Slipping Husband chords by The National

Song - Slipping Husband
Artist - The National
Record - Sad Songs For Dirty Lovers



INTRO > Am - C - G - F   2x         Regular Struming


Am                       Strum only once
Sit down dear we gotta talk

your acting like a kid
C
we don't wanna hear about
G

the things you never did

Am
You coulda been a 🏷Legend

but you became a father
C
that's what you are today
G
that's what you are today

Am -Am - C - G                Regular Struming

Am
Spending all your time

somewhere inside your head
C
haunted by the important
G
life you coulda lead

Am
but your kisses aren't enough

to keep your kids in line
C
so you better straighten out yourself
G
and give your baby time
Am
cause if you don't give her what she needs
C
she'll get it where she can
G
she's lonely man

Am - C - G - F      Like INTRO, Strum only once

Am     C          G F       Am
Don't,Don't leave yourself alone for too many days
   C         G         F   Am
than next one-
Cause sooner than you know youre gonna start slipping

Am - C - G - F

Am
you'll end up talking to the ghost
              C
of your wife as if you knew her
               G
your eyes will put her everywhere

Am
and spending all your time

somewhere inside your head
C
haunted by the important
G
life you coulda lead


Am
you'll fuck yourself to clear your head

you'll close your door and go to bed
C
you'll try to sleep without a dream
G          Am
that's where she finds you
          C    G
that's where she finds you


Am     C          G F       Am
Don't,Don't leave yourself alone for too many days
   C         G         F   Am
than next one-
Cause sooner than you know youre gonna start slipping

Am - C - G - F    2x

Am                      Strum Only Once
Dear we better get a drink in you

before you start to bore us
C
Dear we better get a drink in you
G
before you start to bore us
Am
Dear we better get a drink in you

before you start to bore us

C            G
Sorry about the..


Am - C - G - F

     Am   C   G
Don't forget the alcohol
F  Am C  G  F  Am
 G  F  Am-strum once and finish-
Its ok, its ok

Play this song with an electric guitar a little bit overdrived, in a Statocaster with
or neck-middle pickup and high tone, 7 at least.