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Artist: The National
Album: Alligator
Song: Karen
[intro]
G C (repeat)
[verse]
G C (alternate)
Karen, I'm not taking sides
I don't think I'll ever do that again
I'll end up winning and I won't know why
I'm really trying to shine here, I'm really trying
You're changing clothes and closing windows on me all the time
[chorus]
Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm
Well, whatever you do, listen, you better wait for me
Bb Ab Bb Eb
No, I wouldn't go out alone into America
Bb Cm
Whatever you do
Ab Eb
Listen, and you better wait for me
Bb Cm
No, I wouldn't go out alone
[verse]
G C (alternate)
Karen, we should call your father, maybe it's just a phase
He'll know the trick to get a wayward soul to change his ways
It's a common fetish for a doting man
to ballerina on the coffee table cock in hand
[chorus]
Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm
Well, whatever you do, listen, you better wait for me
Bb Ab Bb Eb
No, I wouldn't go out alone into America
Bb Cm
Whatever you do
Bb Eb
Listen, and you better wait for me
Bb Cm
No, I wouldn't go out alone
[middle]
Bb Gm Dm Cm
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/t/the_national/karen_crd.html ]
Bb Gm
Without warm water in my head
Dm
All I see is black and white and red
Cm
I feel mechanical and thin
Bb
Hear me play my violin again
Gm
I'm living in the target's shoes
Dm
All I see is black and white and blue.
Cm
Idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest
G C
Protect the title
[verse]
G C (alternate)
Karen, put me in a chair, fuck me and make me a drink
I've lost direction, and I'm past my peak
I'm telling you this isn't me
No, this isn't me
Karen, believe me, you just haven't seen my good side yet
[chorus]
Cm Bb Ab Bb Cm
Well, whatever you do, listen, you better wait for me
Bb Ab Bb Eb
No, I wouldn't go out alone into America
Bb Cm
Whatever you do
Bb Eb
Listen, and you better wait for me
Bb Cm
No, I wouldn't go out alone
[end]
Bb Gm
Without warm water in my head
Dm
All I see is black and white and red
Cm
I feel mechanical and thin
Bb
Hear me play my violin again
Gm
I'm living in the target's shoes
Dm
All I see is black and white and blue.
Cm
Idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest
Protect the title
Bb
I must be me, I'm in my head
Gm
Black birds are circling my bed
Dm
I must be me, I must be me
Cm
Black feathers are falling on my feet
Bb Gm
Idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest
Protect the title
Dm Cm
Idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest
Protect the title
[repeat]
[end]
G C
