The National – Sleep Well Beast (Guitar)

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[Intro] D [Verse 1]
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We've been stuck out here in the hallway for way way too long

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I'm at a loss, I'm at a loss, I'm losing grip, the fabric's ripped

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Go back to sleep, let me drive, let me think, let me figure it out

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How to get us back to the place where we were when we first went out
[Chorus]
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I'll tell you about it some time, the time we left

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I'll tell you about it some time, the time we left
[Verse 2]
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Losing parents, losing sense

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I don't know what we should do

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Became a father when I was still a son, she brings it out in you

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See you at the end of the party with your wild white eyes

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Filling up the teacup with gin in your secret postcard life
[Chorus]
A                      D          F#m         D
I'll tell you about it some time, the time we left

A                      D          F#m         D
I'll tell you about it some time, the time we left

A                      D          F#m         D
I'll tell you about it some time, the time we left

A                      D          F#m         D
I'll tell you about it some time, the time we left
[Instrumental] Bm D Bm D F#m D F#m D A D F#m D Bm D E D A D Bm D A D F#m D F#m D F#m D F#m D D E F#m A D A F#m E D [Verse 3]
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We leave our saviors wrapped around the necks of new machines

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Or at the ends of threads that hold their bodies to the ground

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And then the men who look a little like they feel like me

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Offered them some bottled water, then they cut them down

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I came back to see if you were here, but everything was different

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Your voice was low, you blended in, I could barely hear you speak

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You were always my last second bright spot in the distance

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Thought that you were something good

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That I would always keep
[Outro]
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I'll still destroy you someday, sleep well, beast; you as well, beast

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I'll still destroy you someday, sleep well, beast; you as well, beast

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I'll still destroy you someday, sleep well, beast; you as well, beast

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I'll still destroy you someday, sleep well, beast; you as well, beast
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