Chord Booklet

The National

10 songs|26 chords used|Hard

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Chords used

Ebm

G#m

C#m

Fmaj7

C/E

Bbm

Dbm

F#m

Rylan

Key: BHard

Ebm

G#m

C#m

BEbm

G#mEbm

BRylan, you should try to Ebmget some sun. B Ebm

G#mYou remind me of eEbmveryone. G#m Ebm

BRylan, did you break your mEbmother's heart B Ebm

G#mEvery time you tried to Ebmplay your part? G#m Ebm

Is it Eeasy to keep so qBuiet?

G#mEverybody loves a qC#muiet child.

Is it eEasy to seem so gBrand?

G#mWanna be alone in C#mla-la-life.

BRylan, you can take the Ebmquick way out. B Ebm

G#mYou can turn blank white in a Ebmblank white house. G#m Ebm

BThey say that you're a pervert, Ebmyou're a vulture. B Ebm

G#mDon't you wanna be pEbmopular culture? G#m Ebm

Is it Eeasy to keep so qBuiet?

G#mEverybody loves a qC#muiet child.

Is it eEasy to seem so gBrand?

G#mWanna be alone in C#mla-la-life.

Is it Eeasy to live insBide the role?

G#mAll the little kids are C#mhigh and hazy.

EEverybody got noBwhere to go,

G#mEverybody wants to C#mbe amazing.

BRylan, CalifornEbmia's rotten.

BDressed like blue to Ebmbe forgotten.

G#mEach of the curls on SEbmunday morning.

G#mKeep the conversEbmations boring.

BStay with me amonEbmg the strangers.

BChange your mind and noEbmthing changes.

G#mDon't let show anEbmy emotion

G#mWhen you fly intEbmo the ocean.

BRylan, you should try to Ebmget some sun. B Ebm

G#mThere's a little bit of heaven in eEbmveryone. G#m Ebm

Is it Eeasy to keep so qBuiet?

G#mEverybody loves a qC#muiet child.

Is it eEasy to seem so gBrand?

G#mWanna be alone in C#mla-la-life.

Is it Eeasy to live insBide the role?

G#mAll the little kids are C#mhigh and hazy.

EEverybody got noBwhere to go,

G#mEverybody wants to C#mbe amazing.

ERylan, you should try to Bget some sun. G#m C#m

EYou remind me of evBeryone. G#m C#m

ERylan, you should try to Bget some sun. G#m C#m

EA little bit of heaven in evBeryone. G#m C#m

ERylan, you should try to Bget some sun. G#m C#m

EBG#mC#m

EbAbDbGbBbEb

CRylan, you should try to Emget some sun. C Em

AmYou remind me of evEmeryone. Am Em

CRylan, did you break your Emmother's heart C Em

AmEvery time you tried to Emplay your part? Am Em

Is it eFasy to keep so qCuiet?

AmEverybody loves a qDmuiet child.

Is it Feasy to seem so gCrand?

AmWanna be alone in Dmla-la-life.

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Pink Rabbits

Key: AmCapo 2Easy

AmI couldn't find quiet I weDnt out in the rain

I was just sGoakin' my head to uCnrattle my brain

AmSomebody said you disappeaDred in a crowd

I didn't undGerstand then IC don't understand now

AmAm I the oDne you think about

When you're sGitting in your faintin' chair drCinking Pink Rabbits?

AmAm I the oDne you think about

When you're sGitting in your faintin' chair drCinking Pink Rabbits?

AAmnd everybody was gCone

YAmou were staring down the street 'cause you were tCryin' not to crack up

IAmt wasn't like a rain, it was mDore like a sea

I didn't aGsk for this pain, it just cCame over me

IAm love a storm, but I doDn't love lightning

All the waGters coming up so fasCt, it's frightening

AmAm I the oDne you think about

When you're sGitting in your faintin' chair drCinking Pink Rabbits?

AmAm I the oDne you think about

When you're sGitting in your faintin' chair drCinking Pink Rabbits?

