The National – The Alcott (Guitar)

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[Intro] Dm C G Dm C G F C G F C G [Verse 1]
Dm                      C               G     Dm          C  G
I get myself twisted in threads to meet you at The Alcott

  F                       C          G           F   C  G
I go to the corner in the back where you'd always be

    Dm                       C          G          Dm        C  G
And there you are sittin' as usual with your golden notebook

F                       C           G         F   C  G
Writin' something about someone who used to be me
[Chorus 1]
        C
And the last thing you wanted

       G/B
Is the first thing I do

  Am
I tell you my problems

    G
You tell me the truth

         C
It's the last thing you wanted

         G/B
It's the first thing I do

  Am
I tell you that I think I'm fallin'

G
  Back in love with you
[Verse 2]
Dm                   C       G       Dm             C  G
I sit there silently waiting for you to look up (ah ah ah)

F                    C  G        F   C  G
I see you smile when you see it's me

  Dm                     C          G          Dm        C  G
I had to do something to break into your golden thinking

F                     C           G           F         C  G
How many times will I do this and you'll still believe?
[Chorus 2]
         C
It's the last thing you wanted
(Tell me which side are you on, dear?)
         G/B
It's the first thing you do
(Give me some tips to forget you)
    Am
You tell me your problems
(Have I become one of your problems?)
      G
And I tell you the truth
(Could it be easy this once?)
         C
It's the last thing you wanted
(Everything that's mine is a landmine)
         G/B
It's the first thing I do
(Did my love aid and abet you?)
  Am
I tell you that I think I'm fallin'

G
  Back in love with you
[Bridge]
         F
And I'll ruin it all over (ha ha)

     Am
I'll ruin it for you (ha ha)

     C
I'll ruin it all over (ha)

              G
And over like I always do

                F
(Why don't you)
I'll ruin it all over
                     Am
(Rain on my parade?)
I'll ruin it for you
                         C
(Shred my evening gown)
I'll ruin it all over
                                G
(Read my sentence out loud)
And over like I always do ('cause I love this curse on our house) [Chorus 3]
         C
It's the last thing I wanted
(Tell me which side are you on, dear?)
         G/B
It's the first thing I do
(Give me some tips to forget you)
  Am
I tell you my problems
(Have I become one of your problems?)
        G
And you tell me the truth
(Could it be easy this once?)
         C
It's the last thing I wanted
(Everything that's mine is a landmine)
         G/B
It's the first thing I do
(Did my love aid and abet you?)
  Am
I tell you that I think I'm fallin'

G                                             F   C  G
  Back in love,             back in love with you
(Back in love) [Outro]
F  C         G         F   C  G
     Back in love with you
F C G