Mean Avenues Chords - Quiet Hollers

Intro

C G/B Am G F FMaj7 2x Note: the bass line descends one note at a time on first the A-string then the E-string: C B A G F If flatpicking the intro, make sure to accent that bass note. Add the following flair at the end of the F chord in each line of the verse (before heading back to the C to sound like the recorded song:

{tab: e|-1p0--------------|}

{tab: B|------1-----------|}

{tab: G|---------0--------|}

{tab: D|------------------|}

{tab: A|------------------|}

{tab: E|------------------|}

Verse 1

C G/B Am G F Where were the stars when I needed them? C G/B Am G F No doubt behind some vicious cloud C G/B Am G F And where were your words when I would have heeded them? C G/B Am G F No doubt wasted on somebody else

Chorus

F G C G/B Am G And all this time I could've been in your arms F G Am Instead of out here on those mean avenues F G C G/B Am G And all this time I could've been doing something meaningful F G C Instead of wasting my time on you

Bridge

C G/B Am G F FMaj7 2x

Verse 2

C G/B Am G F How do you fight something that you can't see? C G/B Am G F And how do you k**l what's already dead? C G/B Am G F And come to terms with what you might never be C G/B Am G F But have been for years, if only in your head

Chorus

F G C G/B Am G And all this time I could've been seeing the world F G Am Instead of out there on those mean avenues F G C G/B Am G And all this time I could've been working on my dreams F G C G/B Am G F Instead of wasting my time on you F G C G/B Am G F Instead of wasting my time on you

Outro

C G/B Am G F FMaj7 2x