The Ballad Of Love And Hate chords by The Avett Brothers

Tuning: Standard

Difficulty: Novice


Capo on 1st fret

D       D     A      D
Love writes a letter and sends it to hate.
G      G      A      D
My vacations ending. I'm coming home late.
G        A      D     G
The weather was fine and the ocean was great
   D       A    G    G
and I can't wait to see you again.

D       D     A      D
Hate reads the letter and throws it away.
G      G      A      D
"No one here cares if you go or you stay.
G        A      D     G
I barely even noticed that you were away.
   D       A    G    G
I'll see you or I won't, whatever."

D       D     A      D
Love sings a song as she sails through the sky.
G      G      A      D
The water looks bluer through her pretty eyes.
G        A      D     G
And everyone knows it whenever she flies,
   D       A    G    G
and also when she comes down.

D       D     A      D
Hate keeps his head up and walks through the street.
G      G      A      D
Every stranger and drifter he greets.
G        A      D     G
And shakes hands with every loner he meets
   D       A    G    G
with a serious look on his face.

D       D     A      D
Love arrives safely with suitcase in tow.
G      G      A      D
Carrying with her the good things we know.
G        A      D     G
A reason to live and a reason to grow.
   D       A    G    G
To trust. To hope. To care.

D       D     A      D
Hate sits alone on the hood of his car.
G      G      A      D
Without much regard to the moon or the stars.
G        A      D     G
Lazily killing the last of a jar
   D       A    G    G
of the strongest stuff you can drink.

D       D     A      D
Love takes a taxi, a young man drives.
G      G      A      D
As soon as he sees her, hope fills his eyes.
G        A      D     G
But tears follow after, at the end of the ride,
   D       A    G    G
cause he might never see her again.

D       D     A      D
Hate gets home lucky to still be alive.
G      G      A      D
He screams o'er the sidewalk and into the drive.
G        A      D     G
The clock in the kitchen says 2:55,
   D       A    G    G
And the clock in the kitchen is slow.

D       D     A      D
Love has been waiting, patient and kind.
G      G      A      D
Just wanting a phone call or some kind of sign,
G        A      D     G
That the one that she cares for, who's out of his mind,
   D       A    G    G
Will make it back safe to her arms.

D       D     A      D
Hate stumbles forward and leans in the door.
G      G      A      D
Weary head hung, eyes to the floor.
G        A      D     G
He says "Love, I'm sorry", and she says, "What for?"
   D       A    G    G
I'm your and that's it, Whatever.


 G        A  D      G
I should not have been gone for so long.
  D         A  G     G
I'm yours and that's it, forever."
    D        A  G     G
You're mine and that's it, forever.