AAmnd everybody was gCone

YAmou were staring down the street 'cause you were tCryin' not to crack

I was sAmolid gold

I was iDn the fight

I was cGoming back

From what Cseemed like a ruin

I coAmuldn't see

You coDming so far

I just Gturn around

And tChere you are

AmI'm so surprised you want to daDnce with me now

I was just Ggetting used to living life wCithout you around

AmI'm so surprised you want to daDnce with me now

You always Gsaid I held you way too hiCgh off the ground

AmYou didn't see me I was fDalling apart

I was a wGhite girl in a crowd of Cwhite girls in the park

AmYou didn't see me I was fDalling apart

I was a tGelevision version of a pCerson with a broken heart

AmYou didn't see me I was fDalling apart

I was a wGhite girl in a crowd of Cwhite girls in the park

AmYou didn't see me I was fDalling apart

I was a tGelevision version of a pCerson with a broken heart

AAmnd everybody was gCone

YAmou were staring down the street 'cause you were Ctryin' not to crack up

BAmona Drag was still Con

AmNow I only think about LosC Angeles when the sound kicks oGut D

AmNow I only think about LosC Angeles when the sound kicks oGut D Am C

You sGaid it would be pDainless

A neAmedle in a dolCl

You sGaid it would be pDainless

It wAmasn't that atC all

You sGaid it would be pDainless

A neAmedle in a dolCl

You sGaid it would be pDainless

It wAmasn't that atC all (when the sound kicks out)

You sGaid it would be pDainless

A neAmedle in a dolCl (when the sound kicks out)

You sGaid it would be pDainless

It wAmasn't that atC all

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The Thrilling Of Claire

Key: EmCapo 3Medium

EmCGC

EmClearly you're wondering C

Glowing so Ghot from him pCink-like shivers

EmTurn around, let me tiCe your string, stand stGill this isn't easy C

All Emthese weights and wiresC must make a skinny girlG tired C

All these weightsEm and wiresC must make a skinny girlG tired C

AmWhats the difference bGetween Dwhat this Amis and what it was? G D

well, you Amgot your pretty white biGrd Dand

Amwell, you got Gyour dDove

EmCGC

EmIf thats what gets you offC, I can't competeG with the thrilling of ClaCire

All the Emafter effects of threeC girls on twoG girls, I'll just helpC you finish off

