The National – Not In Kansas (Guitar)
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Versions
(2)
Guitar Intro Tab
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
G C G D
[Verse 1]
G I am not in Kansas C I can't slow down and I can't stand it G Broadcast News into Hallelujah D Hanne Darboven had a great idea G Make a list, write it down C Shave your head, draw a crown G Move back home with mom and dad D The pool is drained and they're not there G My bedroom is a stranger's gun room C Ohio's in a downward spiral G I can't go back there anymore D Since alt-right opium went viral
[Chorus]
C Am I am not in Kansas G D Where I am, I don't know where C Am G D Take me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear
[Verse 2]
G You even get to wear a dress C And feed his flesh to wayward daughters G Everyone is so impressed D Teachers, neighbors, and mothers, fathers G First Testament was really great C The sequel was incredible G Like the Godfathers or the first two Strokes D Every document's indelible G Infidels and Heartbreak Beats C Smidges of bad ecstasy G I must have left it in my pocket D With my Christianity in my rocket C Am I'm binging hard on Annette Bening G D I'm listening to R.E.M. again C Am Begin The Begin, over and over G D Begin The Begin, over and over
[Chorus]
C Am I am not in Kansas G D Where I am, I don't know where C Am G D Take me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear
[Interlude]
G C If the sadness of life makes you tired D G And the failures of man make you sigh C You can look to the time soon arriving D When this noble experiment Am G Winds down and calls it a day
[Verse 3]
G My shadow's getting shorter C I'm a child at the border G Oh Godmother, you can't ignore us D There isn't anybody else left to love us G I wanted you when I was a child C I raked the leaves and I started fires G Now I'm reading whatever you give me D It's half your fault so half forgive me G I'm way behind in reflex math C Biphasic sleepless emotional crashes G Two days into one, shove 'em together D I always wake up way before the weather G My mother needs an army C But I'm leaving home and I'm scared that I won't G Have the balls to punch a Nazi D Father, what is wrong with me?
[Chorus]
C Am I am not in Kansas G D Where I am, I don't know where C Am G D Take me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear
[Verse 4]
G Oil droppers, rubber gloves C I raked the leaves, I lit 'em up G I read whatever it is you give me D It's half your fault so half forgive me G At the real Neil Armstrong taught me C To play cutthroat at my Aunt Angela's house G While my real dad's skate got caught in the ice D And he drove us home with a spiral fracture G It was then I was enlightened C Roberta Flack the whole way home G I was entirely unfrightened D Dozing off and eternally un-alone G C The flowers cover over everything G They cover over everything D The flowers cover over everything
[Chorus]
C Am I am not in Kansas G D Where I am, I don't know where C Am G D Take me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear
[Outro]
G C Time has come now to stop being human D G Time to find a new creature to be G C Be a fish or a weed or a sparrow D C G For the Earth has grown tired and all of your time has expired G C All the gardens are sprouting with flowers D G All the treetops are bursting with birds G C And the people all know that it's over D Am G They lay down their ears and they hang up their tiresome words