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