Slipping Husband chords by The National

Chords with lyrics

Song - Slipping Husband
Artist - The National
Record - Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers


INTRO > A minorAm - C majorC - G+G - FF   2x         Regular Struming


A minorAm                       Strum only once
Sit down dear we gotta talk

your acting like a kid
C majorC
we don't wanna hear about
G+G
the things you never did

A minorAm
You coulda been a 🏷Legend

but you became a father
C majorC
that's what you are today
G+G
that's what you are today

A minorAm -Am - C majorC - G+G                Regular Struming

A minorAm
Spending all your time

somewhere inside your head
C majorC
haunted by the important
G+G
life you coulda lead

A minorAm
but your kisses aren't enough

to keep your kids in line
C majorC
so you better straighten out yourself
G+G
and give your baby time
A minorAm
cause if you don't give her what she needs
C majorC
she'll get it where she can
G+G
she's lonely man

A minorAm - C majorC - G+G - FF      Like INTRO, Strum only once

A minorAm     C majorC          G+G FF       A minorAm
Don't,Don't leave yourself alone for too many days
   C majorC         G+G         FF   A minorAm
than next one-
Cause sooner than you know youre gonna start slipping

A minorAm - C majorC - G+G - FF

A minorAm
you'll end up talking to the ghost
              C majorC
of your wife as if you knew her
               G+G
your eyes will put her everywhere

A minorAm
and spending all your time

somewhere inside your head
C majorC
haunted by the important
G+G
life you coulda lead

A minorAm
you'll fuck yourself to clear your head

you'll close your door and go to bed
C majorC
you'll try to sleep without a dream
G+G          A minorAm
that's where she finds you
          C majorC    G+G
that's where she finds you


A minorAm     C majorC          G+G FF       A minorAm
Don't,Don't leave yourself alone for too many days
   C majorC         G+G         FF   A minorAm
than next one-
Cause sooner than you know youre gonna start slipping

A minorAm - C majorC - G+G - FF    2x

A minorAm                      Strum Only Once
Dear we better get a drink in you

before you start to bore us
C majorC
Dear we better get a drink in you
G+G
before you start to bore us
A minorAm
Dear we better get a drink in you

before you start to bore us

C majorC            G+G
Sorry about the..


A minorAm - C majorC - G+G - FF

     A minorAm   C majorC   G+G
Don't forget the alcohol
FF  A minorAm C majorC  G+G  FF  A minorAm
 G+G  FF  Am-strum once and finish-
Its ok, its ok

Play this song with an electric guitar a little bit overdrived, in a Statocaster with
or neck-middle pickup and high tone, 7 at least.