Biography:
The National is a Brooklyn-based indie rock band formed in 1999, by friends from Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. The band's lyrics are written and sung by Matt Berninger in a distinctive, deep baritone. The rest of the band is composed of two pairs of brothers: Aaron Dessner (guitar, bass, keyboards), Bryce Dessner (guitar), Scott Devendorf (bass, guitar) and Bryan Devendorf (drums).
Their self-titled debut album"The National" (Brassland 2001) was recorded and released before they had played even a single show.
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- About Today (transposed)
- Bloodbuzz Ohio
- Conversation 16
- Exily Vilify
- Fake Empire
- I Need My Girl
- I Should Live In Salt
- Slipping Husband
- Slow Show
- Sorrow
- Start A War
- The Rains Of Castamere
- The System Only Dreams In Total Darkness
- This Is The Last Time
- Trophy Wife
- Lemonworld
- The Runaway
- Wasp Nest
- 29 Years
- 90 Mile Water Wall
- A Little Faith
- About Today
- Afraid Of Everyone
- All Dolled
- All The Wine
- American Mary
- Anna Freud
- Anyones Ghost
- Apartment Story
- Ashamed Of The Story I Told
- Available
- Baby Well Be Fine
- Bitters Absolut
- Born To Beg
- Brainy
- Cardinal Song
- Carin At The Liquor Store
- City Middle
- Cold Girl Fever
- Dark Side Of The Gym
- Daughters Of The Soho Riots
- Day I Die
- Demons
- Dont Swallow The Cap
- Driver Surprise Me
- Empire Line
- England
- Exile Vilify
- Fireproof
- Forever After Days
- Graceless
- Green Gloves
- Guest Room
- Guilty Party
- Hard To Find
- Heavenfaced
- Humiliation
- I Should Live In A Salt
- Ill Still Destroy You
- It Never Happened
- Karen
- Lean
- Learning
- Lit Up
- Looking For Astronauts
- Lucky You
- Mistaken For Strangers
- Mr November
- Murder Me Rachael
- Nobody Else Will Be There
- Patterns Of Fairytales
- Pay For Me
- Peggy
- Pink Rabbits
- Pretty Forever
- Reasonable Man I Dont Mind
- Rest Of Years
- Rylan
- Sailors In Your Mouth
- Santa Clara
- Sea Of Love
- Secret Meeting
- Sleep All Summer
- Sleep Well Beast
- Slipped
- So Far Around The Bend
- Sugar Wife
- Sunshine On My Back
- Tall Saint
- Terrible Love
- The Day I Die
- The Geese Of Beverly Road
- The Perfect Song
- The Thrilling Of Claire
- Theory Of The Crows
- Think You Can Wait
- Thirsty
- Turtleneck
- Vanderlyle Crybaby Geeks
- Wake Up Your Saints
- Walk It Back
- Watching You Well
- Without Permission
- You Were A Kindness
- Youve Done It Again Virginia
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Title: Watching You Well
Artist: The National
Album: The National
Author: _arokh_
You'll first find the chords with the lyrics and below I provided some tabs
that show the way (and rhythm) I play the song.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| G | C | Am | C D |
G C
you stand now, holding yourself
Am C D
a little of the moon is coming in the room.
G C
you stand very still
C D Em D
like you were in the arms of everyone you ever wanted.
C Am G
i was watching you well.
| G |
G C
i won't stop you; i won't speak.
G C
the water on your cheek is the only thing smooth and
G C
i'm ashamed that i'm ashamed of you
C D Em D
standing in my room, lets more water overtake you
C Am G
and i was watching you, watching you well.
| G |
Interlude/Solo ...
| G | C | 4x
C D Em D
why won't you leave me quicker
C Am
why won't you leave me?
| G | G |
G C
i'm ashamed that i'm ashamed of you
G C
for standing in my room, lets more water overtake you
G C
i won't stop you
G C
and i won't speak.
C D Em D
why won't you leave me quicker?
