Chord Country Was by The Avett Brothers

this is a compilation of tabs from various users to form a perfect album tab . all credit will be properly given to each user that contributed to towards the album’s tabs/Chords . remember all credit is given i only tweak to clean up! this could not have been done without you! artist : the avett brothers album : country was tracks : 1 . pretty girl from matthews tuning : eadgbe 2 . jenny and the summer day tuning : eadgbe 3 . a lot of moving tuning : eadgbe 4 . november blue tuning : eadgbe 5 . my losing bet tuning : eadgbe 6 . beside the yellow line tuning : eadgbe 7 . old wyom tuning : eadgbe 8 . closing night tuning : eadgbe - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 . pretty girl from matthews tuning : eadgbe tabbed by : davidw_home G C hold on a minute it ain’t time to leave G tell me how you’re feeling one more time . G C four long years and i just can’t believe G that i’m still yours and your still mine . C while i was gone , yes , i fell in love G asked around and heard that you did too C two drunken years and push came to shove G i met love , love left me blue Bm C G you’re rising like a sun Bm C G that pulled the curtain on the night D C coming through the window G Am C G to brighten up my life and i’m all right , yeah , i think i’m fine my savior lives in telephones and i just dream of you and step outside dial up and hope that you’re home you’re rising like a sun that waits up all night coming through the window to brighten up my life hold on a minute , yeah , i do love you sometimes i guess that ain’t enough when you come round you put me through and i thank you , oh , so much another year , maybe , three or four maybe five or six or even more you’ll find another man to take my place and i’ll see you on the good lord’s shores you’re rising like a sun that pulled the curtain on the night coming through the window to brighten up my life - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 2 . jenny and the summer day tuning : eadgbe tabbed by : macheeoo intro riff : E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | B | - - 3 - 5 - 3 - - - 3h5p3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | G | - - - - - - - - 4 - - - - - - - - 4 - 2h4p2 - 0 - 2 - 4 - 2 - 4 - - 0~ - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - | D | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0~ - - - - - - - - | A | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | E | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | verse : G what a darling summer time A C i have a car , i have a dime G D baby , baby G i know that won’t buy anything A C but i would steal you anything G D baby , baby G the sun is hot , the wind is cool A C and we are finally out of school G D baby , baby G well i’m in love what can i say A C with jenny and the summer day G D C baby , baby , baby intro riff repeat verse chords what a darling summer time come on in the water’s fine baby , baby i know that your afraid to swim so i’ll stay in the shallow end baby , baby the sun is hot , the wind is cool and we are finally out of school baby , baby well i’m in love what can i say the sunlight burned my fear away baby , baby , baby chorus : G D ninety and risin’ C G soon we’ll have to hide out in the shade G D somewhere it’s rainin’ C D and baby i can almost hear you say G D that you love me C D G and the summer day G D C D that you love me intro riff repeat verse chords what a darling summer time i have a home in carolina baby , baby not far from the city lights but we can see the stars at night baby , baby the day was hot , tonight is cool and we are finally out of school baby , baby well i’m in love what can i say with jenny and the summer day repeat chorus chords ninety and risin’ soon we’ll have to hide out in the shade somewhere it’s rainin’ and baby i can almost hear you say that you love me and the summer day that you love me - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 . a lot of moving tuning : eadgbe tabbed by : zaxor878 G D a lot of movin’ , a lot of rollin’ G C a lot of drivin’ , a lot of strollin’ G a lot of leavin’ here D a lot of arrivin’ there G C trying to go just about everywhere G D G D7 a lot of thinking about where i’m going next G if i’s a po - lice D i couldn’t catch me G C because i’m always up and ready G a lot of chasin’ here D escapin’ there G C blue lights flashin’ ’round everywhere G D G D7 a lot of woo - ooo where Am i going next G D a lot of movin’ , a lot of rollin’ G C a lot of drivin’ , a lot of strollin’ G a lot of leavin’ here D a lot of arrivin’ there G C trying to go just about everywhere G D G D7 a lot of thinking about where i’m going next C country to my left side G country to my right side D city to my left side C city on my right side C banjos and back seats G D side roads and side streets ohhhh ohhhh ohhh G D well if you wa - oo - wa - oo - wanna stay for dinner G C i’ll throw my suitcase in the river G a lot of drinkin’ here D and drinkin’ there G C i’ll play and sing just about any damn where G D G D7 a lot of thinking about where i’m going next G D a lot of movin’ , a lot of rollin’ G C a lot of drivin’ , a lot of strollin’ G a lot of leavin’ here D a lot of arrivin’ there G C trying to go