Tropic Morning News bass tab by The National

• Difficulty: Beginner

Intro:

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Verse 1:
"I wasn't starting yet. I didn't even think you were listening  "
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"It's a thing you have.  You just don't know that you do it  "
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Chorus:
"I was so distracted then.  I didn't have it straight in my head  "
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"I was suffering more than I let on. The tropic morning news was on  "
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Verse 2:
"Got to my feet. Feeling that I'd let you down  "
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"Something went off on its own.  My dumb automatic chit-chat  "
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Chorus:
"Got up to seize the day.   With my head in my hands, feeling strange  "
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"I was suffering more than I let on. The tropic morning news was on  "
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"Oh, where are all the moments we'd have?  Oh, where's the brain we shared "
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"Oh, what happened to the wavelength we were on?  Oh, where's the gravity gone "
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Bridge:
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"You found the ache in my argument
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"You can stop and start an athlete's heart   "
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Verse 3:
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"I'll be over here lying near the ocean   Making ocean sounds"
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{Chorus]
"I was so distracted then   I didn't have it straight in my head
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"I was suffering more than I let on  "
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"Oh, where are all the moments we'd have?  Oh, where's the brain we shared "
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"Oh what happened to the wavelength we were on    "
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Outro:
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