The System Only Dreams in Total Darkness Chords by The National

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_ _ Maybe I listen more than you [Bb] think _ And [Cm] I can tell that somebody [Bb] sold you
We [Fm] said we'd never let anyone [Bb] in _ We [Cm] said we'd only die [Bb] of lonely _ [Ab] secrets
_ The [Bb] system only dreams in [Eb] total darkness [Cm] Why [Ab] are you hiding from me?
_ _ We're [Bb] in a different kind [Eb] of thing now [Ab] On that you're talking to [F] God
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_ _ _ thought that this would all [Bb] work out after a [Cm] while
Now you're saying that I'm asking [Bb] for too much attention
[F] Also no other place is [Bb] light enough for this place
[Cm] We said we'd only die [Bb] of lonely secrets
[Ab] The _ [Bb] system only dreams in [Eb] total darkness Why [Ab] are you hiding from me?
_ _ We're [Bb] in a different kind [Eb] of thing now On that [Ab] you're talking to God
I cannot [Bb] explain it, [Eb] oh, any other, [Ab] _ any other way
I cannot [Bb] explain it, [Gm] [Eb] oh, any other, [Ab] _ any other [F] way _ _
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[Bb] system only [Eb] dreams in total darkness Why [Ab] are you hiding from me?
[Cm] _ We're [Bb] in a different [Eb] kind of thing now On [Ab] that you're talking to God
I cannot [Bb] explain it, [Eb] oh, any other, [Ab] _ any other way
I cannot [Bb] explain it, [Gm] oh, [Eb] any [Gm] other, [Ab] _ any other way
I cannot [Bb] explain it, _ [Eb] oh, any other, _ [Ab] any other way
That you will [Bb] explain them
[Eb] Ah, any other, [Ab] _ any other [F] way _ _
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