England Chords

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Difficulty:	beginner
Capo:	3rd fret

Author teradart [a] 86.

1 contributor total, last edit on Jan 23, 2017

Chords

Am7

Dm7

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The National - England
 
Standard Tuning - Capo 3
 
Note: I can't decide for myself whether the C chord is 'C' or "Cadd9"
so you can experiment and see which one you like better.
 
[Intro]
G    Am7 C      Dm7 C       Am7  G   (x2)
 
[Verse 1]
G                                                 Am7
Someone send a runner Through the weather that I'm under
        C                           Dm7
For the feeling that I lost today
C                                             Am7   G
Someone send a runner For the feeling that I lost today
 
G                                                 Am7
Someone send a runner Through the weather that I'm under
        C                           Dm7
For the feeling that I lost today
C                                             Am7   G
Someone send a runner For the feeling that I lost today
 
[Pre-Chorus]
G                              Am7              C                       Dm7
You must be somewhere in London You must be loving your life in the rain
       C                       Am7 G
You must be somewhere in London Walking Abbey Lane
 
G                      Am7   C                      Dm7
I don't even think to make I don't even think to make
C                     Am7        G
I don't even think to make corrections
 
[Chorus]
Dm7             C             Am7      G
Famous angels never come through England
Dm7             C         Am7      G
England gets the ones you never need
Dm7     C            Am7  G
I'm in a Los Angeles cathedral 
Dm7     C                 Am7  G   F
Minor singing airheads sing for me
 
[Instrumental]
G Am7 C Dm7 C Am7 G
 
[Verse 2]
G                                        Am7       C                                   Dm7
Put an ocean and a river Between everybody else, Between everything, yourself, and home
C                                                  Am7       G
Put an ocean and a river Between everything, yourself, and home
 
[Pre-Chorus]
G                              Am7              C                       Dm7
You must be somewhere in London You must be loving your life in the rain
       C                       Am7 G
You must be somewhere in London Walking Abbey Lane
 
G                      Am7   C                      Dm7
I don't even think to make I don't even think to make
C                     Am7        G
I don't even think to make corrections
 
[Chorus]
Dm7             C             Am7      G
Famous angels never come through England
Dm7             C         Am7      G
England gets the ones you never need
Dm7     C            Am7  G
I'm in a Los Angeles cathedral 
Dm7     C                 Am7  G   F
Minor singing airheads sing for me
 
[Instrumental]
G  Am7   C    Dm7     C     Am7     G
 
[Bridge] (Repeat bridge 3 more times)
G                                              Am7
Afraid of the house, stay the night with the sinners
C                                             Dm7
Afraid of the house, stay the night with the sinners
C                                                Am7    G
Afraid of the house, 'cause they're desperate to entertain 
 
[Instrumental]
Dm7 C Am7 G  Dm7 C Am7 G F G
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2 comments

2nd verse the second put is a C and not G. Sounds good on acoustic if you add the piano lick as bass line. "..." means let ring/g /b /b ... /b /a /c /c /e /e ... /e /d /f /c /e /e ... /c /a /c /g /b /b And the guitar does a lot of G G/f G/e G