just about everywhere G D G D7 a lot of thinking about where i’m going next - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 . november blue tuning : eadgbe tabbed by : devbear C | G | Am G F G | C Em7 | * | - indicates 4 beats C G Am G F G C Em7 if i weren’t leavin’ , would i catch you dreamin’ and if i weren’t gonna be gone now , could i take you home and if i told you i love you , would it change what you see and if i was staying , would you stay with me and if i had money , would it all look good and if i had a job now , like a good man should and if i came to you tomorrow , and said let’s run away would you roll like the wind does , baby would you stay my heart is dancin’ , to a november tune and i hope that you hear it , singing songs about you and i sing songs of sorrow , because you’re not around see , babe i’m gone tomorrow , baby follow me down i don’t know why i have to , but this man must move on i love my time here , didn’t know ’til i was gone november shadows , shade november change november spells sweet memory , the season blue remains slow tempo november spells sweet memory , the season blue remains your yellow hair is like the sunlight , however sweet it shines bit by the cold of december , i’m warm beside your smile resume tempo oh lady tell me i’m not leaving , you’re everything i dream i’m killing myself thinking , i’ve fallen like the leaves i’m killing myself thinking , i’ve fallen like the leaves slow tempo and end on C - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 5 . my losing bet tuning : eadgbe tabbed by : skylar25 G Bm C D G Bm C D G i waited for you , a hard thing to do Bm C D G Bm C D knowin’ we’re through , and no i know i don’t have to choose , G Bm C D to welcome you back or push you away G Bm C D G Bm C D but wait we’re not there yet , and though i’m losing the bet G there’s still the sunset notes walking up string G A B C G D G i felt so surprise , when she arrived , wearing a smile , C G D smiles soon turn to tears , out on her back pier , G after all the love how how’d i end here . Bm C D oh lord oh lord . . . G Bm C D - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 6 . beside the yellow line tuning : eadgbe tabbed by : skylar25 D G G C D G C G C G C D G in time , won’t be long C until we meet again , except we just be friends G my god yeah i know C that’s just the way it goes out here on the road D C G beside the yellow line ’bout five years ago , i came about this way , but i doubt they’ll know my face the land hasn’t changed the stars still pierce the black , and i’m glad that i came back beside the yellow line the mind of a girl , it’s hard to understand , but i guess ’cause i’m a man her heart fears are unknown , until i Am gone , gotta leave her all alone beside the yellow line and the call of the road , unlike the railroad tracks , unlike the airplane path her voice floats , through the land and it takes me by the hand , so once again i stand beside the yellow line - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 7 . old wyom tuning : eadgbe tabbed by : skylar25 A well i dreamed of how our life would be , oh yeah E lovin’ and A - kissin’ ’neath an old oak tree , uh huh Bm C#m D#m D i’d be singing you a song that was twenty lines long A E A and catching sweet kisses you blow way out in wyom i work my day to come home to you , oh yeah so you can do whatever you wanna do , uh huh with your big brown eyes and your curly brown hair , i’m doing the best i can do just to try to not stare E D A my god , your loveliness gotta feelin your man he won’t like the news , oh no ain’t gonna like it when he has to choose , oh no with you could be one and never be apart ? i can feel it in my mind i can feel it in my soul in my heart Bm D A oh baby please come around was that your man he’s your fiance , oh yeah the one to tie the knot each and every day uh huh i gotta get up the nerve to pick up the phone it’s you sweet mama i’m - a gonna carry you back home! E D A way out to old wyom i prob’ly shoulda thought about lettin’ you know , uh huh if i love you like i do i shoulda told you so , uh huh well i think about you each and every day , it’s just my knees are gettin’ weak when i try to say Bm D A oh baby , please be mine gotta feelin’ that i’m barkin’ up and empty tree how could someone so beautiful think about me? put my tail between my legs and turn my back try on my trusty ramblin’ sack E D A i’m off to old wyom - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 8 . closing night tuning : eadgbe tabbed by : macheeoo intro chords : C Am F G x1 C Am G C the show was over it’s all in the name C Am G C it never was before but this ain’t the same C Am G C so try to imagine a time and a place C Am F G C where the enemy won and the hero was slain and poetic justice burns in the minds of five diying soldiers on the front lines with nobody’s singing in nobody’s ears no one’s disappointed , nobody hears i know a lady , promise her name the price of her visit suffering and pain and we gladly waited and we gladly paid we watched the sun rise , she never came an electric current moves us around we sank to our knees to worship the sound but nobody told us that we’d rise again imagine a hero unable to win imagine a hero unable to win