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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Capo 2
I made up the notation because the chord names were long (Em7sus4)
and frequent. Here’s the deal: you start the measure with a down
strum on G or Em7. Then strum up on the next beat to accent the root
note an octave up, then you add an “A” note and strum up to accent,
and then add the a “B” and strum up.
G =3200XX (down strum) Em7 =0200XX (down strum)
^ =3200XX (UP strum) ^ =0200XX (UP strum)
^A=3202XX (UP strum) ^A=0202XX (UP strum)
^B=32020X (UP strum) ^B=02020X (UP strum)
You should mess around with the way you strum to fit the music and
not just strum on the beats. Selectively play the high and low part
of the chord, or switch to finger picking. Notes at the bottom.
Other chords you might want to know:
G/B=X2000X Gadd9=32020X
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
Em7 ^ ^A ^B Em7 ^ ^A ^B
G ^ ^A ^B
I have your good clothes in the car
G ^ ^A ^B
So cut your hair so no one knows
Em7 ^ ^A ^B
I have your dreams and your teeth marks
Em7 ^ ^A ^B
all my finger nails are painted
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
I'm here to
Em7 ^ ^A ^B Em7 ^ ^A ^B
take you now
G ^ ^A ^B
You were right about the end
G ^ ^A ^B
It didn't make a difference
Em7 ^ ^A ^B
Everything I can remember
Em7 ^ ^A ^B
I remember wrong
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
C G/B
How can anybody know how they got to be
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
this way
C G/B
You must have known I'd do this
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
some day
C G/B
Break my arms around the one I love
Am
And be forgiven by the time my lover comes
G
Break my arms around my love (REPEAT)
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
Em7 ^ ^A ^B Em7 ^ ^A ^B
G ^ ^A ^B
I don't have any questions
G ^ ^A ^B
I don't think it's gonna rain
Em7 ^ ^A ^B
You were right about the end
Em7 ^ ^A ^B
It didn't make a difference
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
I'm here to
Em7 ^ ^A ^B Em7 ^ ^A ^B
take you now
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
Out among the missing sons and daughters of the So Ho
Em7 ^ ^A ^B Em7 ^ ^A ^B
riots
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
Out among the missing sons and daughters of the So Ho
Em7 ^ ^A ^B Em7 ^ ^A ^B
riots I’m here to
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
take you now
C G/B Gadd9
How can anybody know how they got to be this way
C G/B Gadd9
You must have known I'd do this some day
C G/B
Break my arms around the one I love
Am
And be forgiven by the time my lover comes
G
Break my arms around my love (REPEAT)
-----------------------------------------------------
Notes
Here’s the picking pattern. I recommend switching between the
chords and picking to add some dynamics
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B Em7 ^ ^A ^B Em7 ^ ^A ^B
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------0---------------0---------------0---------------0---|
-----0---2----2------0---2----2------0---2----2------0---2----2--|
------0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----|
I mess around with strumming high or low parts of the chords
to fit the music, here an approximate way I strum.
u for up strum, d for down
1 2 3 4
G ^ ^A ^B
D d U u d U u d U u u
-------------------------------|
-----------------------0--0----|
----0--0--0----2--2----2--2----|
-0--0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0--0-|
-2--2--2--2-2--0--0-2--------2-|
-3----------3-------3----------|
1 2 3 4
Em7 ^ ^A ^B
D d U u d U u d U u u
-------------------------------|
-----------------------0--0----|
----0--0--0----2--2----2--2----|
-0--0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0--0-|
-2--2--2--2-2--0--0-2--------2-|
-0----------0-------0----------|
Capo 2
I made up the notation because the chord names were long (Em7sus4)
and frequent. Here’s the deal: you start the measure with a down
strum on G or Em7. Then strum up on the next beat to accent the root
note an octave up, then you add an “A” note and strum up to accent,
and then add the a “B” and strum up.
G =3200XX (down strum) Em7 =0200XX (down strum)
^ =3200XX (UP strum) ^ =0200XX (UP strum)
^A=3202XX (UP strum) ^A=0202XX (UP strum)
^B=32020X (UP strum) ^B=02020X (UP strum)
You should mess around with the way you strum to fit the music and
not just strum on the beats. Selectively play the high and low part
of the chord, or switch to finger picking. Notes at the bottom.
Other chords you might want to know:
G/B=X2000X Gadd9=32020X
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
Em7 ^ ^A ^B Em7 ^ ^A ^B
G ^ ^A ^B
I have your good clothes in the car
G ^ ^A ^B
So cut your hair so no one knows
Em7 ^ ^A ^B
I have your dreams and your teeth marks
Em7 ^ ^A ^B
all my finger nails are painted
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
I'm here to
Em7 ^ ^A ^B Em7 ^ ^A ^B
take you now
G ^ ^A ^B
You were right about the end
G ^ ^A ^B
It didn't make a difference
Em7 ^ ^A ^B
Everything I can remember
Em7 ^ ^A ^B
I remember wrong
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
C G/B
How can anybody know how they got to be
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
this way
C G/B
You must have known I'd do this
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
some day
C G/B
Break my arms around the one I love
Am
And be forgiven by the time my lover comes
G
Break my arms around my love (REPEAT)
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
Em7 ^ ^A ^B Em7 ^ ^A ^B
G ^ ^A ^B
I don't have any questions
G ^ ^A ^B
I don't think it's gonna rain
Em7 ^ ^A ^B
You were right about the end
Em7 ^ ^A ^B
It didn't make a difference
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
I'm here to
Em7 ^ ^A ^B Em7 ^ ^A ^B
take you now
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
Out among the missing sons and daughters of the So Ho
Em7 ^ ^A ^B Em7 ^ ^A ^B
riots
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
Out among the missing sons and daughters of the So Ho
Em7 ^ ^A ^B Em7 ^ ^A ^B
riots I’m here to
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B
take you now
C G/B Gadd9
How can anybody know how they got to be this way
C G/B Gadd9
You must have known I'd do this some day
C G/B
Break my arms around the one I love
Am
And be forgiven by the time my lover comes
G
Break my arms around my love (REPEAT)
-----------------------------------------------------
Notes
Here’s the picking pattern. I recommend switching between the
chords and picking to add some dynamics
G ^ ^A ^B G ^ ^A ^B Em7 ^ ^A ^B Em7 ^ ^A ^B
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-------------0---------------0---------------0---------------0---|
-----0---2----2------0---2----2------0---2----2------0---2----2--|
------0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----0|
-----------------------------------------------------------------|
-3-----3---3-----3-----3---3-----0-----0---0-----0-----0---0-----|
I mess around with strumming high or low parts of the chords
to fit the music, here an approximate way I strum.
u for up strum, d for down
1 2 3 4
G ^ ^A ^B
D d U u d U u d U u u
-------------------------------|
-----------------------0--0----|
----0--0--0----2--2----2--2----|
-0--0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0--0-|
-2--2--2--2-2--0--0-2--------2-|
-3----------3-------3----------|
1 2 3 4
Em7 ^ ^A ^B
D d U u d U u d U u u
-------------------------------|
-----------------------0--0----|
----0--0--0----2--2----2--2----|
-0--0--0--0-0--0--0-0--0--0--0-|
-2--2--2--2-2--0--0-2--------2-|
-0----------0-------0----------|
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