EmAmGAm

EmAmEmAm

we'llC be their pet, we'lAml wear their collar

GInto the flame and oEmff to the movies

The Cthrilling of Claire, for the Gthrilling of Claire

TheD thrilling of Claire, for the Dthrilling of Claire

we'llC be their pet, we'lAml wear their collar

GInto the flame and Emoff to the movies

The Cthrilling of Claire, for the Gthrilling of Claire

DInto the flame and Doff to the movies

EmCGC

EmClearly you're wondering C

Glowing so Ghot from him pCink-like shivers

EmTurn around, let me tiCe your string, stand stGill this isn't easy C

All Emthese weights and wiresC must make a skinny girlG tired C

All these weightsEm and wiresC must make a skinny girlG tired C

AmWhats the difference bGetween Dwhat this Amis and what it was? G D

well, you Amgot your pretty white GbirDd and

Amwell, you got Gyour dDove

EmAmEmAm

we'llC be their pet, we'lAml wear their collar

GInto the flame and oEmff to the movies

The Cthrilling of Claire, for the Gthrilling of Claire

TheD thrilling of Claire, for the Dthrilling of Claire

we'llC be their pet, we'lAml wear their collar

GInto the flame and oEmff to the movies

The Cthrilling of Claire, for the Gthrilling of Claire

DInto the flame and Doff to the movies C Am

GInto the flame and Emoff to the movies

CGDD

CAmGEm

CGDD

CAmGEm

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This Is The Last Time

Key: DCapo 3Hard

DOh, when I Emlift you up you Cfeel like a Chundred times your-

Dself, I wish Emeverybody Cknew, what's so Cgreat about you

DOh, but your Emlove is such a Cswamp, you don't Cthink before you

Djump, and I Emsaid I wouldn't Cget sucked in

CAhhhhahhh

Am C G G This is the Amlast time C G G

DOh, don't tell Emanyone I'm Chere, I got CTylenol and

Dbeer, I was Emthinking that you'd Ccall somebody Ccloser to you

DOh, but your Emlove is such a Cswamp, you're the Conly thing I

Dwant, and I Emsaid I wouldn't Ccry about

CAhhhhahhh

Am C G G This is the Amlast time C G G This is the Amlast time C G G

We were so Dunder the Embrine, we were so Cvacant and Ckind

We were so Dunder the Embrine, we were so Cvacant C

We were so Dunder the Embrine, we were so Cout of our Cminds

We were so Dunder the Embrine, we were so Cvacant C

DOh, when I Emlift you up you Cfeel like a Chundred times your-

Dself, I wish Emeverybody Cknew, what's so Cgreat about you

DOh, but your Emlove is such a Cswamp, you don't Cthink before you

Djump, and I Emsaid I wouldn't Cget sucked in

CAhhhhahhh

AmCGG

I won't be Amvacant anymore,C I won't be Gwaiting anymore G

DmAmFC

DmJenny I am in trouAmble, Fcan't get these thoughts Cout of me

DmJenny I'm seeing douAmble, FI know this changes Ceverything

DmJenny I am in trouAmble, Fcan't get these thoughts Cout of me

DmJenny I'm seeing douAmble, FI know this changes Ceverything

It takes a Dmlot of Ampain to Fpick me uCp

It takes a Dmlot of Amrain Fin the cuCp

It takes a Dmlot of Ampain to Fpick me uCp

It takes a Dmlot of Amrain Fin the cuCp

DmBaby you gaAmve me baFd ideaCs

DmBaby you leAmft me saFd and higCh

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Runaway

Key: CCapo 4Medium

Fmaj7

C/E

CThere's no Fmaj7savin' anytChing

Now we're swC/Eallowin' the shine of the suCn

There's no Fmaj7savin' anythCing

How we sC/Ewallow the sun

But CI won't be no Fmaj7runaway, ?cause CI won't C/Erun

No CI won't be no Fmaj7runaway

CWhat makes you think I?m enC/Ejoyin' being led to the flAmood

We got anoFther thing comin' undCone

That?s tGaking us over

AmWe don't bleed when Fwe don't fight

Go ahCead go ahead, throw your aGrms in the air tonight

AmWe don't bleed when Fwe don't fight

Go ahCead go ahead, lose our shGirts in the fire tonight

AmWhat makes you think I?m enjFoying being led to the Cflood

We got anGother thing comin' undCone

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Fmaj7CC/E

But CI won't be no Fmaj7runaway, ?cause CI won't C/Erun

No CI won't be no Fmaj7runaway, ?cause CI won't C/Erun

No CI won't be no Fmaj7runaway

CWhat makes you think I?m enC/Ejoyin' being led to the flAmood

We got anoFther thing comin' undCone

And it?s tGaking us over

AmWe don't bleed when Fwe don't fight

Go ahCead go ahead, throw your aGrms in the air tonight

AmWe don't bleed when Fwe don't fight

Go ahCead go ahead, lose our sGhirts in the fire tonight

AmWhat makes you think I'm enjFoying being led to the fClood

We got anoGther thing comin' unAmdone

We got anoFther thing comin' undCone

And it?s taGking forever

Instrumental

CFmaj7CC/E

CI'll go Fmaj7bravin' everCything

With you swaC/Ellowin' the shine of the suCn

CI'll go Fmaj7bravin' everCything

Through the C/Eshine of the sun

But CI won't be no Fmaj7runaway, cause CI won't C/Erun

No IC won't be no Fmaj7runaway, cause CI won't C/Erun

No CI won't be no Fmaj7runaway

CWhat makes you think I?m enC/Ejoying being led to the flAmood

