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The National - Wasp Nest chords
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ubi_rex@hotmail.com Capo 3 I use my thumb for the "F#" (the low 2). Pull the "B" off to "A" to add some color. More notes at the bottom. D5 D5/F# D5/G D2 D2/F# D2/G color ---------|--------|--------- ---0---0-|--0---0-|--0------ -0----| ---3---3-|--3---3-|--3------ ---3---3-|--3---3-|--3------ -3----| ---2---2-|--2---2-|--2------ ---2---2-|--2---2-|--2------ -4p2--| -0----0--|--------|--------- -0----0--|--------|--------- ------| ---------|--------|--------- ---------|--------|--------- ------| ---------|2----2--|3-------- ---------|2----2--|3-------- ------| D5 D5/F# D5/G You’re cussing a storm in a cocktail dress D5 D5/F# D5/G your mother wore when she was young D5 D5/F# D5/G Red southern saint around your neck D5 D5/F# D5/G A wet martini in a paper cup D2 D2/F# D2/G You’re a wasp nest D2 D2/F# D2/G You’re a wasp nest D5 D5/F# D5/G Your eyes are broken bottles D5 D5/F# D5/G And I’m afraid to ask D5 D5/F# D5/G And all your wrath and cutting beauty D5 D5/F# D5/G You’re poison in the pretty glass [ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/t/the-national/197820.html ] D2 D2/F# D2/G You’re a wasp nest D2 D2/F# D2/G You’re a wasp nest D2 D2/F# D2/G You’re all humming live wires D2 D2/F# D2/G under your killing clothes. D2 D2/F# D2/G Get over here, I wanna D2 D2/F# D2/G kiss your skinny throat D2 D2/F# D2/G You’re a wasp nest D2 D2/F# D2/G You’re a wasp nest ------------------------------------------ Notes There’s more than one guitar, and you start hear added notes like this. I play this down an octave or drop the chord and move my hand up for a moment. Capo 3 or ---0---7p5-------- ---0---0----------| ---3-------------- ---3---3----------| ---2-------------- ---2---4p2--------| -0----0----------- -0----0-----------| ------------------ ------------------| ------------------ ------------------| You might be able to play the flourishes better if you move the capo to the 8th fret and D chords to A chords. The problem is you can’t play the G# in the bass A5 A5/F# A5/G or A2 etc ---------|--------|--------- -------0--2p0---------------| ---------|--------|--------- ---0---0--------------------| ---2---2-|--2---2-|--2------ ---2---2--------------------| ---2---2-|--2---2-|--2------ ---2---2--------------------| -0----0--|--------|--------- -0----0---------------------| ---------|?----?--|0-------- ----------------------------|  |