The National – Trophy Wife (Guitar)

G    C              G
no nobody wants to be

    C             G
no no one's lover

    C                G       C
no matter what they say

F         C                  F
lovers know they are the ones

    C               Am
who one day have to go

         Dm
trophy wives

             G
I know they wander

      D               Am
and find a young young man

          D
trophy wives

               G        D
I know they wander

G        C                  G
one time you were a good rabbit

C           G
to all the girls

    C                G       C
and all their lovely mothers

F       C                  F
you tried a piece of everything

       C              Am
now nothing turns you on

         Dm
trophy wives

             G
I know they wander

      D               Am
and find a young young man

          D
trophy wives

               G        D
I know they wander

Am                     F        C
run run baby I don't feel alive

        G
but I'm pretty and I'm pretty sure

     Am                F        C
to new jack city for a younger man

        G
with a better brain

G    C              G
I fell in love with you

    C             G
no matter what you say

    C         G              C
but you were right about the reasons

F       C                  F
I don't want to be

         C        Am
what I'm becoming

         Dm
your trophy wife

             G
I know they wander

      D               Am
and find a young young man

         Dm
your trophy wife

             G
I know they wander

      D               Am
and find a young man

         Dm             G
your trophy wife

   D            Am      F C     G
I know they wander