City Middle chords by The National

Chords with lyrics

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/BG/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/AD/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---------|
BB|-0-----1--0----3---3------2---3------3--------3----0-----3------0---3----0---------|
G+G|-0-----0--0----4---2------0---0------2--------2----2-----4------0---0----2---------|
D MajorD|-2-----2--0----4---0------2---2------0--------0----0-----4------0---2----2---------|
A augmentedA|-2-----3--2----2---x------0---3------0--------0----0-----2------2---2----0---------|
E MajorE|-x-----x--x----x---x------x---x------x--------x----x-----2------3---0----0---------|
  Em/B C majorC G/BG/B B minorBm Dsus2Dsus2 A7A7 Cadd9Cadd9 Dsus2/A D/AD/A D6/AD6/A Bm/F# G6G6 E minor 7Em7 Asus2/E


"Karen take me to..." (fret positions given WITHOUT capo)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB|----10--11--13--10--------------------10--11--13--13----------------------|
G+G|12------------------12--10--------12--------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Em/B         C majorC          G/BG/B
Karen, take me to the nearest famous city middle
          B minorBm
Where they hang the lights
      Em/B          C majorC
Where it's random, and it's common versus common
Dsus2Dsus2
   La di la

[repeat]

Em/B           A7A7
I've got five hundred in twenties
        Cadd9Cadd9
And I've got a ton of great ideas
  Dsus2Dsus2
I'm really worked up
  Em/B         A7A7
I'm on a good mixture, I don't want to waste it
  Cadd9Cadd9          Dsus2Dsus2
I'm on a good mixture, I do not want to waste it
 Em/B      A7A7           Cadd9Cadd9
I wanna go gator around the warm beds of beginners
  Dsus2Dsus2
I'm really worked up

Em/B         C majorC          G/BG/B
Karen, take me to the nearest famous city middle
          B minorBm
Where they hang the lights
      Em/B          C majorC
Where it's random, and it's common versus common
Dsus2Dsus2
   La di la

[repeat]

Dsus2/A------D/A---------D6/A   Em/B
       I  have  weird  memories of you
    G+G
Wearing long red socks and red shoes
Bm/F#
I have weird memories

D/AD/A       Em/B
  I have weird memories of you    (there is also a guitar track on the
       G+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)

 Em/B      A7A7            Cadd9Cadd9
I wanna go gator around the warm beds of beginners
  Dsus2Dsus2
I'm really worked up
 Em/B      A7A7            Cadd9Cadd9
I wanna go gator around the warm beds of beginners
  Dsus2Dsus2
I'm really worked up

Em/B         C majorC          G/BG/B
Karen, take me to the nearest famous city middle
          B minorBm
Where they hang the lights
      Em/B          C majorC
Where it's random, and it's common versus common
Dsus2Dsus2
   La di la

[repeat]

D/AD/A       Em/B
  I have weird memories of you
    G+G
Wearing long red socks and red shoes
Bm/F#
I have weird memories

D/AD/A       Em/B
  I have weird memories of you
       G+G
Pissing in a sink, I think
       Bm/F#
I have weird memories of you

D/AD/A             E minorEm
Parking your car, you said, I'm overwhelmed
     G6G6              Bm/F#
You were thinking out loud, you said, I'm overwhelmed
     D/AD/A             E minorEm
You were parking your car, you said, I'm overwhelmed
     G6G6              Bm/F#
You were thinking out loud, you said, I'm overwhelmed

      D MajorD            E minorEm
You said, I think I'm like Tennessee Williams
          G+G
I wait for the click
        Bm/F#
I wait, but it doesn't kick in
 D MajorD            E minorEm
I think I'm like Tennesse Williams
          G+G
I wait for the click
        Bm/F#
I wait, but it doesn't kick in

D/AD/A       Em/B
  I have weird memories of you
    G+G
Wearing long red socks and red shoes
Bm/F#
I have weird memories

D/AD/A       Em/B
  I have weird memories of you
       G+G
Pissing in a sink, I think
       Bm/F#
I have weird memories of you

D/AD/A      E minorEm
la da da da...
G6G6       Bm/F#

D MajorD       E minorEm
la da da da...
G6G6       Bm/F#

D/AD/A     E minorEm     E minor 7Em7    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,
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