The National - Apartment Story Chords & Tabs

 

Apartment Story Chords & Tabs

The National Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Chords

Apartment Story Chords

   
I'm a huge fan of The National, but their songs are not easy to play or to cover (most
them at least), neither to figure out actually :). The other chords available here are
on ashow from the National and so are accurate to the way the band plays it, but it's 
really that much fun to play on an acoustic guitar. I just tabbed my own version in about
minutes with pretty much only simple chords. The key sounds right, and I do improvise a 
C variations when I play it that go nicely with the song so no, it is not accurate as in 
same as the original, just play or fiddle around with it and tell me what you think. Enjoy!

PS: the tab may miss a chord so if you feel like something is missing, it probably is :)

Capo: 2nd or 3rd fret (for me, adapt depending on your voice)
Tuning: standard

Chords used:
G:   320033 or 320003
C:   032010
C2:  030010 (don't know the name of this chord)
C/E: 020010

The song with the chords:
G			      C		     C2	       C/E    G
Be still for a second while I try and try to pin your flowers on
	C  C2  C/E
Nana na na

        G
Can you carry my drink I have everything else
      C
I can tie my tie all by myself
      G                   C         C2  C/E
I知 getting tied, I知 forgetting why

         G                          C
Oh we池e so disarming darling, everything we did believe

   G                           C   C2      C/E
is diving diving diving diving off the balcony

G                               C   C2
Tired and wired we ruin too easy
G                                          C
sleep in our clothes and wait for winter to leave
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_national/apartment_story_crd_ver_2.html ]
G                                C                 C2
   G
Hold ourselves together with our arms around the stereo for hours
     C    C2  C/E
Nana na na

         G
While it sings to itself or whatever it does
        C
when it sings to itself of its long lost loves
       G                     C       C2  C/E
I知 getting tied, I知 forgetting why

G                               C    C2
Tired and wired we ruin too easy
G                                          C     C2
sleep in our clothes and wait for winter to leave
G                                     C
but I値l be with you behind the couch when they come
     C2        C/E                G      C
  C/E
on a different day just like this one

G
We値l stay inside til somebody finds us
C
do whatever the TV tells us
G                           C        C2
stay inside our rosy-minded fuzz for days

C/E   G
We値l stay inside til somebody finds us
C
do whatever the TV tells us
G                           C
stay inside our rosy-minded fuzz

C2  C/E	 G
so worry not
	       C
all things are well
      C2 C/E G
we値l be alright
             C	  C2   C/E
we have our looks and perfume

G
stay inside til somebody finds us
C
do whatever the TV tells us
G                           C
stay inside our rosy-minded fuzz

C2  C/E	 G
so worry not
	       C
all things are well
      C2 C/E G
we値l be alright
             C	       C2     G
we have our looks and perfume on