Watching You Well chords by The National

Chords with lyrics

Title: Watching You Well
Artist: The National
Album: The National
Author: _arokh_


You'll first find the chords with the lyrics and below I provided some tabs
that show the way (and rhythm) I play the song.

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| G+G  | C majorC  | A minorAm  | C majorC D MajorD |

G+G         C majorC
  you stand now, holding yourself
 A minorAm          C majorC       D MajorD
a little of the moon is coming in the room.
G+G          C majorC
  you stand very still
   C majorC        D MajorD      E minorEm      D MajorD
like you were in the arms of everyone you ever wanted.

C majorC A minorAm           G+G
    i was watching you well.

| G+G  |

G+G          C majorC
  i won't stop you;  i won't speak.
  G+G             C majorC
the water on your cheek is the only thing smooth and
G+G          C majorC
  i'm ashamed that i'm ashamed of you
C majorC       D MajorD        E minorEm    D MajorD
standing in my room, lets more water overtake you

C majorC             A minorAm        G+G
  and i was watching you,  watching you well.

| G+G  |

Interlude/Solo ...

| G+G  | C majorC  | 4x


C majorC   D MajorD         E minorEm     D MajorD
  why won't you leave me quicker
C majorC             A minorAm
  why won't you leave me?

| G+G  | G+G  |

G+G          C majorC
  i'm ashamed that i'm ashamed of you
  G+G               C majorC
for standing in my room, lets more water overtake you
G+G          C majorC
  i won't stop you
      G+G      C majorC
and i won't speak.

C majorC   D MajorD         E minorEm     D MajorD
  why won't you leave me quicker?
C majorC   A minorAm
       why won't you
G+G      G+G
leave me...


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Now here comes the tab which demonstrates the way I strum it. It is for sure
not exactly the way The National play it, but I think it comes pretty close
to the feeling of the song. However, it's just for you to have and idea, maybe
you like it, and if not, just do your own thing, it's music :)

I also noted the downstrokes with "d" and the upstrokes with "u", so you might
get a better idea of the actual rhythm (always annoying with those ascii tabs).

Progression A: In the intro and first verse I play the | G+G  | C majorC  | A minorAm  | C majorC D MajorD |
progression like this (note that I don't actually play a D MajorD but from the C majorC I slide
into someting like a Dadd9add11, I like it but if you don't, just play a normal D MajorD):

  d  d  u u d d u d  d  d  u u d d d
E MajorE|------3---3--3-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
BB|------3---3--3-----------|------1---1--1-----------|
G+G|------0---0--0-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
D MajorD|------0---0--0-----------|------2---2--2-2---------|
A augmentedA|---------------2----0-2--|-3-------------3--3--2---|
E MajorE|-3-------------3--3------|-------------------------|

  d  d  u u d d d   d  d  u  u d d d u
E MajorE|------0---0--0-----------|------0---0-0-0----0-------|
BB|------1---1--1-----------|------1---1/3-3----3--3----|
G+G|------2---2--2-----------|------0---0/0-0----0--0-0--|
D MajorD|------2---2--2-2---------|------2---2/4-4-4--4--4-0--|
A augmentedA|-0-------------0--0--2---|-3----3---3/5-5-5----------|
E MajorE|-------------------------|---------------------------|


Progression B: Then comes the
| G+G  | C majorC  | C majorC D MajorD | E minorEm D MajorD | C majorC  | A minorAm  | G+G  | G+G  | progression:

  d  d  u u d d u d  d  d  u u d d d
E MajorE|------3---3--3-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
BB|------3---3--3-----------|------1---1--1-----------|
G+G|------0---0--0-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
D MajorD|------0---0--0-----------|------2---2--2-2---------|
A augmentedA|---------------2----0-2--|-3-------------3--3--2---|
E MajorE|-3-------------3--3------|-------------------------|

  d  d  u  u d d d u  d  d  u d u d d
E MajorE|------0---0-0-0----0-------|------0---0-X-2----2----|
BB|------1---1/3-3----3--3----|------0---0-X-3----3----|
G+G|------0---0/0-0----0--0-0--|------0---0-X-2----2----|
D MajorD|------2---2/4-4-4--4--4-0--|------2---2-X---0-------|
A augmentedA|-3----3---3/5-5-5----------|------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------|-0----------------------|


  d d d d      d d u u d u u d u u d u
E MajorE|----0-----0----------|------------------------------|
BB|----1-----1----------|------1------1------1---------|
G+G|----0-----0----------|---------2------2------2---2--|
D MajorD|----2-----2----------|----2------2------2------2----|
A augmentedA|-3-----X--3----------|-0----------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------|------------------------------|

  d  d  u u d d d u  d  d  u u d d d u
E MajorE|------3---3--3----3--3-3-|------3---3--3----3--3-3-|
BB|------3---3--3----3--3-3-|------3---3--3----3--3-3-|
G+G|------0---0--0----0--0-0-|------0---0--0----0--0-0-|
D MajorD|------0---0--0----0--0-0-|------0---0--0----0--0-0-|
A augmentedA|---------------2---------|---------------2---------|
E MajorE|-3-------------3---------|-3-------------3---------|


Progression C: From now on they only play a (repeating) | G+G  | C majorC  |
progression in the verse until they go into progression B. Here I basically
play the same as in progression A, but only the first two bars.

  d  d  u u d d u d  d  d  u u d d d
E MajorE|------3---3--3-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
BB|------3---3--3-----------|------1---1--1-----------|
G+G|------0---0--0-----------|------0---0--0-----------|
D MajorD|------0---0--0-----------|------2---2--2-2---------|
A augmentedA|---------------2----0-2--|-3-------------3--3--2---|
E MajorE|-3-------------3--3------|-------------------------|