Biography:
The National is a Brooklyn-based indie rock band formed in 1999, by friends from Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The band's lyrics are written and sung by Matt Berninger in a distinctive, deep baritone. The rest of the band is composed of two pairs of brothers: Aaron Dessner (guitar, bass, keyboards), Bryce Dessner (guitar), Scott Devendorf (bass, guitar) and Bryan Devendorf (drums).
Their self-titled debut album"The National" (Brassland 2001) was recorded and released before they had played even a single show.
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Other songs:
- About Today (transposed)
- Bloodbuzz Ohio
- Conversation 16
- Exily Vilify
- Fake Empire
- I Need My Girl
- I Should Live In Salt
- Slipping Husband
- Slow Show
- Sorrow
- Start A War
- The Rains Of Castamere
- The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness
- This Is The Last Time
- Trophy Wife
- Lemonworld
- The Runaway
- Wasp Nest
- 29 Years
- 90 Mile Water Wall
- A Little Faith
- About Today
- Afraid Of Everyone
- All Dolled
- All The Wine
- American Mary
- Anna Freud
- Anyones Ghost
- Apartment Story
- Ashamed Of The Story I Told
- Available
- Baby Well Be Fine
- Bitters Absolut
- Born To Beg
- Brainy
- Cardinal Song
- Carin At The Liquor Store
- City Middle
- Cold Girl Fever
- Dark Side Of The Gym
- Daughters Of The Soho Riots
- Day I Die
- Demons
- Dont Swallow The Cap
- Driver Surprise Me
- Empire Line
- England
- Exile Vilify
- Fireproof
- Forever After Days
- Graceless
- Green Gloves
- Guest Room
- Guilty Party
- Hard To Find
- Heavenfaced
- Humiliation
- I Should Live In A Salt
- Ill Still Destroy You
- It Never Happened
- Karen
- Lean
- Learning
- Lit Up
- Looking For Astronauts
- Lucky You
- Mistaken For Strangers
- Mr November
- Murder Me Rachael
- Nobody Else Will Be There
- Patterns Of Fairytales
- Pay For Me
- Peggy
- Pink Rabbits
- Pretty Forever
- Reasonable Man I Dont Mind
- Rest Of Years
- Rylan
- Sailors In Your Mouth
- Santa Clara
- Sea Of Love
- Secret Meeting
- Sleep All Summer
- Sleep Well Beast
- Slipped
- So Far Around The Bend
- Sugar Wife
- Sunshine On My Back
- Tall Saint
- Terrible Love
- The Day I Die
- The Geese Of Beverly Road
- The Perfect Song
- The Thrilling Of Claire
- Theory Of The Crows
- Think You Can Wait
- Thirsty
- Turtleneck
- Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks
- Wake Up Your Saints
- Walk It Back
- Watching You Well
- Without Permission
- You Were A Kindness
- Youve Done It Again Virginia
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I'm a huge fan of The National, but their songs are not easy to play or to cover
(most of them at least), neither to figure out actually :). The other chords
available here are based on a live show from the National and so are accurate to
the way the band plays the song, but they aren't really that much fun to play on
an acoustic guitar. I just tabbed my own version in about
10 minutes with pretty much only simple chords. The key sounds right, and I do
improvise a couple C variations when I play it that go nicely along with the song
so no, it is not accurate to the original way of playing it! Just play or fiddle
around with it and tell me what you think. Enjoy!
