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Slipping Husband by The National
Slipping Husband
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 C G F Am
Don't,Don't leave yourself alone for too many days
C G F Am
than next one-
Cause sooner than you know youre gonna start slipping
Am - C - G - F
Am
you'll end up talking to the ghost
C
of your wife as if you knew her
G
your eyes will put her everywhere
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 Am
that's where she finds you
C G
that's where she finds you
Am C G F Am
Don't,Don't leave yourself alone for too many days
C G F Am
than next one-
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 G
Sorry about the..
Am - C - G - F
Am C G
Don't forget the alcohol
F Am C G F Am
G F Am-strum once 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.
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version 2
Melody played throughout song
guitar 1
e--12----12----12----12----12----12----12----12---|
b-----13----13----13----13----13----13----13----15|
g-------------------------------------------------|
d-------------------------------------------------|
a-------------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------------|
guitar 2
e-------------------------------------------------|
b--10----10---------------------------------------|
g--------------12----12----10----10---------------|
d--------------------------------------14-15-14-15|
a-------------------------------------------------|
e-------------------------------------------------|
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