We got anoFther thing comin' undCone

And it?s tGaken us over

AmWe don't bleed when Fwe don't fight

Go ahCead go ahead, throw your aGrms in the air tonight

AmWe don't bleed when Fwe don't fight

Go ahCead go ahead, lose our shiGrts in the fire tonight

AmWhat makes you think I?m enjFoying being led to the fClood

We got anoGther thing comin undAmone

We got anoFther thing comin' undCone

That?s taGking us over Am F C

That?s taGking forever C

Fmaj7

CC/E

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Quiet Light

Key: BHard

G#m

C#m

BG#mF

B I used to G#mfall asleep to you Ftalking to me

I don't listen to anything now

B Nothing to G#mdo with us, I'm Fjust so tired of thinking

About everything

B I'm not aG#mfraid of being aFlone

I just don't know what to do with my time

B Between you and G#mme, I thought it would Fall last

A little while longer

But I'm learning to Elie here in the quiet C#mlight

While I watch the sG#mky go from black to gFrey

Learning how not to Edie inside a little every C#mtime

I think about you and woG#mnder if you are aFwake

B You don't know G#manything, I Fthink about you way more than anything else

B I'm not that sG#mpiritual I Fstill go out all the time to department stores

B EverythingG#m I need, but nFone of this is getting me anywhere good

B Between you andG#m me I still fall aFpart at the thought of your voice

But I'm learning to Elie here in the quiet C#mlight

While I watch the sG#mky go from black to gFrey

Learning how not to Edie inside a little every C#mtime

I think about you and woG#mnder if you are aFwake

And I'm learning to Elive without the heartache it C#mgives me

Nothing I wouldn't G#mdo for another few Fminutes

Learning how not to Ecry every time there's C#m G#m

Another sad unbearable morning

But sometimes there'sF nothing I can do

I can't C#mhelp it

It'sG#m you that I think I Fhear in the quiet Elight

Am I C#mcrazy?

YouG#m're nowhere near me, guess FI don't know what I'm Esaying

Just C#mcall me, I'll G#mcome to where you are aFlone in the quiet Elight

I'm C#malways thinking you're beG#mhind me

And I turn aBround and you're always Fthere

But I'm learning to lEie here in the quiet lC#might

While I watch the sG#mky go from black to gFrey

Learning how not to Edie inside a little every C#mtime

I think about you and woG#mnder if you are aFwake

And I'm learning to Elive without the heartache it C#mgives me

Nothing I wouldn't G#mdo for another few Fminutes

Learning how not to Ecry every time there's C#manother sad unbearablG#me morning

But sometimes there'sF nothing I can do

EC#mG#mF

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Turtleneck

Key: FHard

Bbm

Dbm

FOh my Mother, Ablet your daughter Fdance with meAb

FI'd like to Abspin her wild around the Fcottonwood treeAb

There's Bbmsomething about her Dbmeyes, I think her Bbmroots are rotten

FThis must be the Abreason she wears her Fhair up in knots, oh no

FThis is so embarrassingAb

FAh, we're pissing Abfits

FmCrying on our doorsteps in Ft-shirts loose and Abripped

BbSome of them so out of style I Bbmcannot save them

FThey'll just get whatever my salAbvation gave them

CKeep the weed next to the bed

BbLight the water, check for lead

CDim the lights a little lower

BbHide your backbone, shrug your shoulders

CGive the gift that fits your head

BbYou have to get this turtleneck F Ab F Ab

The Fmpoor, they leave their cellphones in the Fbathrooms of the Abrich

And when they Ftry to turn them Aboff everyFthing they Abswitch to

Is just aBbnother man, in shitty suits, Bbeverybody's Abcheering for

FThis must be the Abgenius we've been Fmwaiting years for, oh no

FThis is so embarrassingAb

FAh, we're pissing Abfits

FmCrying on our doorsteps in Ft-shirts loose and Abripped

BbSome of them so out of style I Bbmcannot save them

FThey'll just get whatever my salAbvation gave them

CKeep the weed next to the bed

BbLight the water, check for lead

CDim the lights a little lower

BbHide your backbone, shrug your shoulders

CGive the gift that fits your head

BbYou have to get this turtleneck

FFmFFmFFmFFm

FAbFmAb

BbmBb

FAbFFmFFmFAbFAbFAb

BbAbBbAb

FAbFmCm

CKeep the weed next to the bed

BbLight the water, check for lead

CDim the lights a little lower

BbHide your backbone, shrug your shoulders

CGive the gift that fits your head

BbYou have to get this turtleneck F Ab F

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Oblivions

Key: C#mHard

C#m

F#m

C#mDA

C#mDF#mAE

C#mDA

It's alF#mmost like you're not afraEid of anythBming I doD

How I want F#myou C#m Ehere Bm

F#m You don't know what it'sE like to be aroBmund you

I still gotF#m my C#m Efear Bm

It's the way you say F#myes when I ask you to mEarry me

You don't know wBmhat you are doing

Do you thDink you can carry me oF#mver the threshold

C#mOver and over aEgain into oblivBmion?

