American Mary chords by The National

Chords with lyrics

Letters immediately after a slash (/) are a bass notes.
So the “B bass,
then D MajorD chord with an A augmentedA as the bass note. There were a lot of
slashes to keep track of; let me know if I made any mistakes.

It's hard to hear exactly what notes are in the chords,
but this sounds close.
E=02003X
Em7=022030

E MajorE
  give my jewels to the army, my silverware and jeans
E MajorE
  give my love to your family; tell them anything.
E MajorE
  give yourself to anyone; give yourself away
E MajorE
don't be a nightingale   for anyone's space to fill.
BB
  if i could,      i'd be your star again
Asus4Asus4
      fall across your falling sky...

E MajorE
   it takes a lot of little rain      to make you feel like
E MajorE
nothing.
E MajorE
   anything, anything you can do,  do to me for everything
     E MajorE
i did for you:         ...nothing.
BB
  i didn't try to take your love away
Asus4Asus4
  I just never knew i had it.

C2
   there is nothing you can say to ever make me want you
D/F#D/F#
  American.
C2
   there is nothing you can say to ever make me leave you
E MajorE
American.                  American
E MajorE
Mary
D/AD/A
  if you kiss me kiss me with your silver eyes
E MajorE
  don't look at me like someone you don't
   E MajorE
recognize       I didn't try to do this.
BB
    your arms around my shoulderblades
Asus4Asus4
    are useless.

C2
   there is nothing you can say to ever make me want you
D/F#D/F#
  American.
C2
   there is nothing you can say to ever make me leave you
E MajorE
American.                    American
E MajorE
Mary