Your Mind Is Not Your Friend chords by The National

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Beginner

Key: C majorC

♫ Intro:

DmDm FF C majorC G+G  (x2)


♫ Verse 1:
DmDm    FF   C majorC G+G
Your imagination
   DmDm     FF C majorC G+G
Is in an awful place
DmDm        FF   C majorC   G+G
Don't believe in manifestation
   DmDm      FF C majorC G+G
Your heart'll break

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


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


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

♫ Verse 3:
FF   A minorAm G+G   DmDm   FF
You inherited a fortune
A minorAm    G+G    DmDm  FF
From your mother's side
   G+G       DmDm    FF A minorAm
Your sister didn't get it at all
G+G
She survived


♫ Interlude:
DmDm FF C majorC G+G DmDm FF C majorC G+G


♫ Verse 4:
DmDm        FF   C majorC G+G
Tranquilize the oceans
DmDm     FF   C majorC G+G
Between the poles
    DmDm       FF   C majorC G+G
You're crawling under rocks
  G+G    DmDm   FF  C majorC G+G
And climbing into holes


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


♫ Bridge:
   A minorAm        G+G   DmDm FF
Your mind is not your friend
   A minorAm        G+G   DmDm FF
Your mind is not your friend
   A minorAm        G+G         DmDm FF
Your mind is not your friend (Your friend)
   A minorAm        G+G
Your mind is not your friend


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