Chord Not In Kansas by The National

intro G C G D verse 1 G i Am not in kansas C i can’t slow down and i can’t stand it G broadcast news into hallelujah D hanne darboven had a great idea G make a list , write it down C shave your head , draw a crown G move back home with mom and dad D the pool is drained and they’re not there G my bedroom is a stranger’s gun room C ohio’s in a downward spiral G i can’t go back there anymore D since alt - right opium went viral chorus C Am i Am not in kansas G D where i Am , i don’t know where C Am G D take me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear verse 2 G you even get to wear a dress C and feed his flesh to wayward daughters G everyone is so impressed D teachers , neighbors , and mothers , fathers G first testament was really great C the sequel was incredible G like the godfathers or the first two strokes D every document’s indelible G infidels and heartbreak beats C smidges of bad ecstasy G i must have left it in my pocket D with my christianity in my rocket G i’m binging hard on annette bening C i’m listening to r . E . m . again G begin the begin , over and over D begin the begin , over and over chorus C Am i Am not in kansas G D where i Am , i don’t know where C Am G D take me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear interlude G C if the sadness of life makes you tired D G and the failures of man make you sigh C you can look to the time soon arriving D when this noble experiment Am G winds down and calls it a day verse 3 G my shadow’s getting shorter C i’m a child at the border G oh godmother , you can’t ignore us D there isn’t anybody else left to love us G i wanted you when i was a child C i raked the leaves and i started fires G now i’m reading whatever you give me D it’s half your fault so half forgive me G i’m way behind in reflex math C biphasic sleepless emotional crashes G two days into one , shove ’em together D i always wake up way before the weather G my mother needs an army C but i’m leaving home and i’m scared that i won’t G have the balls to punch a nazi D father , what is wrong with me? chorus C Am i Am not in kansas G D where i Am , i don’t know where C Am G D take me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear verse 4 G oil droppers , rubber gloves C i raked the leaves , i lit ’em up G i read whatever it is you give me D it’s half your fault so half forgive me G at the real neil armstrong taught me C to play cutthroat at my aunt angela’s house G while my real dad’s skate got caught in the ice D and he drove us home with a spiral fracture G it was then i was enlightened C roberta flack the whole way home G i was entirely unfrightened D dozing off and eternally un - alone C Am the flowers cover over everything G D they cover over everything C Am G D the flowers cover over everything chorus C Am i Am not in kansas G D where i Am , i don’t know where C Am G D take me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear outro G C time has come now to stop being human D G time to find a new creature to be G C be a fish or a weed or a sparrow D C G for the earth has grown tired and all of your time has expired G C all the gardens are sprouting with flowers D G all the treetops are bursting with birds G C and the people all know that it’s over D Am G they lay down their ears and they hang up their tiresome words