (D major) ate from people who mix
up the (E minor) truth and real (D major) ity
With movies and games and
ri (G major) diculous scen (D major) arios
Verse 19
(A major) Long story short, best I can tell,
children (G major) can't be left (A major) to raise themselves (D major)
Long Story Short
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