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Slow Show by The National - Guitar Chords

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            The National - Slow Show
Tabbed by Michel Gort

Capo 4th fret

From Am to Dm9 is just lifting up your finger on the d-string and not 
playing the e- and
Listen to the song for the right timing to do the pulloff.


[Intro]

Am Dm9 Am Dm9 Am F C 
F C G G


[Verse I]

Am  Dm9                     Am Dm9  Am
Standing at the punch table swallowing punch
F                         C
can’t pay attention to the sound of anyone
F                     C
a little more stupid, a little more scared
G            G
every minute more unprepared


[Verse II]

Am  Dm9                Am Dm9  Am
I made a mistake in my life today
F                      C
everything I love gets lost in drawers
F                     C
I want to start over, I want to be winning
G                   G
way out of sync from the beginning


[Chorus]

C         C
  I wanna hurry home to you
F         F            Am         Am
   put on a slow, dumb show for you
            G      G
and crack you up
           C          C                    F
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
      F            Am          Am
god I’m very, very frightening
    G          G
I’ll overdo it


[Instrumental]

Am Dm9 Am Dm9 Am F C GG


[Verse III]

Am  Dm9                Am Dm9  Am
Looking for somewhere to stand and stay
  F                          C
I leaned on the wall and the wall leaned away
F                     C
Can I get a minute of not being nervous
    G                  G
and not thinking of my dick


[Verse IV]

Am  Dm9             Am Dm9  Am
My leg is sparkles, my leg is pins
         F                             C
I better get my shit together, better gather my shit in
F                                C
You could drive a car through my head in five minutes
G                          G
from one side of it to the other


[Chorus]

C         C
  I wanna hurry home to you
F         F            Am         Am
   put on a slow, dumb show for you
            G      G
and crack you up
           C          C                    F
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
      F            Am          Am
god I’m very, very frightening
    G          G
I’ll overdo it


[Instrumental]

C F Am G


[Outro]

Em G D C

Em                 G
You know I dreamed about you
D                    C
for twenty-nine years before I saw you
Em                 G
You know I dreamed about you
D
I missed you for
C
for twenty-nine years

Em                 G
You know I dreamed about you
D                    C
for twenty-nine years before I saw you
Em                 G
You know I dreamed about you
D
I missed you for
C
for twenty-nine years

Em G D C
Em G D C


[Piano part]

e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--4-4-4-2-0---4--2---------2-2-2-4-2-0---------|
D|------------2---------------------------2----0-|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
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