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Secret Meeting

The National
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 Intro
 I think  this place  is full of spies
 I think  they're onto me
 Didn't anybody, didn't anybody tell you
 Didn't anybody tell you how to gracefully disappear in a room
------->
 I know you put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, I know
-------------->
 And so and now I'm sorry I missed you
-------------->
 I had a secret meeting in the basement of my...
brain
It  went the dull and wicked  ordinary way
It  went the dull and wicked  ordinary way
 And now I'm sorry  I missed you
 I had  a secret meeting in the basement  of my brain
Bm
I think this place is full of spies
D------------->
 I think I'm ruined
----------->
 Didn't anybody, didn't anybody tell you
----------->
 Didn't anybody tell you, this river's full of lost sharks
I  know you put in the hours  to keep me in sunglasses,  I know
 And so and now I'm sorry I missed you
 I had a secret meeting in the basement of my...
brain
It  went the dull and wicked  ordinary way
It  went the dull and wicked  ordinary way
 And now I'm sorry  I missed you
 I had  a secret meeting in the basement  of my brain
 And now I'm sorry  I missed you
 I had  a secret meeting in the basement  of my brain
It  went the dull and wicked  ordinary way
 If you want to add a more colourful sense of harmony to the song (though I wouldn't
 overusing it with just an acoustic),
 instead of playing |  -  -  -
 try
 
 These are accurate chords, but it's nigh on impossible to tab because there is so much
 on in and it's mixed so lo-fi.
 That's why it's great.
 Don't forget to rate, and comment if you think I've missed something.

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Readable chord sheet for Secret Meeting by The National

Intro   [Bm]      [D]

I [Bm]think this [D]place is full of spie[Bm]s
I [D]think they're onto me
Didn't anybody, didn't anybody tell you
Didn't anybody tell you how to gracefully disappear in a room

[Bm]       [D]

[Bm]                    [D]                   [Bm]                 [D]------->
I know you put in the hours to keep me in sunglasses, I know

[D]-------------->
And so and now I'm sorry I missed you
[D]-------------->
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my...

[D]brain      [A]
[Bm]It went the dull and [G]wicked ordinary way [D]            [A]
[Bm]It went the dull and [G]wicked ordinary way [D]
And now I'm [A]sorry I missed you
I [Bm]had a secret meeting in the [G]basement of my [Bm]brain    [D]

[Bm]        [D]

  [Bm]         [D]                [Bm]
I think this place is full of spies
  D------------->
I think I'm ruined
[D]----------->
Didn't anybody, didn't anybody tell you
[D]----------->
Didn't anybody tell you, this river's full of lost sharks

[Bm]     [D]

[Bm]I know you put in the [D]hours to keep me in [Bm]sunglasses, I kn[D]ow

And so and now I'm sorry I missed you
I had a secret meeting in the basement of my...

[D]brain    [A]
[Bm]It went the dull and [G]wicked ordinary way [D]          [A]
[Bm]It went the dull and [G]wicked ordinary way [D]
And now I'm [A]sorry I missed you
I [Bm]had a secret meeting in the [G]basement of my brain [D]
And now I'm [A]sorry I missed you
I [Bm]had a secret meeting in the [G]basement of my brain [D]         [A]
[Bm]It went the dull and [G]wicked ordinary way [D]

If you want to add a more colourful sense of harmony to the song (though I wouldn't
overusing it with just an acoustic),
instead of playing  |[D]  -  [A]  -  [Bm]  -  [G]

try

 [D/A]     [A]     [Bm]     [G/B]

These are accurate chords, but it's nigh on impossible to tab because there is so much
on in and it's mixed so lo-fi.
That's why it's great.

Don't forget to rate, and comment if you think I've missed something.

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