C Am
why won't you
G G
leave me...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now here comes the tab which demonstrates the way I strum it. It is for sure
not exactly the way The National play it, but I think it comes pretty close
to the feeling of the song. However, it's just for you to have and idea, maybe
you like it, and if not, just do your own thing, it's music :)
I also noted the downstrokes with "d" and the upstrokes with "u", so you might
get a better idea of the actual rhythm (always annoying with those ascii tabs).
Progression A: In the intro and first verse I play the | G | C | Am | C D |
progression like this (note that I don't actually play a D but from the C I slide
into someting like a Dadd9add11, I like it but if you don't, just play a normal D):
d d u u d d u d d d u u d d d
E|------3---3--3-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
B|------3---3--3-----------|------1---1--1-----------|
G|------0---0--0-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
D|------0---0--0-----------|------2---2--2-2---------|
A|---------------2----0-2--|-3-------------3--3--2---|
E|-3-------------3--3------|-------------------------|
d d u u d d d d d u u d d d u
E|------0---0--0-----------|------0---0-0-0----0-------|
B|------1---1--1-----------|------1---1/3-3----3--3----|
G|------2---2--2-----------|------0---0/0-0----0--0-0--|
D|------2---2--2-2---------|------2---2/4-4-4--4--4-0--|
A|-0-------------0--0--2---|-3----3---3/5-5-5----------|
E|-------------------------|---------------------------|
Progression B: Then comes the
| G | C | C D | Em D | C | Am | G | G | progression:
d d u u d d u d d d u u d d d
E|------3---3--3-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
B|------3---3--3-----------|------1---1--1-----------|
G|------0---0--0-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
D|------0---0--0-----------|------2---2--2-2---------|
A|---------------2----0-2--|-3-------------3--3--2---|
E|-3-------------3--3------|-------------------------|
d d u u d d d u d d u d u d d
E|------0---0-0-0----0-------|------0---0-X-2----2----|
B|------1---1/3-3----3--3----|------0---0-X-3----3----|
G|------0---0/0-0----0--0-0--|------0---0-X-2----2----|
D|------2---2/4-4-4--4--4-0--|------2---2-X---0-------|
A|-3----3---3/5-5-5----------|------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-0----------------------|
d d d d d d u u d u u d u u d u
E|----0-----0----------|------------------------------|
B|----1-----1----------|------1------1------1---------|
G|----0-----0----------|---------2------2------2---2--|
D|----2-----2----------|----2------2------2------2----|
A|-3-----X--3----------|-0----------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------------|
d d u u d d d u d d u u d d d u
E|------3---3--3----3--3-3-|------3---3--3----3--3-3-|
B|------3---3--3----3--3-3-|------3---3--3----3--3-3-|
G|------0---0--0----0--0-0-|------0---0--0----0--0-0-|
D|------0---0--0----0--0-0-|------0---0--0----0--0-0-|
A|---------------2---------|---------------2---------|
E|-3-------------3---------|-3-------------3---------|
Progression C: From now on they only play a (repeating) | G | C |
progression in the verse until they go into progression B. Here I basically
play the same as in progression A, but only the first two bars.
d d u u d d u d d d u u d d d
E|------3---3--3-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
B|------3---3--3-----------|------1---1--1-----------|
G|------0---0--0-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
D|------0---0--0-----------|------2---2--2-2---------|
A|---------------2----0-2--|-3-------------3--3--2---|
E|-3-------------3--3------|-------------------------|
That's it, hope you liked it. Have fun!
Artist: The National
Album: The National
Author: _arokh_
You'll first find the chords with the lyrics and below I provided some tabs
that show the way (and rhythm) I play the song.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
| G | C | Am | C D |
G C
you stand now, holding yourself
Am C D
a little of the moon is coming in the room.
G C
you stand very still
C D Em D
like you were in the arms of everyone you ever wanted.
C Am G
i was watching you well.
| G |
G C
i won't stop you; i won't speak.
