Song For A Neighbor
Seth Avett
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- C/G
- Dm
- F
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- G7
Continues after the ad
Key:
C/G C/G C/G C/G [Chorus 1]C/G G I don’t want a know it all for aC/G teacherF C/G I don’t need an anthem for a songF C/G I don’t want a saint for a preacherG G I don’t want a landfill for a lawnC/G G I don’t want a loudmouth for aC/G presidentF I don’t cheer for the red or blueC/G teamF C/G All I want is a neighbor I canAm learn something fromC/G G Be good to them and they be goodC/G to me [Verse 1]Am G Compassion is only in fashion whenC/G someone is watchingAm Is it only worth something ifG C/G someone is willing to buy itAm G The flow of traffic is slow and itC/G seems to be stoppingF like we’re all livin’ in one bigG G7 advertisement [Chorus 2]C/G G I don’t want a know it all for aC/G teacherF C/G I don’t need an anthem for a songContinues after the adF C/G I don’t want a saint for a preacherG C/G I don’t want a landfill for a lawnC/G G I don’t want a loudmouth for aC/G presidentF C/G I don’t need same-day deliveryF C/G All I want is a neighbor I canAm learn something fromC/G G Be kind to them and they be kindC/G meC/G C/G [Verse 2]Am G when did everyone’s day become myC/G businessAm G C/G if I try to escape I feel left outAm G Politicians on tv are fightin’C/G like families on ChristmasF G So far each other’s failures is all they’ve talked about [Bridge 1]F You’re right I’m crankyC/G That’ll happen when your forty/agingDm Interested less and less inAm relevancyF I’m a critic of the criticsC/G A lover of the classicsF G A hopeless Romantic and a realistG G7 in the making [Verse 3]Am G I only look for reason when itsC/G hidingAm G I only search in the shadow ofC/G doubtAm G I only understand living whenC/G someone is dyingF So I should’ve reachedG G enlightenment by now [Chorus 3]C/G G I don’t want a know it all for aC/G teacherF C/G I don’t need an anthem for a songF C/G I don’t want a saint for a preacherG G I don’t want a landfill for a lawnC/G G I don’t want a loudmouth for aC/G presidentF more nonsense is just what I don’tC/G needF C/G All I want is a neighbor I canAm learn something fromC/G G Be there for them and they beC/G there for meC/G G Be there for you and you be thereC/G C/G for me