Not In Kansas chords by The National

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
G+G C majorC G+G D MajorD

Verse 1:
G+G
I am not in Kansas
       C majorC
I can't slow down and I can't stand it
     G+G
Broadcast News into Hallelujah
      D MajorD
Hanne Darboven had a great idea
G+G
Make a list, write it down
C majorC
Shave your head, draw a crown
G+G
Move back home with mom and dad
  D MajorD
The pool is drained and they're not there
  G+G
My bedroom is a stranger's gun room
C majorC
Ohio's in a downward spiral
G+G
I can't go back there anymore
D MajorD
Since alt-right opium went viral

Chorus:
C majorC  A minorAm
I am not in Kansas
    G+G         D MajorD
Where I am, I don't know where
C majorC       A minorAm     G+G            D MajorD
Take me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear


Verse 2:
G+G
You even get to wear a dress
C majorC
And feed his flesh to wayward daughters
G+G
Everyone is so impressed
D MajorD
Teachers, neighbors, and mothers, fathers
G+G
First Testament was really great
  C majorC
The sequel was incredible
     G+G
Like the Godfathers or the first two Strokes
    D MajorD
Every document's indelible
G+G
Infidels and Heartbreak Beats
C majorC
Smidges of bad ecstasy
 G+G
I must have left it in my pocket
D MajorD
With my Christianity in my rocket
  G+G
I'm binging hard on Annette Bening
  C majorC
I'm listening to R.E.M. again
  G+G
Begin The Begin, over and over
  D MajorD
Begin The Begin, over and over

Chorus:
C majorC    A minorAm
I am not in Kansas
    G+G          D MajorD
Where I am, I don't know where
C majorC      A minorAm              G+G            D MajorD
Take me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear


Interlude:
    G+G             C majorC
If the sadness of life makes you tired
    D MajorD            G+G
And the failures of man make you sigh
               C majorC
You can look to the time soon arriving
     D MajorD
When this noble experiment
A minorAm             G+G
Winds down and calls it a day


Verse 3:
G+G
My shadow's getting shorter
   C majorC
I'm a child at the border
  G+G
Oh Godmother, you can't ignore us
      D MajorD
There isn't anybody else left to love us
 G+G
I wanted you when I was a child
 C majorC
I raked the leaves and I started fires
G+G
Now I'm reading whatever you give me
   D MajorD
It's half your fault so half forgive me
G+G
I'm way behind in reflex math
C majorC
Biphasic sleepless emotional crashes
G+G
Two days into one, shove 'em together
 D MajorD
I always wake up way before the weather
  G+G
My mother needs an army
    C majorC
But I'm leaving home and I'm scared that I won't
G+G
Have the balls to punch a Nazi
D MajorD
Father, what is wrong with me?


Chorus:
C majorC    A minorAm
I am not in Kansas
    G+G          D MajorD
Where I am, I don't know where
C majorC       A minorAm              G+G             D MajorD
Take me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear


Verse 4:
G+G
Oil droppers, rubber gloves
C majorC
I raked the leaves, I lit 'em up
G+G
I read whatever it is you give me
D MajorD
It's half your fault so half forgive me
G+G
At the real Neil Armstrong taught me
  C majorC
To play cutthroat at my Aunt Angela's house
G+G
While my real dad's skate got caught in the ice
  D MajorD
And he drove us home with a spiral fracture
G+G
It was then I was enlightened
    C majorC
Roberta Flack the whole way home
G+G
I was entirely unfrightened
D MajorD
Dozing off and eternally un-alone
C majorC      A minorAm
The flowers cover over everything
G+G       D MajorD
They cover over everything
C majorC  A minorAm      G+G       D MajorD
The flowers cover over everything


Chorus:
C majorC    A minorAm
I am not in Kansas
G+G            D MajorD
Where I am, I don't know where
C majorC      A minorAm             G+G            D MajorD
Take me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear


Outro:
     G+G           C majorC
Time has come now to stop being human
    D MajorD            G+G
Time to find a new creature to be
   G+G          C majorC
Be a fish or a weed or a sparrow
    D MajorD                   C majorC      G+G
For the Earth has grown tired and all of your time has expired
    G+G             C majorC
All the gardens are sprouting with flowers
    D MajorD              G+G
All the treetops are bursting with birds
    G+G             C majorC
And the people all know that it's over
   D MajorD              A minorAm           G+G
They lay down their ears and they hang up their tiresome words

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