Apart From Me Chords
Apart From Me by The Avett Brothers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of D with a capo on the 4st fret. It uses the chords D, C, G, Cmaj7 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
My first tab, I hope you enjoy.
D chord, move C chord up two frets.
When playing G walk up to it 0-2-3
Intro: G-C-Cmaj7 x2
G C Cmaj7
I was scared but I couldn't admit it
G C Cmaj7
Hatred planted out of fear
G C Cmaj7
Fight or flight, no choice but to hit it
Em G C
The road, it calls on me my dear
G C Cmaj7
I was lost as lost can be
G C Cmaj7
Being praised for being found
G C Cmaj7
All that praise got lost on me
Em G C
As a mood swing was headed down
Em G
Apart from me
C D Em G
I would not dare take someone in love with me
C D
Where I'm going
Em G
The part you'll see
C D Em
How true it is and how back then
G C D G
It possibly was impossible for you or me to know it
G-C-Cmaj7 x2
G C Cmaj7
Your touch was nothing more
G C Cmaj7
Than a child's goodbye and hello
G C Cmaj7
It always left me feeling
Em G C
Worse when it was time to go
Em G
Apart from me
C D Em G
I would not dare take someone in love with me
C D
Where I'm going
Em G
The part you'll see
C D Em
How true it is and how back then
G C D G
It possibly was impossible for you or me to know it
G-C-D x2
G C Cmaj7
And most of us out there got fooled
G C Cmaj7
Cause the gold it glittered in the night
G C Cmaj7
We chased it fast like drunk buffoons
Em G C
The banker lived the artist died
G C Cmaj7
And all our clothes were washed in gray
G C Cmaj7
All our buildings and our cars
G C Cmaj7
As the fluorescent light of day
Em G C
Bleached the sky and took the stars
Em G
Apart from me
C D Em G
I would not dare take someone in love with me
C D
Where I'm going
Em G
The part you'll see
C D Em
How true it is and how back then
G C D G
It possibly was impossible for you or me to know it
G-C-Cmaj7 x2
G-C-D end on G