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Slow Show

The National
Version1
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 From  to  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.
Standing  at the punch table swallowing  punch
can’t  pay attention to the  sound of anyone
a  little more stupid, a  little more scared
every  minute more  unprepared
I  made  a mistake in my life  today
everything  I love gets lost  in drawers
I  want to start over, I  want to be winning
way  out of sync from  the beginning
 I wanna hurry  home to you
 put on a  slow, dumb show  for you
 and crack you  up
 so you can put  a blue ribbon  on my brain
 god I’m  very, very frightening
 I’ll  overdo it
Looking  for somewhere to  stand and  stay
 I leaned  on the wall and the wall  leaned away
Can  I get a minute of not  being nervous
 and not  thinking of my dick
My  leg  is sparkles, my leg  is  pins
 I better get  my shit together, better gather  my shit in
You  could drive a car through my head  in five minutes
from  one side of it to the other
 I wanna hurry  home to you
 put on a  slow, dumb show  for you
 and crack you  up
 so you can put  a blue ribbon  on my brain
 god I’m  very, very frightening
 I’ll  overdo it
You  know I dreamed about  you
for  twenty-nine years  before I saw you
You  know I dreamed about  you
I  missed you for
for  twenty-nine years
You  know I dreamed about  you
for  twenty-nine years  before I saw you
You  know I dreamed about  you
I  missed you for
for  twenty-nine years
Piano part
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Readable chord sheet for Slow Show by The National

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.

[Am] [Dm9] [Am] [Dm9] [Am] [F] [C] [F] [C] [G] [G]

[Am]Stan[Dm9]ding at the punch table [Am]swa[Dm9]llowi[Am]ng punch
[F]can’t pay attention to the[C] sound of anyone
[F]a little more stupid, [C]a little more scared
[G]every minute [G]more unprepared

[Am]I ma[Dm9]de a mistake in my [Am]lif[Dm9]e tod[Am]ay
[F]everything I love gets [C]lost in drawers
[F]I want to start over, [C]I want to be winning
[G]way out of sync from[G] the beginning

[C]  I wanna [C]hurry home to you
[F]   put on [F]a slow, dumb s[Am]how for you[Am]
and crack yo[G]u up   [G]
so you can [C]put a blue [C]ribbon on my b[F]rain
god I’[F]m very, very [Am]frightening [Am]
I’ll[G] overdo it [G]

[Am] [Dm9] [Am] [Dm9] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [G]

[Am]Look[Dm9]ing for somewhere t[Am]o s[Dm9]tand [Am]and stay
I [F]leaned on the wall and the [C]wall leaned away
[F]Can I get a minute of [C]not being nervous
and [G]not thinking of my [G]dick

[Am]My l[Dm9]eg is sparkles, [Am]my [Dm9]leg i[Am]s pins
I better [F]get my shit together, better g[C]ather my shit in
[F]You could drive a car through my [C]head in five minutes
[G]from one side of it to the [G]other

[C]  I wanna [C]hurry home to you
[F]   put on [F]a slow, dumb s[Am]how for you[Am]
and crack yo[G]u up   [G]
so you can [C]put a blue [C]ribbon on my b[F]rain
god I’[F]m very, very [Am]frightening [Am]
I’ll[G] overdo it [G]

[C] [F] [Am] [G]

[Em] [G] [D] [C]

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

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

[Em] [G] [D] [C]
[Em] [G] [D] [C]

Piano part
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g--4-4-4-2-0---4--2---------2-2-2-4-2-0---------|
d------------2---------------------------2----0-|
a-----------------------------------------------|
E-----------------------------------------------|

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