The Avett Brothers - Die Then Grow

      Die Then Grow - Avett Brothers


VERSE 1

G                C                           G 
Can you say your name to me, put mine after yours?
G                C                               G 
Can we build a house of glass without windows or doors?
G                 C                                G 
Will you learn to love yourself the way I know you should?
G               C                                    G 
Can we find the courage there to call our friendship good?
        Bm             G   
Call it good, call it good  

CHORUS

G           C                         G 
Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you
G           C                         G 
Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you
G                     C                                     G 
Don't let romance and beating hearts change what we came to do
G           C                         G    Em  C
Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you  

VERSE 2

G                    C                             G 
The world is closing in on me, I think it's time I go
G                       C                                     G 
And with your sad young eyes you've taught me things I didn't know
G                          C                                  G 
And my heart broke down to powder there and I wish I'd let it show
G                     C                                G 
And I listened as you said to me you'd rather die than grow
         Bm             G   
Die than grow, die than grow

CHORUS

G           C                         G 
Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you
G           C                         G 
Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you
G                     C                                     G 
Don't let romance and beating hearts change what we came to do
G           C                         G    Em  C
Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you  

VERSE 3

G                         C                            G 
So I watched as those who ask for love, demanding some respect
G                  C                              G 
Became the last in line to have what they come to expect
G                C                              G 
As what nobody taught them that they so rightly deserve
G                        C                                  G 
And the hums of their misfortune peaked, the hardest lesson learned
       Bm              G 
Lesson learned, lesson learned  

CHORUS

G           C                         G 
Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you
G           C                         G 
Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you
G                     C                                     G 
Don't let romance and beating hearts change what we came to do
G           C                         G    Em  C
Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you  

BRIDGE 

  G                  C
To watch us fall is why they came
   G                    Em          C
And fall we did, to the call of the highway
G                    C                   Em    
Don't go home, don't look ahead, don't look behind
D                     C     
Everything we were is dead

VERSE 4

G                       C                                        G 
Then a well of hope and talent sprang, and I caught a glimpse of light
G                             C                                G 
And I drank from there as the colors rang out loudly from your eyes
G         C                           G 
Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you
G                    C                                     G 
Don't let romance or beating hearts change what we came to do
G         C                           G 
Anita, my Anita, I was born to follow you (Repeat.  Lose yourself in it!) 

         Bm             G 
Die then grow, Die then grow
         Bm             G 
Die then grow, Die then grow


Like most Avett songs, this one is build around a basic chord progression, 
but infused with subtle artistry.  The chords are only the starting 
framework.  There are diminished C’s, etc.  I welcome corrections.  
I’ve been mooching here for years, and this is my first submission.

Enjoy!