Your Mind Is Not Your Friend chords by The National

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C

♫ Intro:

Dm F C G  (x2)


♫ Verse 1:
Dm    F   C G
Your imagination
   Dm     F C G
Is in an awful place
Dm        F   C   G
Don't believe in manifestation
   Dm      F C G
Your heart'll break

♫ Chorus:
F       C
Don't you understand?
   F        G
Your mind is not your friend again
  F        C
It takes you by the hand
F       G
And leaves you nowhere


♫ Verse 2:
  Dm       F   C G
You feel it in your nerves
Dm       F    C G
It's chokin' out the sun
  Dm     F    C   G
You try in vain to be persuaded
Dm       F C G
That it's nothin'


♫ Chorus:
F       C
Don't you understand?
   F        G
Your mind is not your friend again
  F        C
It takes you by the hand
F       G
And leaves you nowhere
F       C
You are like a child
    F        G
You're gonna flip your lid again
F       C
Don't you understand?
   F        G   Dm
Your mind is not your friend


♫ Verse 3:
F   Am G   Dm   F
You inherited a fortune
Am    G    Dm  F
From your mother's side
   G       Dm    F Am
Your sister didn't get it at all
G
She survived


♫ Interlude:
Dm F C G Dm F C G


♫ Verse 4:
Dm        F   C G
Tranquilize the oceans
Dm     F   C G
Between the poles
    Dm       F   C G
You're crawling under rocks
  G    Dm   F  C G
And climbing into holes


♫ Chorus:
F       C
Don't you understand?
   F        G
Your mind is not your friend again
  F        C
It takes you by the hand
F       G
And leaves you nowhere
F       C
You are like a child
    F        G
You're gonna flip your lid again
F       C
Don't you understand?
   F        G   Dm F
Your mind is not your friend


♫ Bridge:
   Am        G   Dm F
Your mind is not your friend
   Am        G   Dm F
Your mind is not your friend
   Am        G         Dm F
Your mind is not your friend (Your friend)
   Am        G
Your mind is not your friend


Out-♫ Chorus:
Dm       F
Don't you understand?
   Am        G
Your mind is not your friend again
  Dm        F
It takes you by the hand
  Am     G
And leaves you nowhere
Dm       F
You are like a child
    Am       G
You're gonna flip your lid again
Dm       F
Don't you understand?
   Am        G
Your mind is not your friend