Lagu ini turut mengisi album mereka yang diberi judul I and Love and You.
Album keluaran label American Recordings tersebut turut membawa lagu hit "I and Love and You" dan 12 lagu lainnya.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "The Perfect Space" dari The Avett Brothers:
[Intro]
C - C/B - Am - F - Am - C x2
F - Am - C - F - G - C
[Verse 1]
F C F C
I wanna have friends that I can trust
Am G F G C
That love me for the man I've become not the man I was
F C F C
I wanna have friends that will let me be
Am G F G C
All alone when being alone is all that I need
[Interlude 1]
C - C/B - Am - F - Am - C x2
[Verse 2]
I wanna fit in to the perfect space
Feel natural and safe in a volatile place
And I wanna grow old without the pain
Give my body back to the earth and not complain
[Bridge 1]
C G Am C G Am
Will you understand when I am too old of a man?
C G Am C G Am
And will you forget when we have paid our debt
G F
Who did we borrow from? Who did we borrow from?
[Interlude 2]
C - G5 - F - F - G5 - C x2
G5 - D5 - C5 x2
[Verse 3]
G5 D5 C5 Em
Okay part two now clear the house
G5 D5 C5 Em
The party's over take the shouting and the people, get out
G5 D5 C5 Em
I have some business and a promise that I have to hold to
G5 D5 C5 Em
I do not care what you assume or what the people told you
[Bridge 2]
G5 D5 Em G5 D5 Em
Will you understand, when I am too old of a man?
G5 D5 Em G5 D5 Em
Will you forget when we have paid our debts
D5 C
Who did we borrow from, who did borrow from?
[Verse 4]
G C G
I wanna have pride like my mother has
Em D C D G
And not like the kind in the bible that turns you bad
C G C G
And I wanna have friends that I can trust
Em D C D G
That love me for the man I've become and not the man that I was
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