Open Ended Life – The Avett Brothers
Intro and fillers
G
e|--3--------------------3----|
B|--0-----------------0--0----|
G|--0---0----0--0--0--0--0----|
D|--0---0h2--2--2--2--0--0----|
A|--2---0----0--0--0--0--2----|
E|--3--------------------3----|
G C
Pack a change of clothes and a pillow
G
for the road for when you drift off
C
Put the sketches and the notes in the box
G
labeled 'burn with furniture'
Am
We will watch the fire burn
D G
the whole entire house we built down to ashes
Am D
From the mirror we'll admire how the flame quickly retires
Am D
We won't waste a long goodbye on the smoke or foolish lies
G
that finally passed us
Am D
I was taught to keep an open-ended life
G
And never trap myself in nothing
G C
Let's find something new to talk about
G
I'm tired of talkin' about myself
C
I spent my whole life talkin' to convince
G
everyone that I was something else
Am
And the part that kinda hurts is
D G
I think it finally worked and now I'm leaving
Am D
I get the feeling things have changed But the mystery to me
Am D
is where and when along the way Did anyone decide
G
that they believed me
Am D
I was taught to keep an open-ended life
G
And never trap myself in nothing
Am D
I was told to keep an open-ended life
G
To never trap yourself in nothing
G C G G (x2)
Riff:
C G C G
e|---------------------------3---------------------3--|
B|------------------------3--3----3--3-------------3--|
G|--3b4b3--2p0-------0----5--4----5--5-------------4--|
D|--------------2p0-------5--5----5--5-------------5--| (x2)
A|------------------------5--5----5--5-------------5--|
E|---------------------------3------------0--3--5--3--|
G C
When we settle down in another nowhere town
G
let's tell our neighbors
C
We won't be here long and we'll be quiet
G
but don't go askin' any favors
Am D
I can't stand the unexpected uninvited visits from
G
too many strangers
Am D
My trust has dwindled down and I can leave just as abruptly
G
as I came here
Am D
I was taught to keep an open-ended life
G
And never trap myself in nothing
Am D
I was taught to keep an open-ended life
G
To never trap yourself in nothing
Am D
I was taught to keep an open-ended life
G
And never trap myself in nothing
G C G G (x2) Am D (x3)
Outro Riff:
C G
e|---------------------------3--|
B|------------------------3--3--|
G|--3b4b3--2p0-------0----5--4--|
D|--------------2p0-------5--5--|
A|------------------------5--5--|
E|---------------------------3--|