PS: the tab may miss a chord or two so if you feel like something is missing, it probably is :)
Capo: 2nd or 3rd fret (for me, adapt depending on your voice)
Tuning: standard
Chords used:
G: 320033 or 320003
C: 032010
C2: 030010 (don't know the name of this chord)
C/E: 020010
The song with the chords:
[Verse]
G C C2 C/E G
Be still for a second while I try and try to pin your flowers on
C C2 C/E
Nana na na
G
Can you carry my drink I have everything else
C
I can tie my tie all by myself
G C C2 C/E
I’m getting tied, I’m forgetting why
G C
Oh we’re so disarming darling, everything we did believe
G C C2 C/E
is diving diving diving diving off the balcony
[Chorus]
G C C2
Tired and wired we ruin too easy
G C
sleep in our clothes and wait for winter to leave
G C C2
G
Hold ourselves together with our arms around the stereo for hours
C C2 C/E
Nana na na
G
While it sings to itself or whatever it does
C
when it sings to itself of its long lost loves
G C C2 C/E
I’m getting tied, I’m forgetting why
[Pre-Chorus]
G C C2
Tired and wired we ruin too easy
G C C2
sleep in our clothes and wait for winter to leave
G C
but I’ll be with you behind the couch when they come
C2 C/E G C
C/E
on a different day just like this one
[Chorus]
G
We’ll stay inside til somebody finds us
C
do whatever the TV tells us
G C C2
stay inside our rosy-minded fuzz for days
C/E G
We’ll stay inside til somebody finds us
C
do whatever the TV tells us
G C
stay inside our rosy-minded fuzz
[Bridge]
C2 C/E G
so worry not
C
all things are well
C2 C/E G
we’ll be alright
C C2 C/E
we have our looks and perfume
[Chorus]
G
stay inside til somebody finds us
C
do whatever the TV tells us
G C
stay inside our rosy-minded fuzz
C2 C/E G
so worry not
C
all things are well
C2 C/E G
we’ll be alright
C C2 G
we have our looks and perfume on
(most of them at least), neither to figure out actually :). The other chords
available here are based on a live show from the National and so are accurate to
the way the band plays the song, but they aren't really that much fun to play on
an acoustic guitar. I just tabbed my own version in about
10 minutes with pretty much only simple chords. The key sounds right, and I do
improvise a couple C variations when I play it that go nicely along with the song
so no, it is not accurate to the original way of playing it! Just play or fiddle
around with it and tell me what you think. Enjoy!
PS: the tab may miss a chord or two so if you feel like something is missing, it probably is :)
Capo: 2nd or 3rd fret (for me, adapt depending on your voice)
Tuning: standard
Chords used:
G: 320033 or 320003
C: 032010
C2: 030010 (don't know the name of this chord)
C/E: 020010
The song with the chords:
[Verse]
G C C2 C/E G
Be still for a second while I try and try to pin your flowers on
C C2 C/E
Nana na na
G
Can you carry my drink I have everything else
C
I can tie my tie all by myself
G C C2 C/E
I’m getting tied, I’m forgetting why
G C
Oh we’re so disarming darling, everything we did believe
G C C2 C/E
is diving diving diving diving off the balcony
[Chorus]
G C C2
Tired and wired we ruin too easy
G C
sleep in our clothes and wait for winter to leave
G C C2
G
Hold ourselves together with our arms around the stereo for hours
C C2 C/E
Nana na na
G
While it sings to itself or whatever it does
C
when it sings to itself of its long lost loves
G C C2 C/E
I’m getting tied, I’m forgetting why
[Pre-Chorus]
G C C2
Tired and wired we ruin too easy
G C C2
sleep in our clothes and wait for winter to leave
G C
but I’ll be with you behind the couch when they come
C2 C/E G C
C/E
on a different day just like this one
[Chorus]
G
We’ll stay inside til somebody finds us
C
do whatever the TV tells us
G C C2
stay inside our rosy-minded fuzz for days
C/E G
We’ll stay inside til somebody finds us
C
do whatever the TV tells us
G C
stay inside our rosy-minded fuzz
[Bridge]
C2 C/E G
so worry not
C
all things are well
C2 C/E G
we’ll be alright
C C2 C/E
we have our looks and perfume
[Chorus]
G
stay inside til somebody finds us
C
do whatever the TV tells us
G C
stay inside our rosy-minded fuzz
C2 C/E G
so worry not
C
all things are well
C2 C/E G
we’ll be alright
C C2 G
we have our looks and perfume on
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