------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE LOWERING: A SAD DAY IN GREENVILLETOWN - The Avett Brothers ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- E-mail: macheeoo@yahoo.com Tuning: Standard CAPO II C Em If I had known, your heart was down F G That lonely day in Greenvilletown C Em Then I would have been more concerned F G But later on, I truly learned C Em How it can feel in every bone F G To really see that you're all alone Am F C But I'll, I'll kiss your head Am F C When death finds your bed F And you are gone C Em And if I had seen the way it would be F G I'd hush your cries when you came to me C Em If I could do what I did to you F G The same to me, and I would love for you to see Am F C That I sleep with remorse Am F C And regret hangs round my door F Forevermore C Em And if I had known the lowering tide F G Was lowering with the way you felt inside C Em If I had known all hope was gone F G A broken heart and a broken home Am F C That pierced my lover's past Am F C And carved a lonely path for F her to walk C G So if ever someone says to you F G "Life isn't fair, get used to it" C Em Then you should say -- "Well it might be F G If folks like you would let it be" Am F C But I'll, I'll kiss your head Am F C When death becomes my bed F And I am gone.