Demons chords by The National

Chords with lyrics

Note: timing is either 7/4 or 7/8.
You may benefit from using an online metronome to get used to the unusual timing.


G+G
When I think of you in the city,
D MajorD
The sight of you among the sites.
G+G
I get this sudden sinking feeling,
D MajorD
Of a man about to fly.
Am7Am7
Never kept me up before,
D MajorD
Now I've been awake for days.
Am7Am7
I can't fight it anymore,
D MajorD
I'm going through an awkward phase.

D MajorD

G+G
I am secretly in love with,
D MajorD
Everyone that I grew up with.
G+G
Do my crying underwater,
D MajorD
I can't get down any farther.
Am7Am7
All my drowning friends can see,
D MajorD
Now there is no running from it.
Am7Am7
It's become the crux of me,
D MajorD
I wish that I could rise above it.

D MajorD


      G+G
But I stay down,
     D MajorD
With my demons.
    G+G
I stay down,
     D MajorD
With my demons.

D MajorD

G+G
Passing buzzards in the sky,
D MajorD
Alligators in the sewers.
G+G
I don't even wonder why,
D MajorD
Hide among the under views.
Am7Am7
Huddle with them all night long,
D MajorD
The worried talk to god goes on.
Am7Am7
I sincerely tried to love it,
D MajorD
Wish that I could rise above it.

D MajorD


      G+G
But I stay down,
     D MajorD
With my demons.
    G+G
I stay down,
     D MajorD
With my demons.

      Am7Am7
But I stay down,
     D MajorD
With my demons.
    Am7Am7
I stay down,
     D MajorD
With my demons.

D MajorD


E minorEm
Can I stay here? I can sleep
D MajorD
On the floor
E minorEm
Paint the blood and hang the palms,
D MajorD
On the door.
E minorEm
Do not think I'm going places
D MajorD
anymore,
E minorEm
Wanna see the sun come up
D MajorD
above New York.


Am7Am7
Oh, everyday I start so great,
D MajorD
Then the sunlight dims.
Am7Am7
Less I've learned, the more I see
D MajorD
the pythons and the limbs.
Am7Am7
Do not know what's wrong with me,
D MajorD
Sours in the cup.
Am7Am7
When I walk into a room,
 D MajorD
I do not light it up.
D MajorD
Fuck.


      E minorEm
But I stay down,
     D MajorD
With my demons.
    E minorEm
I stay down,
     D MajorD
With my demons.

      Am7Am7
But I stay down,
     D MajorD
With my demons.
    Am7Am7
I stay down,
     D MajorD
With my demons.