Chord Daughters Of The Soho Riots by The National

ubi_rex@hotmail . com capo 2 i made up the notation because the chord names were long Em7sus4 and frequent . heres the deal : you start the measure with a down strum on G or Em7 . then strum up on the next beat to accent the root note an octave up , then you add an a note and strum up to accent , and then add the A B and strum up . G = 3200xx down strum Em7 = 0200xx down strum ^ = 3200xx up strum ^ = 0200xx up strum ^a = 3202xx up strum ^a = 0202xx up strum ^b = 32020x up strum ^b = 02020x up strum you should mess around with the way you strum to fit the music and not just strum on the beats . selectively play the high and low part of the chord , or switch to finger picking . notes at the bottom . other chords you might want to know : G/B = x2000x Gadd9 = 32020 xg ^ ^a ^b G ^ ^a ^b Em7 ^ ^a ^b Em7 ^ ^a ^b G ^ ^a ^b i have your good clothes in the car G ^ ^a ^b so cut your hair so no one knows Em7 ^ ^a ^b i have your dreams and your teeth marks Em7 ^ ^a ^b all my finger nails are painted G ^ ^a ^b G ^ ^a ^b i’m here to Em7 ^ ^a ^b Em7 ^ ^a ^b take you now G ^ ^a ^b you were right about the end G ^ ^a ^b it didn’t make a difference Em7 ^ ^a ^b everything i can remember Em7 ^ ^a ^b i remember wrong G ^ ^a ^b G ^ ^a ^b C G/B how can anybody know how they got to be G ^ ^a ^b G ^ ^a ^b this way C G/B you must have known i’d do this G ^ ^a ^b G ^ ^a ^b some day C G/B break my arms around the one i love Am and be forgiven by the time my lover comes G break my arms around my love repeat G ^ ^a ^b G ^ ^a ^b Em7 ^ ^a ^b Em7 ^ ^a ^b G ^ ^a ^b i don’t have any questions G ^ ^a ^b i don’t think it’s gonna rain Em7 ^ ^a ^b you were right about the end Em7 ^ ^a ^b it didn’t make a difference G ^ ^a ^b G ^ ^a ^b i’m here to Em7 ^ ^a ^b Em7 ^ ^a ^b take you now G ^ ^a ^b G ^ ^a ^b out among the missing sons and daughters of the so ho Em7 ^ ^a ^b Em7 ^ ^a ^b riots G ^ ^a ^b G ^ ^a ^b out among the missing sons and daughters of the so ho Em7 ^ ^a ^b Em7 ^ ^a ^b riots im here to G ^ ^a ^b G ^ ^a ^b take you now C G/B Gadd9 how can anybody know how they got to be this way C G/B Gadd9 you must have known i’d do this some day C G/B break my arms around the one i love Am and be forgiven by the time my lover comes G break my arms around my love repeat - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - notes heres the picking pattern . i recommend switching between the chords and picking to add some dynamics G ^ ^a ^b G ^ ^a ^b Em7 ^ ^a ^b Em7 ^ ^a ^b 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - | - - - - - 0 - - - 2 - - - - 2 - - - - - - 0 - - - 2 - - - - 2 - - - - - - 0 - - - 2 - - - - 2 - - - - - - 0 - - - 2 - - - - 2 - - | - - - - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - - - 0 | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - 3 - - - - - 3 - - - 3 - - - - - 3 - - - - - 3 - - - 3 - - - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - - - 0 - - - 0 - - - - - | i mess around with strumming high or low parts of the chords to fit the music , here an approximate way i strum . u for up strum , D for down 1 2 3 4 G ^ ^a ^b D D u u D u u D u u u - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - | - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - | - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - | - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - 2 - - 0 - - 0 - 2 - - - - - - - - 2 - | - 3 - - - - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - | 1 2 3 4 Em7 ^ ^a ^b D D u u D u u D u u u - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - | - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - 0 - - - - | - - - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - 2 - - 2 - - - - | - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - - 0 - | - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - - 2 - 2 - - 0 - - 0 - 2 - - - - - - - - 2 - | - 0 - - - - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - 0 - - - - - - - - - - |