The National - Slow Show
Tabbed by Michel Gort
Capo 4th fret
From Am to Dm9 is just lifting up your finger on the d-string and not
playing the e- and
Listen to the song for the right timing to do the pulloff.
[Intro]
Am Dm9 Am Dm9 Am F C
F C G G
[Verse I]
Am Dm9 Am Dm9 Am
Standing at the punch table swallowing punch
F C
can’t pay attention to the sound of anyone
F C
a little more stupid, a little more scared
G G
every minute more unprepared
[Verse II]
Am Dm9 Am Dm9 Am
I made a mistake in my life today
F C
everything I love gets lost in drawers
F C
I want to start over, I want to be winning
G G
way out of sync from the beginning
[Chorus]
C C
I wanna hurry home to you
F F Am Am
put on a slow, dumb show for you
G G
and crack you up
C C F
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
F Am Am
god I’m very, very frightening
G G
I’ll overdo it
[Instrumental]
Am Dm9 Am Dm9 Am F C GG
[Verse III]
Am Dm9 Am Dm9 Am
Looking for somewhere to stand and stay
F C
I leaned on the wall and the wall leaned away
F C
Can I get a minute of not being nervous
G G
and not thinking of my dick
[Verse IV]
Am Dm9 Am Dm9 Am
My leg is sparkles, my leg is pins
F C
I better get my shit together, better gather my shit in
F C
You could drive a car through my head in five minutes
G G
from one side of it to the other
[Chorus]
C C
I wanna hurry home to you
F F Am Am
put on a slow, dumb show for you
G G
and crack you up
C C F
so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain
F Am Am
god I’m very, very frightening
G G
I’ll overdo it
[Instrumental]
C F Am G
[Outro]
Em G D C
Em G
You know I dreamed about you
D C
for twenty-nine years before I saw you
Em G
You know I dreamed about you
D
I missed you for
C
for twenty-nine years
Em G
You know I dreamed about you
D C
for twenty-nine years before I saw you
Em G
You know I dreamed about you
D
I missed you for
C
for twenty-nine years
Em G D C
Em G D C
[Piano part]
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|--4-4-4-2-0---4--2---------2-2-2-4-2-0---------|
D|------------2---------------------------2----0-|
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|
