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by The Avett Brothers


Capo 1 (Optional)

                    
Okay so I was wrong about
                          
My reasons for us fallin’ out
                            
Of love I want to fall back in


                           
My life is different now I swear
                            
I know now what it means to care
                          
About somebody other than myself


                           
I know the things I said to you
                       
They were untender and untrue
                             
I’d like to see those things undo


                               
So if you could find it in your heart
                       
To give a man a second start
                               
I promise things won’t end the same

(Chorus)
                   
Shame, boatloads of shame
                         
Day after day, more of the same
                      
Blame, please lift it off
                                 
Please take it off, please make it stop


                       
Okay so I have read the mail
                          
The stories people often tell
                       
About us that we never knew


                              
But their existence will float away
                               
And just like every word they say
                               
And we will hold hands as they fade


(Chorus)
                   
Shame, boatloads of shame
                         
Day after day, more of the same
                     
Blame, please lift it off
                                 
Please take it off, please make it stop

(Bridge)
                       
I felt so sure of everything
                       
My love to you so well received
                                
And I just strutted around your town
                          
Knowing I didn’t let you down
                                  
The truth be known, the truth be told
                            
My heart was always fairly cold
                        
Posing to be as warm as yours
                          
My way of getting in your world
                              
But now I’m out and I’ve had time
                    
To look around and think
                       
And sink into another world
                       
That’s filled with guilt and overwhelming

(Chorus)
                   
Shame, boatloads of shame
                         
Day after day, more of the same
                     
Blame, please lift it off
                                 
Please take it off, please make it stop


                        
And everyone they have a heart
                             
And when they break and fall apart
                            
And need somebody’s helping hand


                          
I used to say just let ’em fall
                         
It wouldn’t bother me at all
                           ()
I couldn’t help them now I can