The Ballad Of Love And Hate - The Avett Brothers | Guitar Chords

[Intro]
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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 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 that you were away
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I'll see you or I won't, whatever"

[Verse 3]
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Love sings a song as she sails through the sky
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The water looks bluer through her pretty eyes
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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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Hate keeps his head up and walks through the street
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Every stranger and drifter he greets
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And shakes hands 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 at the end of the ride
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Because he might never see her again

[Verse 8]
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Hate gets home lucky to still be alive
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He screams over the sidewalk and into the drive
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The clock in the kitchen says twofiftyfive
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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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Just wanting a phone call or some kind of sign
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That the one that she cares for 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," and she says, "What for?
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I'm yours and that's it, whatever

[Outro]
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  G#                  A#   D#          Cm
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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You're mine and that's it, forever"