The National – Hairpin Turns (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar Tab
Guitar
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
A ballad with a lot of slow moving synths and some complex harmony.
I transcribed as precise as I could, but you can always simplify such as: Abmaj7/G -> Ab.
Enjoy!
[Verse 1: Matt Berninger]
Ebsus2/Bb I like the old way, I thought I was hanging in there Ebsus2 You held back the worst rain from my shoulders then
[Chorus]
Fm7/Eb Eb What are we going through, Ebadd9 Eb you and me? Fm7/Eb Eb Ebadd9 Eb Every other house on the street's burning Fm7/Eb Eb What are we going through? Ebadd9 Eb Wait and see Fm7 Eb Ebadd9 Eb Days of brutalism and hairpin turns
[Verse 2: Matt Berninger]
Ebsus4 Eb Ebsus2 Eb5 Ebsus4 Eb Ebsus Eb5 Your nervous throat clicks and my spirit swims right to the hook Bbsus4 Eb Bbsus4/Eb Eb You go quiet and leave me in the wake of a terrifying look
[Chorus: Matt Berninger and Gail Ann Dorsey]
Fm7/Eb Eb What are we going through, Ebadd9 Eb you and me? Fm7/Eb Eb Ebadd9 Eb What is it you want me to be learning? Fm7/Eb Eb We're always arguing Ebadd9 Eb about the same things Fm7/Eb Eb Ebadd9 Eb Days of brutalism and hairpin turns
[Bridge: Matt Berninger]
Cm7 Cm7/Bb Bb Bb
Abmaj7 Abmaj7/G Eb/G Eb/G
Cm7 Cm7/Bb Bb Abmaj7 Eb/G Say it like I was right in the room there Cm7 Cm7/Bb Bb Abmaj7 Eb/G Say it like your head was on my shoulder (And I'll keep my eyes open)
[Chorus]
Fm7/Eb Eb What are we going through, Ebadd9 Eb you and me? Fm7/Eb Eb Ebadd9 Eb Every other house on the street's burning Fm7/Eb Eb What are we going through? Ebadd9 Eb Wait and see Fm7 Eb Ebadd9 Eb Days of brutalism and hairpin turns Fm7/Eb Eb What are we going through, Ebadd9 Eb you and me? Fm7/Eb Eb Ebadd9 Eb What is it you want me to be learning? Fm7/Eb Eb We're always arguing Ebadd9 Eb about the same things Fm7/Eb Eb Ebadd9 Eb Days of brutalism and hairpin turns
[Outro: Kate Stables and Mina Tindle]
Bbsus4 Bbsus4 And I'll keep my eyes open Bbsus4 Bbsus4 And I'll keep my eyes open
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Notes:
Here's how the guitarist voices the chords in the bridge:
Cm7 Cm7/Bb Bb Abmaj7 Abmaj7/G Eb/G e|-------------|-------|------------------|-------| B|-16----16----|-15----|-13------13-------|-11----| G|-17----17----|-13----|-12------12-------|-12----| D|-13----13----|-17----|-13------13-------|-13----| A|-15----13----|-13----|-11------10-------|-10----| E|-------------|-------|------------------|-------|
if you're playing an acoustic, you might want these one octave lower:
Cm7 Cm7/Bb Bb7 Abmaj7 Abmaj7/G Eb/G e|-------------|-------|-----------------|------| B|-------------|-------|-----------------|------| G|--8-----8----|--7----|-5-------5-------|-3----| D|--6-----6----|--6----|-5-------5-------|-5----| A|-10----10----|-10----|-6-------6-------|-6----| E|--8-----6----|--6----|-4-------3-------|-3----|
I also made a tab for this song that has the piano and guitar riffs in detail.