It's the way that you're gF#monna stop needing to tEell me

You want me as mBmuch as I want you to

Tell me I'm over the tF#mhreshold

Everything is gC#monna be totally oEkay into obliviBmon

C#mI stiDll F#mgot mAy E

C#m DFeaAr

C#mI stiDll F#mgot mAy E

C#m DFeaAr

It's sF#mtill always you every moErning

I think of no Bmmatter what D

How I want yF#mou C#m E hBmere

I kF#mnow I am easy to fEind but you know it's nBmever me

I still got F#mmy C#m E fBmear D

It's like a tF#mide in the cEity lifts me and caBmrries me around

And F#moh, my mind is mC#made up out of noEthing now Bm

If nothing scF#mares you about Eme and you, neBmver put me down

OF#mh, my life is C#mmade up out of nEothing now Bm

You won't walk aF#mway, EwonBm't yDou?

You don't walk aF#mway, C#mdon'tE yoBmu?

You won't walk aF#mway, EwonBm't yDou?

You don't walk aF#mway, C#mdon'tE yoBmu?

I still got F#mmy E fBmear D

I still got F#mmy C#m fEear Bm

I still got F#mmy E fBmear D

I still got F#mmy C#m fEear Bm

F#m

EBm

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Hey Rosey

Key: FMedium

F I'm youCr angel when iDmt rains, deCar

F Heaven Cpicks the Dmplace C

F I'm a Cchild in that Dmway, dCear

F CPlease do Dmit agaiCn

HFey RoCsey, I tDmhink I kCnow just what the Ffeeling iCs Dm C

F I waCs hoping you wouldn'Dmt see me likeC this

F I hate to Cfall before your Dmfeet again C

F I'm the roCcks they weigh dDmown the angels Cwith

F Help me Csee it won't alDmways be like Cthis

HFey RoCsey, I tDmhink I kCnow just what the Ffeeling iCs Dm C

YFou said you Cgot to let me esDmcape myself C

You Fsaid I don't Cknow how not to want Dmsomething else C

If IF held your Chand again, Dmwould you be here Cdown on your Fknees like this?C Dm C

HFey RoCsey, I tDmhink I kCnow just what the Ffeeling iCs Dm C

F I will lCove you like there's Dmrazors in it C

F And she'll Clove you like a rDmadiant flame C

F There's never Creally any saDmfety in it C

F Please dCo it aDmgain C

F There's never Creally any saDmfety in it C

F Please dCo it aDmgain C

HFey RoCsey, I tDmhink I kCnow just what the Ffeeling iCs Dm C

CDmCF

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10.

Peggy-o

Key: AMedium

F#m

C#m

A As we rode on oDut to FennariAo,

A As we rode on oF#mut to C#mFennario,

Our cDaptain fell in love.A.. with a lady Elike a F#mdove

And Acalled her by her nDame, pretty Peggy-AO.

A Will you marry me.D.. pretty Peggy-AO,

will you marry me.F#m.. pretty C#mPeggy-O?

If Dyou will marry me,A oh... I'll set your Ecities F#mfree

And Afree all the Dladies... in the area-AO.

A Oh, I would marry you,D sweet William-AO,

A Oh, I would marry you.F#m.. sweet C#mWilliam-O

Oh, DI would marry you.A.. but your guineas are Etoo F#mfew

And I Afear my Dmama would be angry-AO.

A What would your mama think.D.. pretty Peggy-AO,

A What would your mama think.F#m.. pretty C#mPeggy-O,

What Dwould your mama think.A.. if she heard my EguineaF#ms clink

And Asaw me marching at the Dhead of my soldiers-AO?

A Oh, if I ever I return.D.. pretty Peggy-AO,

A If I ever I return.F#m.. pretty C#mPeggy-O,

Oh, Dif I ever I return.A.. your cities I EwillF#m burn

And Adestroy all the laDdies in the area-AO.

A Come steppin' down the Dstairs pretty Peggy-AO,

A Come steppin' down the F#mstairs pretty C#mPeggy-O,

Come Dsteppin' down the Astairs combin' back your EyellowF#m hair

ABid a last fareDwell to your WilliaAm-O.

A Sweet William he is dead.D.. pretty PeggyA-O,

A Sweet William he is dead.F#m.. pretty C#mPeggy-O,

Sweet DWilliam he is dead.A.. and he died Efor a F#mmaid

And he's Aburied in the LouisiDana countryA-O.

A As we rode on Dout, to FennariAo,

A As we rode on F#mout to C#mFennario

Our Dcaptain fell in love.A.. with a lady Elike a F#mdove,

And Acalled her by her Dname, pretty Peggy-AO.

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