The National – The Day I Die (Guitar)

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[Intro] x8 D A [Verse 1]
         D
I don't need you, I don't need you

           A
Besides I barely ever see you anymore

     D                               A
And when I do it feels you're only halfway there

       D
Young mothers love me even ghosts of

 A
Girlfriends call from Cleveland

            F#m           D      A
They will meet me anytime and anywhere
[Chorus]
 D
The day I die, the day I die

 A
Where will we be?

Em
The day I die, the day I die

 G
Where will we be?
D A Bm A [Verse 2]
      D
Don't do this, I don't do this to you

        A
Don't expect me to enjoy it

          D                                    A
'Cause I really don't have the courage not to turn the volume up inside my ears

D                            A
For years I used to put my head inside the speakers

        F#m                                A
In the hallway when you get too high and talk forever
[Chorus]
D
The day I die, the day I die

A
Where will we be?

Em
The day I die, the day I die

 G
Where will we be?

D
The day I die, the day I die

A
Where will we be?

Em
The day I die, the day I die

 G
Where will we be?
D A Bm A [Verse 3]
Bm                                                 F#m
I get a little punchy with the vodka just like my great uncle Valentine Jester did

       Bm                                                   F#m           A
But he had to deal with those people like you who made no goddamn common sense

Bm                                                  F#m             A
I’d rather walk all the way home right now than to spend one more second in this place

     Bm                              Em                   A        D
I’m exactly like you Valentine, just come outside and leave with me
D A Bm A [Bridge]
                 D                      A
Let's just get high enough to see our problems

                D                       A
Let’s just get high enough to see our fathers’ houses
[Chorus]
D
The day I die, the day I die

A
Where will we be?

Em
The day I die, the day I die

 G
Where will we be?

D
The day I die, the day I die

A
Where will we be?

Em
The day I die, the day I die

 G
Where will we be?