Chords for The National accidentally steals from Sufjan Stevens
Tempo:
94.6 bpm
Chords used:
B
E
Eb
Ab
Abm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb]
[Ab]
[B]
[Ab] [Abm] [B]
[E] [Eb] We started writing songs a year and a half ago and we started recording them a year ago
and we re-recorded them.
Several of them were re-recorded many times and taken apart.
It wasn't easy, really.
Which one was the most struggled about?
Well, weirdly, one of the ones that sounds most [E] stripped down, Lemon World, was really difficult
because I think we wanted it to sound like a demo.
We wanted it to sound kind of effortless or casual, sort of dream-like or something.
And actually capturing that was really hard.
[B] Blood Buzz was also really hard [D] because it's [B] just this [E] big rock song.
It's hard to make sound right.
But then others weren't so hard.
But it's always a struggle for us.
[B] [E]
[Eb]
[E] [B] Our way of encouraging each other is sometimes to be a little harsh.
So it's like tough love.
He says I'm worse than him, but I think he's worse.
[E] [B]
I think you get a little tired or a little bored if you're just doing one thing all the time.
Like if it was only the National all the time, you might start to feel
You know, something.
So it's good for your brain, I think, to get inside other people's music.
[E] [B]
[E]
[B]
[E] [B] Once you get into a position where you have an audience, and we're lucky that we do,
and we really respect our audience,
then I think it's important to be involved in causes that need help.
[E] [B]
[Ab]
[B]
[Ab] [Abm] [B]
[E] [Eb] We started writing songs a year and a half ago and we started recording them a year ago
and we re-recorded them.
Several of them were re-recorded many times and taken apart.
It wasn't easy, really.
Which one was the most struggled about?
Well, weirdly, one of the ones that sounds most [E] stripped down, Lemon World, was really difficult
because I think we wanted it to sound like a demo.
We wanted it to sound kind of effortless or casual, sort of dream-like or something.
And actually capturing that was really hard.
[B] Blood Buzz was also really hard [D] because it's [B] just this [E] big rock song.
It's hard to make sound right.
But then others weren't so hard.
But it's always a struggle for us.
[B] [E]
[Eb]
[E] [B] Our way of encouraging each other is sometimes to be a little harsh.
So it's like tough love.
He says I'm worse than him, but I think he's worse.
[E] [B]
I think you get a little tired or a little bored if you're just doing one thing all the time.
Like if it was only the National all the time, you might start to feel
You know, something.
So it's good for your brain, I think, to get inside other people's music.
[E] [B]
[E]
[B]
[E] [B] Once you get into a position where you have an audience, and we're lucky that we do,
and we really respect our audience,
then I think it's important to be involved in causes that need help.
[E] [B]
Key:
B
E
Eb
Ab
Abm
B
E
Eb
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_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Eb] We started writing songs a year and a half ago and we started recording them a year ago
and we re-recorded them.
Several of them were re-recorded many times and taken apart. _
It wasn't easy, really.
_ Which one was the most struggled about?
_ _ Well, weirdly, one of the ones that sounds most [E] stripped down, Lemon World, was really difficult
because I think we wanted it to sound like a demo.
We wanted it to sound kind of effortless or casual, _ sort of dream-like or something.
And actually capturing that was really hard. _ _ _ _
[B] Blood Buzz _ _ _ _ _ was also really hard [D] because it's [B] just this [E] big rock song.
It's hard to make sound right.
But then others weren't so hard.
But it's always a struggle for us. _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ Our way of encouraging each other is sometimes to be a little harsh.
So it's like tough love.
_ He says I'm worse than him, but I think he's worse. _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
I _ think you get a little tired or a little bored if you're just doing one thing all the time.
Like if it was only the National all the time, you might start to feel_
You know, _ something.
So it's good for your brain, I think, to get inside other people's music.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [B] Once you get into a position where you have an audience, and we're lucky that we do,
and we really respect our audience,
then I think it's important to _ be involved in causes that need help. _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[Ab] _ _ _ [Abm] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ [Eb] We started writing songs a year and a half ago and we started recording them a year ago
and we re-recorded them.
Several of them were re-recorded many times and taken apart. _
It wasn't easy, really.
_ Which one was the most struggled about?
_ _ Well, weirdly, one of the ones that sounds most [E] stripped down, Lemon World, was really difficult
because I think we wanted it to sound like a demo.
We wanted it to sound kind of effortless or casual, _ sort of dream-like or something.
And actually capturing that was really hard. _ _ _ _
[B] Blood Buzz _ _ _ _ _ was also really hard [D] because it's [B] just this [E] big rock song.
It's hard to make sound right.
But then others weren't so hard.
But it's always a struggle for us. _ _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ Our way of encouraging each other is sometimes to be a little harsh.
So it's like tough love.
_ He says I'm worse than him, but I think he's worse. _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
I _ think you get a little tired or a little bored if you're just doing one thing all the time.
Like if it was only the National all the time, you might start to feel_
You know, _ something.
So it's good for your brain, I think, to get inside other people's music.
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ [B] Once you get into a position where you have an audience, and we're lucky that we do,
and we really respect our audience,
then I think it's important to _ be involved in causes that need help. _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _