Sea Of Love Chords

by The National
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Chords

D
G/B
Em
B
C
C5
G
Am

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Artist: The National
Song: Sea of Love
Album: Trouble Will Find Me
tabbed by: recebedou
email: recebedou@yahoo.com
updated by: rushlet
 
Standard Tuning
 
Chords used:
     EADGBe
Am:  002210
B*:  20----
C:   332010
D:   000232
D*:  054030
Em:  022000
G:   320003
G/B  020010
 
The little riff in the intro (and repeted through the verses and bridge) is a single strum quickly of
Em B* C
before playing a full bar of C, Em, D and back to C for a little over a bar.
Watch https://youtu.be/TdFCD3oXMZo?t=861 to get the rhythm
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[Intro]
Em B* C C Em D* C
Em B* C C Em D* C
 
 
[Verse 1]
C        Em              D**  C  Em B* C
Will you say you love me Jo?
C      Em            D**    C5  Em B* C
How am I supposed to know?
C        Em           D**    C  Em B* C
When you go under the waste
C       Em            D**    C
What am I supposed to say?
 
 
[Chorus]
G     D      C
I see people on the floor
G       D       C
They're slidin' to the sea
G     D         C
Can't stay here anymore
G     D       C
We're turning into thieves
 
[Post-chorus
G    Am             C            G/B
If I stay here      trouble will find me
G    Am             C            G/B
If I stay here      I'll never leave
G                   Em
If I stay here      trouble will find me
 C            C  Em B* C
 I    believe
 
 
[Verse 2]
C        Em              D**  C  Em B* C
Jo I'll always think of you
C        Em              D**  C  Em B* C
As the kind of child who knew
C        Em              D**  C  Em B* C
This was never gonna last
C  Em              D**  C
Oh Jo you fell so fast
 
C  Em B* C
 
[Bridge]
C      Em                    D**          C                            Em B* C
Hey Jo sorry I hurt you, but     they say love is a virtue don't they?
C      Em                    D**          C                            Em B* C
Hey Jo sorry I hurt you, but     they say love is a virtue don't they?
C      Em                    D**          C                            Em B* C
Hey Jo sorry I hurt you, but     they say love is a virtue don't they?
C      Em                    D**          C
Hey Jo sorry I hurt you, but     they say love is a virtue don't they?
 
 
[Chorus]
G     D      C
I see people on the floor
G       D       C
They're slidin' to the sea
G     D         C
Can't stay here anymore
G     D       C
We're turning into thieves
 
[Outro]
G   Em      C
  I see you rushing now, tell me how to reach you
G   Em      C
  I see you rushing now, what did Harvard teach you?
G   Em      C
  I see you rushing now, tell me how to reach you
G   Em      C
  I see you rushing now, what did Harvard teach you?
G   Em      C
  I see you rushing now, tell me how to reach you
G   Em      C                                        G
  I see you rushing now, what did Harvard teach you?
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5 comments
hollowgraphic
The chorus and outro chords are G - Em - C. That's how the played it at the Tiny Desk Concert from NPR ;)
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Festinger
Yes to the above, &: for the verse, the two lead in notes are E,F# , then the chords are: C / Em / D / C / C , (E,F#) (the E,F# leads to a G note, so add that to C is you like) Then the 'post-chorus': G / G , Am / C / C (x2) G / G , Em / Em / Em , C C / C / C (E,F#) And the bridge is just the verse again
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MayorMcJeez
Some of the lyrics are wrong...otherwise nice.
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