G C
the water on your cheek is the only thing smooth and
G C
i'm ashamed that i'm ashamed of you
C D Em D
standing in my room, lets more water overtake you
C Am G
and i was watching you, watching you well.
| G |
Interlude/Solo ...
| G | C | 4x
C D Em D
why won't you leave me quicker
C Am
why won't you leave me?
| G | G |
G C
i'm ashamed that i'm ashamed of you
G C
for standing in my room, lets more water overtake you
G C
i won't stop you
G C
and i won't speak.
C D Em D
why won't you leave me quicker?
C Am
why won't you
G G
leave me...
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Now here comes the tab which demonstrates the way I strum it. It is for sure
not exactly the way The National play it, but I think it comes pretty close
to the feeling of the song. However, it's just for you to have and idea, maybe
you like it, and if not, just do your own thing, it's music :)
I also noted the downstrokes with "d" and the upstrokes with "u", so you might
get a better idea of the actual rhythm (always annoying with those ascii tabs).
Progression A: In the intro and first verse I play the | G | C | Am | C D |
progression like this (note that I don't actually play a D but from the C I slide
into someting like a Dadd9add11, I like it but if you don't, just play a normal D):
d d u u d d u d d d u u d d d
E|------3---3--3-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
B|------3---3--3-----------|------1---1--1-----------|
G|------0---0--0-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
D|------0---0--0-----------|------2---2--2-2---------|
A|---------------2----0-2--|-3-------------3--3--2---|
E|-3-------------3--3------|-------------------------|
d d u u d d d d d u u d d d u
E|------0---0--0-----------|------0---0-0-0----0-------|
B|------1---1--1-----------|------1---1/3-3----3--3----|
G|------2---2--2-----------|------0---0/0-0----0--0-0--|
D|------2---2--2-2---------|------2---2/4-4-4--4--4-0--|
A|-0-------------0--0--2---|-3----3---3/5-5-5----------|
E|-------------------------|---------------------------|
Progression B: Then comes the
| G | C | C D | Em D | C | Am | G | G | progression:
d d u u d d u d d d u u d d d
E|------3---3--3-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
B|------3---3--3-----------|------1---1--1-----------|
G|------0---0--0-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
D|------0---0--0-----------|------2---2--2-2---------|
A|---------------2----0-2--|-3-------------3--3--2---|
E|-3-------------3--3------|-------------------------|
d d u u d d d u d d u d u d d
E|------0---0-0-0----0-------|------0---0-X-2----2----|
B|------1---1/3-3----3--3----|------0---0-X-3----3----|
G|------0---0/0-0----0--0-0--|------0---0-X-2----2----|
D|------2---2/4-4-4--4--4-0--|------2---2-X---0-------|
A|-3----3---3/5-5-5----------|------------------------|
E|---------------------------|-0----------------------|
d d d d d d u u d u u d u u d u
E|----0-----0----------|------------------------------|
B|----1-----1----------|------1------1------1---------|
G|----0-----0----------|---------2------2------2---2--|
D|----2-----2----------|----2------2------2------2----|
A|-3-----X--3----------|-0----------------------------|
E|---------------------|------------------------------|
d d u u d d d u d d u u d d d u
E|------3---3--3----3--3-3-|------3---3--3----3--3-3-|
B|------3---3--3----3--3-3-|------3---3--3----3--3-3-|
G|------0---0--0----0--0-0-|------0---0--0----0--0-0-|
D|------0---0--0----0--0-0-|------0---0--0----0--0-0-|
A|---------------2---------|---------------2---------|
E|-3-------------3---------|-3-------------3---------|
Progression C: From now on they only play a (repeating) | G | C |
progression in the verse until they go into progression B. Here I basically
play the same as in progression A, but only the first two bars.
d d u u d d u d d d u u d d d
E|------3---3--3-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
B|------3---3--3-----------|------1---1--1-----------|
G|------0---0--0-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
D|------0---0--0-----------|------2---2--2-2---------|
A|---------------2----0-2--|-3-------------3--3--2---|
E|-3-------------3--3------|-------------------------|
That's it, hope you liked it. Have fun!
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