The Avett Brothers - I Should've Spent The Day With My Family Chords

[intro]
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[verse 1]
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I woke up very early like
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I tend to do most days
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Gathered up my clothes, my watch,
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and pocket knife
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It would be almost an hour before
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the sun would show it's face
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And I tried to be quiet so as not to wake my wife
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Turning on my phone was
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the first mistake I made
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My heart sunk when I read the first headline
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There had been another shooting
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and this time not so far away
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And a child who lost his life
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looked awful lot like mine

[verse 2]
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I sat there in the dark
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for I don't know how long
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Without the first idea of what to do
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I walked into the kitchen
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and turned the coffee maker on
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And stood there feeling hopeless
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and staring at the moon
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And when the house got lively,
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I was working double time
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Scrambling eggs and trying not to cry
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Jennifer was getting
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Isaac dressed and packed for school
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I was wondering when God left
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and why he didn't say goodbye

[chorus]
B                     B7          E
I should've spent the day with my family
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Instead I tried and failed to work all day long
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Lord, I should have spent the day with my family
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On days like this,
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they alone make me want to carry on

[verse 3]
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Throughout the day
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I kept hearing all the details
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Though I didn't check
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in much but watch the news
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Some tragedies you know,
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they have no explanation
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And the word "everything"
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don't cover what you lose
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So I spend the whole day pacing back
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and forth all by my lonesome
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Questioning the point in trying to write a song
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And it sure is hard to focus on anything on all
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And you can't get something right
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when everything feels wrong

[chorus]
B                     B7          E
I should've spent the day with my family
          C#m                               A#/F#
Instead I tried and failed to work all day long
        B          Cm6                     C#m
Lord, I should have spent the day with my family
             A
On days like this,
     B             A       B      E
they alone make me want to carry on

[verse 4]
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By sundown I was worn out,
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no closer to understanding
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The evil things that happen every day
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My wife and I shared a beer
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and talked about the future
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Agreeing on the fact that
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we would have to find a way
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Though sometimes I don't know how
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this world continues turning
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What has happened will never be undone
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But tomorrow I think
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I'll just try to keep the day wide open
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And as much as they will have me,
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be with people that I love