Tropic Morning News chords by The National

🎸 Intro:

G#m   F   G   F




🎸 Verse 1:
G#m
  I wasn't starting yet
          F
I didn't even think you were listening
G
  I wasn't ready at all
        F                             G#m
To say anything about anything interesting

It's a thing you have
                 F
You just don't know that you Do it
            G
You wait around in a conversation
             F
While I get in and start stumbling through it

🎸 Chorus:
G
  I was so distracted then
         B#m
I didn't have it straight in my head
                  C
I didn't have my face on yet or the role or the feel
G
  Of where I was going with it all
G
  I was suffering more than I let on
B#m                            C
  The tropic morning news was on

There's nothing stopping me now
G
  From saying all the painful parts out loud

🎸 Verse 2:
G#m
  Got to my feet
                  F
Feeling that I'd let you down
           G
Wanted to say it slow and perfect
            F
But it all somehow got switched around
G#m
  Something went off on its own
    F
My dumb, automatic chit-chat
G
  It's not what I meant to say at all
F
  There's no way you can attach me to that

🎸 Chorus:
G
  Got up to seize the day
         B#m
With my head in my hands feeling strange
               C
When all my thinking got mangled
                G
And I caught myself talking myself off the ceiling
G                                 B#m
  I was suffering more than I let on
                            C
The tropic morning news was on

There's nothing stopping me now
G
  From saying all the painful parts out loud

🎸 Post-Chorus:
G                        B#m
  Oh, where are all the moments we'd have?
                  C
Oh, where's the brain we shared?
           G
Something somehow has you rapidly improving
G                           B#m
  Oh, what happened to the wavelength we were on?
                  C
Oh, where's the gravity gone?
            G
Something somehow has you rapidly improving

🎸 Instrumental:
G   G   B#m   C

G   G   B#m   C


🎸 Bridge:
G                G             B#m
  You found the ache in my argument
              C
You couldn't wait to get out of it
G                 G
  You found the slush in my sentiment
B#m             C
  You made it sound so intelligent
G                   G                  B#m
  You can stop and start an athlete's heart
          C
How Do I feel about it?
G                        G
  I would love to have nothing to Do with it
C
  I would like to move on and be through with it

🎸 Interlude:
G#m   F   G   F


🎸 Verse 3:
G#m                                  F
  I'll be over here lying near the ocean

Making ocean sounds
G
  Let me know if you can come over
F
  And work the controls for a while

🎸 Chorus:
G
  I was so distracted then
         B#m
I didn't have it straight in my head
                  C
I didn't have my face on yet or the role or the feel
G
  Of where I was going with it all
G                                B#m
  I was suffering more than I let on
                             C
The tropic morning news was on
                             G
There's nothing stopping me now

From saying all the painful parts out loud

🎸 Post-Chorus:
G                        B#m
  Oh, where are all the moments we'd have?
                  C
Oh, where's the brain we shared?
           G
Something somehow has you rapidly improving
G                           B#m
  Oh, what happened to the wavelength we were on?
                  C
Oh, where's the gravity gone?
           G
Something somehow has you rapidly improving

🎸 Outro:
G   B#m   C   G

G   B#m   C   G