The Ballad Of Love And Hate original guitar chords by
The Avett Brothers 
Key: Eb major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Love writes a letter and sends it to Hate
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"My vacation's ending, I'm coming home late
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The weather was fine
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and the ocean was great
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And I can't wait to see you again"
Verse 2
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Hate reads the letter and throws it away
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"No one here cares if you go or you stay
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I barely even noticed
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that you were a way
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I'll see you or I won't, whatever"
Verse 3
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as she sails through the sky
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And everyone knows it whenever she flies
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And also when she comes down
Verse 4
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and walks through the street
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Every stranger and drifter he greets
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with every loner he meets
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With a serious look on his face
Verse 5
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Love arrives safely with suitcase in tow
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Carrying with her the good things we know
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A reason to live and a reason to grow
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To trust, to hold, to care
Verse 6
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Hate sits alone on the hood of his car
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Without much regard to the moon or the stars
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Lazily killing the last of a jar
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Of the strongest stuff you can drink
Verse 7
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Love takes a taxi, a young man drives
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As soon he sees her hope fills his eyes
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But tears follow after
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at the end of the ride
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'Cause he might never see her again
Verse 8
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Hate gets home lucky to still be alive
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The clock in the kitchen
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says two fifty five
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And the clock in the kitchen is slow
Verse 9
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Love has been waiting patient and kind
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That the one that she cares for
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who's out of his mind
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Will make it back safe to her arms
Verse 10
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Hate stumbles forward and leans in the door
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Weary head hung down, eyes to the floor
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He says, "Love, I'm sorry,"
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and she says, "What for?
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I'm yours and that's it, whatever
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I should not have been gone for so long
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I'm yours and that's it, forever
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Your mine and that's it, forever
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsEb Bb Ab Eb/D Cm
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