Song - Slipping Husband
Artist - The National
Record - Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers
Tabbed by Pablo Villar
Chords
[Am-577655]C-799877
[G-355433]F-X3321X could also play 133211, but sounds better like this
There is no chords in the intro but you can play like this
INTRO > Am - C - G - F 2x Regular Struming
Am Strum only once
Sit down dear we gotta talk
your acting like a kid
[C]we don't wanna hear about
[G]the things you never did
[Am]You coulda been a legend
but you became a father
[C]that's what you are today
[G]that's what you are today
Am -Am - C - G Regular Struming
[Am]Spending all your time
somewhere inside your head
[C]haunted by the important
[G]life you coulda lead
[Am]but your kisses aren't enough
to keep your kids in line
[C]so you better straighten out yourself
[G]and give your baby time
[Am]cause if you don't give her what she needs
[C]she'll get it where she can
[G]she's lonely man
Am - C - G - F Like INTRO, Strum only once
[Am]Don't,Don't[C] leave yourself alon[G]e f[F]or too many day[Am]s
than n[C]ext one-[G][F][Am]
Cause sooner than you know youre gonna start slipping
[Am]( T[-]ab[C] f[-]ro[G]m:[-] h[F]ttp://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_national/slipping_husband_crd.html )
[Am]you'll end up talking to the ghost
of your wife as if you knew [C]her
your eyes will put her everywh[G]ere
[Am]and spending all your time
somewhere inside your head
[C]haunted by the important
[G]life you coulda lead
[Am]you'll fuck yourself to clear your head
you'll close your door and go to bed
[C]you'll try to sleep without a dream
[G]that's where she fin[Am]ds you
that's where she fin[C]ds you[G]
[Am]Don't,Don't[C] leave yourself alon[G]e f[F]or too many day[Am]s
than n[C]ext one-[G][F][Am]
Cause sooner than you know youre gonna start slipping
Am - C - G - F 2x
Am Strum Only Once
Dear we better get a drink in you
before you start to bore us
[C]Dear we better get a drink in you
[G]before you start to bore us
[Am]Dear we better get a drink in you
before you start to bore us
[C]Sorry about the..[G]
[Am] [-] [C] [-] [G] [-] [F]
Don't for[Am]get the [C]alcohol[G]
[F] G [Am] F [C] Am-[G]stru[F]m on[Am]ce and finish-
Its ok, its ok
Play this song with an electric guitar a little bit overdrived, in a Statocaster with
or neck-middle pickup and high tone, 7 at least.
Artist - The National
Record - Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers
Tabbed by Pablo Villar
Chords
[Am-577655]C-799877
[G-355433]F-X3321X could also play 133211, but sounds better like this
There is no chords in the intro but you can play like this
INTRO > Am - C - G - F 2x Regular Struming
Am Strum only once
Sit down dear we gotta talk
your acting like a kid
[C]we don't wanna hear about
[G]the things you never did
[Am]You coulda been a legend
but you became a father
[C]that's what you are today
[G]that's what you are today
Am -Am - C - G Regular Struming
[Am]Spending all your time
somewhere inside your head
[C]haunted by the important
[G]life you coulda lead
[Am]but your kisses aren't enough
to keep your kids in line
[C]so you better straighten out yourself
[G]and give your baby time
[Am]cause if you don't give her what she needs
[C]she'll get it where she can
[G]she's lonely man
Am - C - G - F Like INTRO, Strum only once
[Am]Don't,Don't[C] leave yourself alon[G]e f[F]or too many day[Am]s
than n[C]ext one-[G][F][Am]
Cause sooner than you know youre gonna start slipping
[Am]( T[-]ab[C] f[-]ro[G]m:[-] h[F]ttp://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_national/slipping_husband_crd.html )
[Am]you'll end up talking to the ghost
of your wife as if you knew [C]her
your eyes will put her everywh[G]ere
[Am]and spending all your time
somewhere inside your head
[C]haunted by the important
[G]life you coulda lead
[Am]you'll fuck yourself to clear your head
you'll close your door and go to bed
[C]you'll try to sleep without a dream
[G]that's where she fin[Am]ds you
that's where she fin[C]ds you[G]
[Am]Don't,Don't[C] leave yourself alon[G]e f[F]or too many day[Am]s
than n[C]ext one-[G][F][Am]
Cause sooner than you know youre gonna start slipping
Am - C - G - F 2x
Am Strum Only Once
Dear we better get a drink in you
before you start to bore us
[C]Dear we better get a drink in you
[G]before you start to bore us
[Am]Dear we better get a drink in you
before you start to bore us
[C]Sorry about the..[G]
[Am] [-] [C] [-] [G] [-] [F]
Don't for[Am]get the [C]alcohol[G]
[F] G [Am] F [C] Am-[G]stru[F]m on[Am]ce and finish-
Its ok, its ok
Play this song with an electric guitar a little bit overdrived, in a Statocaster with
or neck-middle pickup and high tone, 7 at least.
