City Middle The National
AT LONG LAST somebody has put some chords up.
This is by no means an easy song to pick out. There are a lot of tracks and there seems
be a degree of improvisation particularly
in the low synthy noises so, it won't be exact by any stretch of the imagination but I
give you what are some damned
close chords and will certainly be recognisable as the song. It's just with all the
you've then got woodwind, a violin and a
piano, it's a bloody nightmare.
I will give you the chords and any important 'licks' that recur.
Whenever I give a chord with a specific bass note (e.g. G/B) please pay attention
it matters a lot in this song.
At the first instance of "I have weird memories of you" I have given three slightly
D/A chords. While they shouldn't
really be treated as separate chords it serves to highlight the musical idea of going
the 'e' to the 'f#' and down to 'b', which
at concert pitch (w/o capo) is 'g' to 'a' to 'd'.
I recommend playing it this way for the first line, but it's up to you if you want to do
every time it appears.
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*CAPO on 3rd*
e|-0-----0--3----2---0------0---0------0--------2----2-----2------0---0----0---------| B|-0-----1--0----3---3------2---3------3--------3----0-----3------0---3----0---------| G|-0-----0--0----4---2------0---0------2--------2----2-----4------0---0----2---------| D|-2-----2--0----4---0------2---2------0--------0----0-----4------0---2----2---------| A|-2-----3--2----2---x------0---3------0--------0----0-----2------2---2----0---------| E|-x-----x--x----x---x------x---x------x--------x----x-----2------3---0----0---------|
[Em/B] [C] [G/B] [Bm] [Dsus2] [A7] [Cadd9] [Dsus2/A] [D/A] [D6/A] [Bm/F#] [G6] [Em7] [Asus2/E]
"Karen take me to..." (fret positions given WITHOUT capo)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----10--11--13--10--------------------10--11--13--13----------------------| G|12------------------12--10--------12--------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Em/B]Karen, take me to the [C]nearest famous city [G/B]middle
Where they hang the [Bm]lights
Where it's [Em/B]random, and it's common [C]versus common
[Dsus2] La di la
(repeat)
[Em/B]I've got five hundred in [A7]twenties
And I've got a [Cadd9]ton of great ideas
I'm [Dsus2]really worked up
I'm [Em/B]on a good mixture, I [A7]don't want to waste it
I'm [Cadd9]on a good mixture, I do [Dsus2]not want to waste it
I [Em/B]wanna go gator a[A7]round the warm beds of b[Cadd9]eginners
I'm [Dsus2]really worked up
[Em/B]Karen, take me to the [C]nearest famous city [G/B]middle
Where they hang the [Bm]lights
Where it's [Em/B]random, and it's common [C]versus common
[Dsus2] La di la
(repeat)
Dsus2/A------D/A---------D6/A Em/B
I have weird memories of you
Wearing [G]long red socks and red shoes
[Bm/F#]I have weird memories
[D/A] I have weird [Em/B]memories of you (there is also a guitar track on the
G CD that repeats 'f# b b' over and
Pissing in a sink, I think over which colours the harmony
Bm/F# significantly. Add your own f#s if
I have weird memories of you you like)
I[Em/B] wanna go gator [A7]around the warm beds of b[Cadd9]eginners
I'm [Dsus2]really worked up
I [Em/B]wanna go gator a[A7]round the warm beds of be[Cadd9]ginners
I'm [Dsus2]really worked up
[Em/B]Karen, take me to the [C]nearest famous city [G/B]middle
Where they hang the [Bm]lights
Where it's [Em/B]random, and it's common [C]versus common
[Dsus2] La di la
(repeat)
[D/A] I have weird [Em/B]memories of you
Wearing [G]long red socks and red shoes
[Bm/F#]I have weird memories
[D/A] I have weird [Em/B]memories of you
Pissing in a [G]sink, I think
I have weird [Bm/F#]memories of you
[D/A]Parking your car, you said, [Em]I'm overwhelmed
You were [G6]thinking out loud, you said, [Bm/F#]I'm overwhelmed
You were [D/A]parking your car, you said, [Em]I'm overwhelmed
You were [G6]thinking out loud, you said, [Bm/F#]I'm overwhelmed
You said, I [D]think I'm like Tennessee [Em]Williams
I wait for the click[G]
I wait, but it [Bm/F#]doesn't kick in
I [D]think I'm like Tennesse [Em]Williams
I wait for the click[G]
I wait, but it [Bm/F#]doesn't kick in
[D/A] I have weird [Em/B]memories of you
Wearing [G]long red socks and red shoes
[Bm/F#]I have weird memories
[D/A] I have weird [Em/B]memories of you
Pissing in a [G]sink, I think
I have weird [Bm/F#]memories of you
[D/A]la da da da...[Em]
[G6] [Bm/F#]
[D]la da da da...[Em]
[G6] [Bm/F#]
D/A Em Em7 Asus2/E....
I have weird memories of you
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If you're going to perform this with a band, then do some listening, have a think about
you yourself want to do, and let this
serve as a guideline for your arrangement.
Any queries,
jreid38@qub.ac.uk
Please don't forget to rate, and comment if you think you've spotted something that I haven't.
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