Standard (EADGBE)

you stand now, holding yourself

 a little of the moon is coming in the room.

you stand very still

 like you were in the arms of everyone you ever wanted.

i was watching you well.

i won't stop you; i won't speak.

 the water on your cheek is the only thing smooth and

i'm ashamed that i'm ashamed of you

standing in my room, lets more water overtake you

and i was watching you, watching you well.

Interlude/Solo ...

| | | 4x

why won't you leave me quicker

why won't you leave me?

i'm ashamed that i'm ashamed of you

 for standing in my room, lets more water overtake you

i won't stop you

 and i won't speak.

why won't you leave me quicker?

why won't you

leave me...

Now here comes the tab which demonstrates the way I strum it. It is for sure

not exactly the way The National play it, but I think it comes pretty close

to the feeling of the song. However, it's just for you to have and idea, maybe

you like it, and if not, just do your own thing, it's music :)

I also noted the downstrokes with "d" and the upstrokes with "u", so you might

get a better idea of the actual rhythm (always annoying with those ascii tabs).

Progression A: In the intro and first verse I play the | G | C | Am | C D |

progression like this (note that I don't actually play a D but from the C I slide

into someting like a Dadd9add11, I like it but if you don't, just play a normal D):

Progression B: Then comes the

 | | | | | | | | | progression:

Progression C: From now on they only play a (repeating) | G | C |

progression in the verse until they go into progression B. Here I basically

play the same as in progression A, but only the first two bars.

That's it, hope you liked it. Have fun!