Down With the Shine
By The Avett Brothers
Chorus
G
Down with the shine, the
Am
perfect shine
That
C
poisons the well, and
D
ruins my mind
I get
G
took for a ride
Am
every time
C
Down with the
D
glistening
G
shine
Verse 1
G
It's in with the new, and
Am
out with the old
C
Out with the warm, and
D
in comes the cold
It's the
G
most predictable
Am
story told:
C
In with the young,
D
out with the
G
old
Chorus *
G
Down with the shine, the
Am
perfect shine
That
C
poisons the well, and
D
ruins my mind
I get
G
took for a ride
Am
every time
C
Down with the
D
glistening
G
shine
Verse 2
G
A belly full of
Am
high dollar wines
A
C
fat hand, a fat wallet
D
too
Things
G
change and get strange with the
Am
movement of time
It's
C
happening
D
right now to
G
you
Chorus *
G
Down with the shine, the
Am
perfect shine
That
C
poisons the well, and
D
ruins my mind
I get
G
took for a ride
Am
every time
C
Down with the
D
glistening
G
shine
Bridge
It's a
D
real bad
D7
time to bring up the
G
truth
Though we
D
searched, we
D7
found no fountain of
G
youth
Not in
B7
Spain, nowhere
Em
near
Any
B7
where close to
Em
here
D
Verse 3
There's
G
nothing good, because
Am
nothing lasts
And
C
all that comes here, it
D
comes here to pass
I would
G
voice my pain, but the
Am
change wouldn't last
C
All that comes,
D
comes here to
G
pass
Chorus *
G
Down with the shine, the
Am
perfect shine
That
C
poisons the well, and
D
ruins my mind
I get
G
took for a ride
Am
every time
C
Down with the
D
glistening
G
shine
Outro
I get
G
took for a ride
Am
every time
C
Down with the
D
glistening
G
shine