American Mary
The NationalVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
So the / / is chord then bass, bass,
then D chord with an A as the bass note. There were a lot of
slashes to keep track of; let me know if I made any mistakes.
It's hard to hear exactly what notes are in the chords,
but this sounds close.
=XX0232 =X0023X /=X20032 /=02003X
=X32033 =X02230 =022030
give my jewels to the army, my silverware and jeans
give my love to your family; tell them anything.
give yourself to anyone; give yourself away
don't be a nightingale for anyone's space to fill.
if i could, i'd be your star again
fall across your falling sky...
it takes a lot of little rain to make you feel like
nothing.
anything, anything you can do, do to me for everything
i did for you: ...nothing.
i didn't try to take your love away
I just never knew i had it.
there is nothing you can say to ever make me want you
American.
there is nothing you can say to ever make me leave you
American. American
Mary
if you kiss me kiss me with your silver eyes
don't look at me like someone you don't
recognize I didn't try to do this.
your arms around my shoulderblades
are useless.
there is nothing you can say to ever make me want you
American.
there is nothing you can say to ever make me leave you
American. American
Mary
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Readable chord sheet for American Mary by The National
So the [C2] /[C] /[B] [D/A] is [A] [C2] chord then [C] bass, [B] bass, then D chord with an A as the bass note. There were a lot of slashes to keep track of; let me know if I made any mistakes. It's hard to hear exactly what notes are in the chords, but this sounds close. [D]=XX0232 [D/A]=X0023X [Dsus4]/[B]=X20032 [Dsus4]/[E]=02003X [C2]=X32033 [Asus4]=X02230 [Em7]=022030 [D] give my jewels to the [D/A]army, my [Dsus4]silver[B]ware and [Dsus4]jeans [E] [D] give my love to your [D/A]family; tell them [Dsus4]anythi[B]ng. [Dsus4] [E] [D] give yourself to [D/A]anyone; give your[Dsus4]self a[B]way [Dsus4] [E] [D]don't be a nightingale [D/A] for [Dsus4]anyone[B]'s space to fil[Dsus4]l. [E] [C2] i[C]f [B]i [D/A]could, [A] [B] [C2] i'd be[C] yo[B]ur [D/A]star again[A] [B] [C2] [C] [B] [D/A]fall across your falling [Asus4]sky... [D] it [D/A]takes a lot of little rain [Dsus4] [B] to mak[Dsus4]e you [E]feel like [D]nothing. [D/A] [Dsus4] [B] [Dsus4] [E] [D] anything, [D/A]anything you can do, [Dsus4] do [B]to me for eve[Dsus4]rythin[E]g i did for [D]you: [D/A] ...[Dsus4]nothin[B]g. [Dsus4] [E] [C2] i[C] d[B]idn't [D/A]try to t[A]ake y[B]our [C2]love away [C] [B] [D/A] [A] [B] [C2] I[C] j[B]ust [D/A]never knew i had [Asus4]it. [Em7] there is [C2]nothing you can [D]say to [G]ever [D/F#]make me [Em7]want you [C2] [D] American. [G] [D/F#] [Em7] there is [C2]nothing you can [D]say to [G]ever [D/F#]make me [Em7]leave you [C2] [D]American. [D] [D] [A] [Dsus4] [B] [Dsus4] Ameri[E]can [D]Mary [D/A] [Dsus4] [B] [Dsus4] [E] [D] if you kiss me [D/A]kiss me with your silver eyes [Dsus4] don[B]'t look at me like som[Dsus4]eone y[E]ou don't recog[D]nize [D/A] I [Dsus4]didn't[B] try to do this. [Dsus4] [E] [C2] [C] y[B]our [D/A]arms aro[A]und [B]my [C2]shoulderb[C]lades[B] [D/A] [A] [B] [C2] [C] a[B]re [D/A]useless. [Asus4] [Em7] there is [C2]nothing you can [D]say to [G]ever [D/F#]make me [Em7]want you [C2] [D] American. [G] [D/F#] [Em7] there is [C2]nothing you can [D]say to [G]ever [D/F#]make me [Em7]leave you [C2] [D]American. [D] [D] [A] [Dsus4] [B] [Dsus4] [E] American [D]Mary [D/A] [Dsus4] [B] [Dsus4] [E]