Die Then Grow Chords
Die Then Grow by The Avett Brothers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, Bm, Em and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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