The National

Slipped

The National


Tom: Am

Am           G        C               F
I'm in the city you hated, my eyes are fallen
Am            G                C            F
Counting the clicks with the living dead, my eyes are red
Am           G            C                F
I'm in the crush and I hate it, my eyes are fallen

[Pre-Chorus]
G           C                 F
I'm having trouble inside my skin
G           C              F
I try to keep my skeletons in

[Verse]
Am            G              C                F
Is it weird to be back in the south? And can they even tell
Am          G              C                F
That the city girl was ever there? Or anywhere?

[Pre-Chorus]
G           C                 F
I'm having trouble inside my skin
G           C              F
I try to keep my skeletons in
G      C        F            Am            G
I'll be a friend and a fuck-up And everything
Am                  G
But I'll never be anything you ever want me to be

[Chorus]
C       G            F            Am          G
I keep coming back here where everything slipped
C       G            F            Am          G
But I will not spill my guts out... I
C       G            F            Am          G
I keep coming back here where everything slipped
C       G            F            Am          G
But I will not spill my guts out

[Verse]
Am        G                C            F
I don't need any help to be breakable, believe me
Am            G            C                 F
I know nobody else who can laugh along to any kind of joke
Am           G              C              F
I won't need any help to be lonely when you leave me

[Pre-Chorus]
G           C              F
It'll be easy to cover
G           C              F
Gather my skeletons far inside
G      C                    F            G
It'll be summer in Dallas Before I realize

[Bridge]
Am         G             C                 F
I don't want you to grieve But I want you to sympathize (alright)
Am        G             C              F
I can't blame you for losing Your mind for a little while (so did I)
Am        G             C             F
I don't want you to change But I want you to recognize (that I)

[Pre-Chorus]
G           C              F
It'll be easy to cover
G           C              F
Gather my skeletons far inside
G      C                    F            G
It'll be summer in Dallas Before you realize
C                  G
But I'll never be anything you ever want me to be

[Chorus]
C       G            F            Am          G
I keep coming back here where everything slipped
C       G            F            Am          G
But I will not spill my guts out... I
C       G            F            Am          G
I keep coming back here where everything slipped
C       G            F            Am          G
But I will not spill my guts out