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Hairpin Turns Tab by The National

Hairpin Turns tab by The National

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Chorus:

Piano
        Fm   Eb          Ebadd9  Eb
  H E E E E  Q H  Q  +Q. E E E E E  E E H  Q
e|------------|------------|----------------|------------|
B|----9-8-6---|----9----8--|-(8)----9-8-6---|-----6----4-|
G|----------8-|---------8--|-(8)----------8-|---8--------|
D|------------|-8----------|------8---------|-8----------|
A|------------|-6----------|----------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|----------------|------------|
  What are we going  through        you and me


           Fm    Eb           Ebadd9  Eb
   Q.  E E E E E  E E H  Q  +Q.  E E E E E  E E H  Q  3x
e||-----------------|-------------|-----------------|--------------||
B||o--------9-8-6---|-----9----8--|-(8)-----9-8-6---|-----6----4--o||
G||---------------8-|----------8--|-(8)-----------8-|---8----------||
D||-------8---------|---8---------|-------8---------|-8------------||
A||o----------------|-6-----------|-----------------|-------------o||
E||-----------------|-------------|-----------------|--------------||
     every other house         on the  street's burning
  What are we    going   through        you and  me
      Days of  brutalism         and  hairpin turns
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Verse 2:

Piano
  Wx6      H.     Q     +Q    H.
e|-------------|--------------18----|---(18)------11-----|
B|-------------|--------------16----|---(16)-------------|
G|-------------|--------------15----|---(15)-------------|
D|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
   ...my spirit swims right to          the hook

  Bb                    Eb
  H.    Q   +W.     H.    Q   +Q  H
e|----------18--|-(18)------|----------18--|-(18)--11----|
B|----------18--|-(18)------|-16-------16--|-(16)--------|
G|--------------|-----------|--------------|-------------|
D|--------------|-----------|--------------|-------------|
A|-11-----------|-----------|--------------|-------------|
E|-11-----------|-----------|--------------|-------------|
   You  go      quiet   and leave me in


  H.    Q   +W      W     Q.  E E E E E
e|---------18--|-(18)--------|----------|-----------------|
B|-------------|-------------|----------|--------9-8-6----|
G|-------------|-------------|----------|--------------8--|
D|-------------|-------------|----------|------8----------| to chorus
A|-1-----------|-------------|----------|-----------------|
E|-1-----------|-------------|----------|-----------------|
 the wake of a terrifiying look.     What are are we ...

Chorus:

Piano as before

Bridge:

Guitar

   Cm        Cm/Bb        Bb
   |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|  |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
   Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q
e||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||o----------16----------------16-------|----------15----------------15------|
G||--------13----13----------13----13----|-------13----13----------13----13---|
D||-----17----------17----17----------17-|----17----------17----17----------17|
A||o-15----------------13----------------|-13----------------13---------------|
E||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|


  Abmaj7      Abmaj7/G      Eb/G
  |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|  |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
  Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q  Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q Q 3x
e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
B|----------13----------------13-------|----------11----------------11-------o||
G|-------12----12----------12----12----|-------12----12----------12----12-----||
D|----13----------13----13----------13-|----13----------13----13----------13--||
A|-11----------------10----------------|-10----------------10----------------o||
E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||

The piano basically plays the root notes of the chords.

Chorus:

Piano as before

Guitar

  H E E E E   E E H  Q  +H   E E E E
e|---4-------||-----------3--|-(3)----4---------||
B|-----8p6-4-||o-----9----4--|-(4)------8p6-4--o||
G|-----------||------8----3--|-(3)--------------||
D|-----------||----8------5--|-(5)--------------||
A|-----------||o-6-----------|-----------------o||
E|-----------||--------------|------------------||

Outro:

The National tabs for Hairpin turns

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