Tropic Morning News chords by The National

Chords with lyrics

🎸 Intro:

G# minorG#m  FF  G+G  FF



🎸 Verse 1:
G# minorG#m
 I wasn't starting yet
     FF
I didn't even think you were listening
G+G
 I wasn't ready at all
    FF               G# minorG#m
To say anything about anything interesting

It's a thing you have
         FF
You just don't know that you Do it
      G+G
You wait around in a conversation
       FF
While I get in and start stumbling through it

🎸 Chorus:
G+G
 I was so distracted then
     B#mB#m
I didn't have it straight in my head
         C majorC
I didn't have my face on yet or the role or the feel
G+G
 Of where I was going with it all
G+G
 I was suffering more than I let on
B#mB#m              C majorC
 The tropic morning news was on

There's nothing stopping me now
G+G
 From saying all the painful parts out loud

🎸 Verse 2:
G# minorG#m
 Got to my feet
         FF
Feeling that I'd let you down
      G+G
Wanted to say it slow and perfect
      FF
But it all somehow got switched around
G# minorG#m
 Something went off on its own
  FF
My dumb, automatic chit-chat
G+G
 It's not what I meant to say at all
FF
 There's no way you can attach me to that

🎸 Chorus:
G+G
 Got up to seize the day
     B#mB#m
With my head in my hands feeling strange
        C majorC
When all my thinking got mangled
        G+G
And I caught myself talking myself off the ceiling
G+G                 B#mB#m
 I was suffering more than I let on
              C majorC
The tropic morning news was on

There's nothing stopping me now
G+G
 From saying all the painful parts out loud

🎸 Post-Chorus:
G+G            B#mB#m
 Oh, where are all the moments we'd have?
         C majorC
Oh, where's the brain we shared?
      G+G
Something somehow has you rapidly improving
G+G              B#mB#m
 Oh, what happened to the wavelength we were on?
         C majorC
Oh, where's the gravity gone?
      G+G
Something somehow has you rapidly improving

🎸 Instrumental:
G+G  G+G  B#mB#m  C majorC

G+G  G+G  B#mB#m  C majorC

🎸 Bridge:
G+G        G+G       B#mB#m
 You found the ache in my argument
       C majorC
You couldn't wait to get out of it
G+G         G+G
 You found the slush in my sentiment
B#mB#m       C majorC
 You made it sound so intelligent
G+G          G+G         B#mB#m
 You can stop and start an athlete's heart
     C majorC
How Do I feel about it?
G+G            G+G
 I would love to have nothing to Do with it
C majorC
 I would like to move on and be through with it

🎸 Interlude:
G# minorG#m  FF  G+G  FF


🎸 Verse 3:
G# minorG#m                 FF
 I'll be over here lying near the ocean

Making ocean sounds
G+G
 Let me know if you can come over
FF
 And work the controls for a while

🎸 Chorus:
G+G
 I was so distracted then
     B#mB#m
I didn't have it straight in my head
         C majorC
I didn't have my face on yet or the role or the feel
G+G
 Of where I was going with it all
G+G                B#mB#m
 I was suffering more than I let on
               C majorC
The tropic morning news was on
               G+G
There's nothing stopping me now

From saying all the painful parts out loud

🎸 Post-Chorus:
G+G            B#mB#m
 Oh, where are all the moments we'd have?
         C majorC
Oh, where's the brain we shared?
      G+G
Something somehow has you rapidly improving
G+G              B#mB#m
 Oh, what happened to the wavelength we were on?
         C majorC
Oh, where's the gravity gone?
      G+G
Something somehow has you rapidly improving

🎸 Outro:
G+G  B#mB#m  C majorC  G+G

G+G  B#mB#m  C majorC  G+G