The National – Tropic Morning News (Bass Tab)

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[Verse 1]
"I wasn't starting yet. I didn't even think you were listening..."
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"It's a thing you have.  You just don't know that you do it..."
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[Chorus]
"I was so distracted then.  I didn't have it straight in my head..."
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"I was suffering more than I let on. The tropic morning news was on..."
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[Verse 2]
"Got to my feet. Feeling that I'd let you down..."
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"Something went off on its own.  My dumb automatic chit-chat..."
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[Chorus]
"Got up to seize the day.   With my head in my hands, feeling strange..."
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"I was suffering more than I let on. The tropic morning news was on..."
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"Oh, where are all the moments we'd have?  Oh, where's the brain we shared?"
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"Oh, what happened to the wavelength we were on?  Oh, where's the gravity gone?"
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[Bridge]
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"You found the ache in my argument... 
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"You can stop and start an athlete's heart... "
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[Verse 3]
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"I'll be over here lying near the ocean... Making ocean sounds"
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{Chorus]
"I was so distracted then... I didn't have it straight in my head
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"I was suffering more than I let on..."
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"Oh, where are all the moments we'd have?  Oh, where's the brain we shared?"
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"Oh what happened to the wavelength we were on...."
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[Outro]
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