Standard Tuning: Capo II
Intro: Eadd9 x2
Verse 1:
Eadd9 E
Dear Avery, I think of you always
Eadd9 E
Were you waiting, were you dead on the vine
Eadd9 E
Oh Avery, I think of you lonely
Eadd9 E
I could just grab you by the nape of your neck
Chorus 1:
B A E
There are times like will rattle your bones and will bend your limbs
B A E
You'll still find a way, the boy you've never been
B A E
So you bend back, and shake at the frame or the frame you've made
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A B A B E
Don't you shake alone, please Avery-y-y-y come home
Interlude: Eadd9 x2
Verse 2: use verse 1 chords
Headstrong, you and your long arms
Listing lazily on the cusp of your teeth
You were my Avery and when you needed saving
I could just grab you by the nape of your neck
Chorus 2: use chorus 1 chords
There are times like will rattle your bones and will bend your limbs
You'll still find a way, the boy you've never been
So you bend back, and shake at the frame or the frame you've made
Don't you shake alone, please Avery-y-y-y come home don't you shake alone
Please Avery-y-y-y come home
Outro: Eadd9, repeat as desired