Chords for The National - Blank Slate [Lyrics]
Tempo:
76.25 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
Am
G
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [G]
I was somewhere a-tainting gas, when I fell off the chair and [C] cried, don't clap my head.
These blue eyes, they slow out the heads, cause [C] I wanna under travel the world.
I was somewhere a-taining gas, when I fell off the chair and cried, don't clap my head.
These blue eyes, they slow out the heads, [G] cause I wanna under travel the world.
[C] But I keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs, till the grand finale, [F] I keep it upstairs.
Gonna be a black slate, gonna wear a white cape, [C] but I keep it upstairs.
Gonna jump out of a cape, put my heart on a [Am] string, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs.
[C]
Now the wiles were very far gone, so I read his name as he did not run long.
He'd out the army with a tennis racket.
[G]
[C] Now the wiles were very far gone, so I read his name as he did not run long.
He'd out the army with a tennis racket.
That's my whole life, but I keep it upstairs.
Keep it upstairs, till the grand finale, [F] I keep it upstairs.
Gonna be a black slate, gonna wear a white cape, [C] but I keep it upstairs.
It's happily ringing, with a beautiful [Am] voice, but I keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs.
[C]
[E] [C] [A]
Oh no, I thought I'd be burned out, my head is a pleasant taste [A] of holy crap.
[C] Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, but I keep it upstairs.
Keep it upstairs, till the grand finale, [F] I keep it upstairs.
Gonna be a black slate, gonna wear a white [C] cape, but I keep it upstairs.
Gonna jump out of a cape, put my heart on [Am] a string, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs.
[C] Oh no, I thought I'd be burned out, my head is a pleasant [F] taste of holy crap.
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, [C] oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no.
No way, I thought I'd be burned out, my head is a pleasant [Am] taste of holy crap.
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, [C] oh no, oh no, oh no.
I was somewhere a-tainting gas, when I fell off the chair and [C] cried, don't clap my head.
These blue eyes, they slow out the heads, cause [C] I wanna under travel the world.
I was somewhere a-taining gas, when I fell off the chair and cried, don't clap my head.
These blue eyes, they slow out the heads, [G] cause I wanna under travel the world.
[C] But I keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs, till the grand finale, [F] I keep it upstairs.
Gonna be a black slate, gonna wear a white cape, [C] but I keep it upstairs.
Gonna jump out of a cape, put my heart on a [Am] string, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs.
[C]
Now the wiles were very far gone, so I read his name as he did not run long.
He'd out the army with a tennis racket.
[G]
[C] Now the wiles were very far gone, so I read his name as he did not run long.
He'd out the army with a tennis racket.
That's my whole life, but I keep it upstairs.
Keep it upstairs, till the grand finale, [F] I keep it upstairs.
Gonna be a black slate, gonna wear a white cape, [C] but I keep it upstairs.
It's happily ringing, with a beautiful [Am] voice, but I keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs.
[C]
[E] [C] [A]
Oh no, I thought I'd be burned out, my head is a pleasant taste [A] of holy crap.
[C] Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, but I keep it upstairs.
Keep it upstairs, till the grand finale, [F] I keep it upstairs.
Gonna be a black slate, gonna wear a white [C] cape, but I keep it upstairs.
Gonna jump out of a cape, put my heart on [Am] a string, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs.
[C] Oh no, I thought I'd be burned out, my head is a pleasant [F] taste of holy crap.
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, [C] oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no.
No way, I thought I'd be burned out, my head is a pleasant [Am] taste of holy crap.
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, [C] oh no, oh no, oh no.
Key:
C
F
Am
G
A
C
F
Am
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
I was somewhere a-tainting gas, when I fell off the chair and [C] cried, don't clap my head.
These blue eyes, they slow out the heads, cause [C] I wanna under travel the world.
I was somewhere a-taining gas, when I fell off the chair and cried, don't clap my head.
These blue eyes, they slow out the heads, [G] cause I wanna under travel the world.
[C] But I keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs, till the grand finale, [F] I keep it upstairs.
_ Gonna be a black slate, gonna wear a white cape, [C] but I keep it upstairs.
_ Gonna jump out of a cape, put my heart on a [Am] string, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs. _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now the wiles were very far gone, so I read his name as he did not run long.
He'd out the army with a tennis racket.
_ _ [G] _
_ [C] Now the wiles were very far gone, so I read his name as he did not run long.
He'd out the army with a tennis racket.
That's my whole life, but I keep it upstairs.
_ Keep it upstairs, till the grand finale, [F] I keep it upstairs.
_ Gonna be a black slate, gonna wear a white cape, [C] but I keep it upstairs.
It's happily ringing, with a beautiful [Am] voice, but I keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _
_ Oh no, I thought I'd be burned out, my head is a pleasant taste [A] of holy crap.
[C] Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, but I keep it upstairs.
_ Keep it upstairs, till the grand finale, [F] I keep it upstairs.
Gonna be a black slate, gonna wear a white [C] cape, but I keep it upstairs.
_ Gonna jump out of a cape, put my heart on [Am] a string, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs.
_ [C] Oh no, I thought I'd be burned out, my head is a pleasant [F] taste of holy crap.
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, [C] oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no.
No way, I thought I'd be burned out, my head is a pleasant [Am] taste of holy crap.
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, [C] oh no, oh no, oh no. _ _ _ _ _ _
I was somewhere a-tainting gas, when I fell off the chair and [C] cried, don't clap my head.
These blue eyes, they slow out the heads, cause [C] I wanna under travel the world.
I was somewhere a-taining gas, when I fell off the chair and cried, don't clap my head.
These blue eyes, they slow out the heads, [G] cause I wanna under travel the world.
[C] But I keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs, till the grand finale, [F] I keep it upstairs.
_ Gonna be a black slate, gonna wear a white cape, [C] but I keep it upstairs.
_ Gonna jump out of a cape, put my heart on a [Am] string, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs. _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Now the wiles were very far gone, so I read his name as he did not run long.
He'd out the army with a tennis racket.
_ _ [G] _
_ [C] Now the wiles were very far gone, so I read his name as he did not run long.
He'd out the army with a tennis racket.
That's my whole life, but I keep it upstairs.
_ Keep it upstairs, till the grand finale, [F] I keep it upstairs.
_ Gonna be a black slate, gonna wear a white cape, [C] but I keep it upstairs.
It's happily ringing, with a beautiful [Am] voice, but I keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs.
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _
_ Oh no, I thought I'd be burned out, my head is a pleasant taste [A] of holy crap.
[C] Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, but I keep it upstairs.
_ Keep it upstairs, till the grand finale, [F] I keep it upstairs.
Gonna be a black slate, gonna wear a white [C] cape, but I keep it upstairs.
_ Gonna jump out of a cape, put my heart on [Am] a string, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs, keep it upstairs.
_ [C] Oh no, I thought I'd be burned out, my head is a pleasant [F] taste of holy crap.
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, [C] oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no.
No way, I thought I'd be burned out, my head is a pleasant [Am] taste of holy crap.
Oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, oh no, [C] oh no, oh no, oh no. _ _ _ _ _ _
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