The National – Wasp Nest (Ukulele)
Capo 3
Key
-
Versions
(3)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
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I use my thumb for the "F#" (the low 2). Pull the "B" off to "A"
or the "A" to the "E" to add some color. More notes at the bottom.
D5 F#m G2 D2 A/F# G2 color ---------|--------|--------- ---0---0-|--0---0-|----- ------5p0---| ---3---3-|--2---2-|--------- ---3---3-|--2---2-|----- ------------| ---2---2-|--2---2-|--2------ ---2---2-|--2---2-|--2-- -4p2--------| -0----0--|--------|--------- -0----0--|--------|--0-- ------------| ---------|--------|--------- ---------|--------|----- ------------| ---------|2----2--|3-------- ---------|2----2--|3---- ------------| D5 F#m G2 You’re cussing a storm in a cocktail dress D5 F#m G2 your mother wore when she was young D5 F#m G2 Red southern saint around your neck D5 F#m G2 A wet martini in a paper cup D2 A/F# G2 You’re a wasp nest D2 A/F# G2 You’re a wasp nest D5 F#m G2 Your eyes are broken bottles D5 F#m G2 And I’m afraid to ask D5 F#m G2 And all your wrath and cutting beauty D5 F#m G2 You’re poison in the pretty glass D2 A/F# G2 You’re a wasp nest D2 A/F# G2 You’re a wasp nest D2 A/F# G2 You’re all humming live wires D2 A/F# G2 under your killing clothes. D2 A/F# G2 Get over here, I wanna D2 A/F# G2 kiss your skinny throat D2 A/F# G2 You’re a wasp nest D2 A/F# G2 You’re a wasp nest
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Notes
There’s more than one guitar, and you start hear added notes like this.
I play this down an octave or drop the chord and move my hand up
for a moment.
Capo 3
or
---0---7p5-------- ---0---0----------|
---3-------------- ---3---3----------|
---2-------------- ---2---4p2--------|
-0----0----------- -0----0-----------|
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------------------ ------------------|You might be able to play the flourishes better if you move the
capo to the 8th fret and D chords to A chords.
The problem is you can’t play the G# in the bass
A5 A5/F# A5/G or A2 etc ---------|--------|--------- -------0--2p0---------------| ---------|--------|--------- ---0---0--------------------| ---2---2-|--2---2-|--2------ ---2---2--------------------| ---2---2-|--2---2-|--2------ ---2---2--------------------| -0----0--|--------|--------- -0----0---------------------| ---------|?----?--|0-------- ----------------------------|