Smithsonian chords

The Avett Brothers

Key: 

Simplify chords 

Capo: 3st fret

  			 

 
G                      C       G 
Call the Smithsonian I made a discovery 
G                                  D 
Life ain't forever and lunch isn't free 
G               B7                C           G 
Loved ones will break your heart with or without you 
C            G            D         G 
Turns out we don't get to know everything 

G  C  G  C  G  C  D  G 

verse 1 
D                         C 
Get the young scientists, tell them "come quick" 
  G                            D           
I must be the first man that's ever seen this 
D                    C 
Lines on my face, my teeth are not white 
   G                       D 
My eyes do not work and my legs don't move right 

G                      C       G 
Call the Smithsonian I made a discovery 
G                                  D 
Life ain't forever and lunch isn't free 
G               B7                C           G 
Loved ones will break your heart with or without you 
C            G            D         G 
Turns out we don't get to know everything 

G  C  G  C  G  C  D  G 

verse 2 
D                 C 
I wonder if Romeo ever got scared 
G                 D 
Taken but shaken, unprepared 
D                  C                  
Under the balcony, under the trees 
G                  D 
Fully unknowing of where this would lead 
D                   C 
What if we marry or give up the ghost? 
G             D 
Or we abandon those we love most? 
D                 C 
What if you carry me and lay me down 
G                       D 
Once you get used to me being around? 

G                      C       G 
Call the Smithsonian I made a discovery 
G                                  D 
Life ain't forever and lunch isn't free 
G               B7                C           G 
Loved ones will break your heart with or without you 
C            G            D         G 
Turns out we don't get to know everything 

G  C  G  C  G  C  D  G 

verse 3 
D                       C 
My bedroom's an office, my kitchen's a car 
G                  D 
My life is a joke, my bathroom's a bar 
D                 C 
I go there a lot, more than I should 
G                           D 
I know I should stop but it feels too damn good 

G                      C       G 
Call the Smithsonian I made a discovery 
G                                  D 
Life ain't forever and lunch isn't free 
G               B7                C           G 
Loved ones will break your heart with or without you 
C            G            D         G 
Turns out we don't get to know everything