Artist: The Avett Brothers Song: The Perfect Space Album: I and Love and You Tabbed by: Don Tago Email: [email protected] Standard Tuning Chords used: EADGBe Am: 002210 C: 032010 C5: 3355-- C/B:020010 D: 000232 D5: 5577-- Em: 022000 F: 133211 G: 320033 G5: 3554-- Intro: [C - C/B - Am - F - Am - C], play x2, then, F - Am - C - F - G - C Verse 1 chords: F C F C I wanna have friends that I can trust Am G F G C That love me for the man I've become not the man I was F C F C I wanna have friends that will let me be Am G F G C All alone when being alone is all that I need Interlude 1: [C - C/B - Am - F - Am - C], play x2 Verse 2: use verse 1 chords I wanna fit in to the perfect space Feel natural and safe in a volatile place And I wanna grow old without the pain Give my body back to the earth and not complain Bridge 1 chords: C G Am C G Am Will you understand when I am too old of a man? C G Am C G Am And will you forget when we have paid our debt G F Who did we borrow from? Who did we borrow from? Interlude 2: [C - G5 - F - F - G5 - C], play x2, then [G5 - D5 - C5], play x2 Verse 3 chords: G5 D5 C5 Em Okay part two now clear the house G5 D5 C5 Em The party's over take the shouting and the people, get out G5 D5 C5 Em I have some business and a promise that I have to hold to G5 D5 C5 Em I do not care what you assume or what the people told you Bridge 2 chords: G5 D5 Em G5 D5 Em Will you understand, when I am too old of a man? G5 D5 Em G5 D5 Em Will you forget when we have paid our debts D5 C Who did we borrow from, who did borrow from? Verse 4 chords: G C G I wanna have pride like my mother has Em D C D G And not like the kind in the bible that turns you bad C G C G And I wanna have friends that I can trust Em D C D G That love me for the man I've become and not the man that I was