The National – Ada (Guitar)

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Chords

The chord are my own best suggestions if you're playing this on rhythm guitar, based on a combination of the notes played by the lead guitar and piano on the album version of the song. The actual lead guitar part on the recording is played with other fingerings than those I've indicated. The chords have scary names but only the C6 is a bit difficult, and it can be played as a plain C. [Chords] Am x02210 Dsus4/A x00233 Dsus2/A x00230 Am11 x00213 D6/A x00202 C6 x32210 [Intro] Am Dsus4/A Dsus2/A Am11 D6/A x2 [Verse 1]
Am                     Dsus4/A
Ada, don't talk about reasons

Dsus4/A                Dsus2/A    Am11
Why you don't want to talk about reasons

                     D6/A
Why you don't wanna talk

Am                         Dsus4/A
Now that you got everybody you consider sharp

     Dsus2/A      Am11                       D6/A
All alone, all together, all together in the dark
[Chorus]
         Am            Dsus4/A
Leave it all up in the air

         Dsus2/A  Am11
Leave it all

Am11          D6/A
Up in the air

         Am   Dsus4/A
Leave it all

         Dsus2/A  Am11  D6/A
Up in the air
[Bridge 1]
D                           G
Ada, put the sounds of your house in a song

G                           Dsus4/A
Try to be speechless for a minute

        D                           G
If you think you're gonna faint, go out in the hallway

G                      Dsus4/A
Let them all have your neck

D                      Dsus4
Ada, don't stay in the lake too long

           G                 C6
It lives alone and it barely knows you

       D                           Dsus4
It'll have a nervous breakdown and fall

       G                C6
Into a thousand pieces around you
[Interlude 1] Am Dsus4/A Dsus2/A Am11 D6/A [Verse 2]
Am                    Dsus4/A
Stand inside an empty Tuxedo

Dsus4/A           Dsus2/A
With grapes in my mouth,

Am11        D6/A
Waiting for Ada

Am                 Dsus4/A
Ada, hold onto yourself by the sleeves

        Dsus2/A    Am11                         D6/A
I think everything counts a little more than we think
[Chorus]
         Am            Dsus4/A
Leave it all up in the air

         Dsus2/A  Am11
Leave it all

Am11          D6/A
Up in the air

         Am   Dsus4/A
Leave it all

         Dsus2/A  Am11  D6/A
Up in the air
[Bridge 2]
D/A     C6   G    C6  D/A    C6
      Ada,      Ada,       Ada

G                    C6
Ada, I can hear the sound of your laugh through the wall
[Interlude 2] Am D C C Am G Am C D [Verse 3]
Am                     Dsus4
Ada, don't talk about reasons

                      Dsus4
Why you don't want to talk about reasons

         Dsus4        D
Why you don't wanna talk

Am                         Dsus4
Now that you got everybody you consider sharp

     Dsus4                                   D
All alone, all together, all together in the dark
[Chorus]
         Am            Dsus4/A
Leave it all up in the air

         Dsus2/A
Leave it all 

Am11           D6/A      
Up in the air

         Am    Dsus4/A
Leave it all

         Dsus2/A  Am11  D6/A
Up in the air
[Outro]
D/A     C6   G    C6  D/A    C6
      Ada,      Ada,       Ada

G                    C6                             D/A
Ada, I can hear the sound of your laugh through the wall

  C6   G    C6  D/A    C6
Ada,      Ada,       Ada

G                         C6            D/A
Ada, I've been hoping you know your way around