City Middle Chords & Lyrics by The National
City Middle
guitar chords lyrics
The National, City Middle
AT LONG LAST somebody has put some chords up.
This is by no means an easy song to pick out. There are a lot of tracks and there seems
be a degree of improvisation particularly
in the low synthy noises so, it won't be exact by any stretch of the imagination but I
give you what are some damned
close chords and will certainly be recognisable as the song. It's just with all the
you've then got woodwind, a violin and a
piano, it's a bloody nightmare.
I will give you the chords and any important 'licks' that recur.
Whenever I give a chord with a specific bass note (e.g. G/B) please pay attention
it matters a lot in this song.
At the first instance of "I have weird memories of you" I have given three slightly
D/A chords. While they shouldn't
really be treated as separate chords it serves to highlight the musical idea of going
the 'e' to the 'f#' and down to 'b', which
at concert pitch (w/o capo) is 'g' to 'a' to 'd'.
I recommend playing it this way for the first line, but it's up to you if you want to do
every time it appears.
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*CAPO on 3rd*
e|-0-----0--3----2---0------0---0------0--------2----2-----2------0---0----0---------|
B|-0-----1--0----3---3------2---3------3--------3----0-----3------0---3----0---------|
G|-0-----0--0----4---2------0---0------2--------2----2-----4------0---0----2---------|
D|-2-----2--0----4---0------2---2------0--------0----0-----4------0---2----2---------|
A|-2-----3--2----2---x------0---3------0--------0----0-----2------2---2----0---------|
E|-x-----x--x----x---x------x---x------x--------x----x-----2------3---0----0---------|
Em/B C G/B Bm Dsus2 A7 Cadd9 Dsus2/A D/A D6/A Bm/F# G6 Em7 Asus2/E
"Karen take me to..." (fret positions given WITHOUT capo)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----10--11--13--10--------------------10--11--13--13----------------------|
G|12------------------12--10--------12--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Em/B C G/B
Karen, take me to the nearest famous city middle
Bm
Where they hang the lights
Em/B C
Where it's random, and it's common versus common
Dsus2
La di la
[repeat]
Em/B A7
I've got five hundred in twenties
Cadd9
And I've got a ton of great ideas
Dsus2
I'm really worked up
Em/B A7
I'm on a good mixture, I don't want to waste it
Cadd9 Dsus2
I'm on a good mixture, I do not want to waste it
Em/B A7 Cadd9
I wanna go gator around the warm beds of beginners
Dsus2
I'm really worked up
Em/B C G/B
Karen, take me to the nearest famous city middle
Bm
Where they hang the lights
Em/B C
Where it's random, and it's common versus common
Dsus2
La di la
[repeat]
Dsus2/A------D/A---------D6/A Em/B
I have weird memories of you
G
Wearing long red socks and red shoes
Bm/F#
I have weird memories
D/A Em/B
I have weird memories of you (there is also a guitar track on the
G CD that repeats 'f# b b' over and
Pissing in a sink, I think over which colours the harmony
Bm/F# significantly. Add your own f#s if
I have weird memories of you you like)
Em/B A7 Cadd9
I wanna go gator around the warm beds of beginners
Dsus2
I'm really worked up
Em/B A7 Cadd9
I wanna go gator around the warm beds of beginners
Dsus2
I'm really worked up
Em/B C G/B
Karen, take me to the nearest famous city middle
Bm
Where they hang the lights
Em/B C
Where it's random, and it's common versus common
Dsus2
La di la
[repeat]
D/A Em/B
I have weird memories of you
G
Wearing long red socks and red shoes
Bm/F#
I have weird memories
D/A Em/B
I have weird memories of you
G
Pissing in a sink, I think
Bm/F#
I have weird memories of you
D/A Em
Parking your car, you said, I'm overwhelmed
G6 Bm/F#
You were thinking out loud, you said, I'm overwhelmed
D/A Em
You were parking your car, you said, I'm overwhelmed
G6 Bm/F#
You were thinking out loud, you said, I'm overwhelmed
D Em
You said, I think I'm like Tennessee Williams
G
I wait for the click
Bm/F#
I wait, but it doesn't kick in
D Em
I think I'm like Tennesse Williams
G
I wait for the click
Bm/F#
I wait, but it doesn't kick in
D/A Em/B
I have weird memories of you
G
Wearing long red socks and red shoes
Bm/F#
I have weird memories
D/A Em/B
I have weird memories of you
G
Pissing in a sink, I think
Bm/F#
I have weird memories of you
D/A Em
la da da da...
G6 Bm/F#
D Em
la da da da...
G6 Bm/F#
D/A Em Em7 Asus2/E....
I have weird memories of you
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If you're going to perform this with a band, then do some listening, have a think about
you yourself want to do, and let this
serve as a guideline for your arrangement.
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