{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1476854,"song":"Pretty Forever","artist":"The National","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11267214-pretty-forever-chords-by-the-national/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1476854?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"I've put down the chords for two slightly different versions, The Black Sessions version,\r\n[ch]D5[/ch]            x2\r\n[ch]D5[/ch], [ch]F5[/ch], [ch]G5[/ch]    x2\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\r\nWhat would she do?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F5[/ch]          [ch]G5[/ch]\r\nIf she could kick time?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\r\nWould she go back?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F5[/ch]       [ch]G5[/ch]\r\nHer arms were mine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]                                [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nWould you go back to four weeks ago?[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G5[/ch]\r\nAnd tell her everything[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]D5[/ch]          [ch]F5[/ch]      [ch]G5[/ch]\r\nWhoever everything[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]\r\nHow could she pick[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nAnd how could she say[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G5[/ch]                   [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nShe's already made too many mistakes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nShe's first at the walls, little baby ones[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G5[/ch]                               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]    \r\nShe'd try to cage it if she weren't too smart for that[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]    \r\nIf she weren't too smart for that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe wants be happy forever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe just wants to be high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe wants to be pretty forever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe just wants to be tied[/tab]\r\n[ch]D5[/ch]    x2\r\n[tab][ch]D5[/ch]                                 [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nShe'd be your mother if she had a choice[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G5[/ch]                            [ch]D5[/ch]\r\nShe'd make more money if she were a boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]F5[/ch]\r\nWe put her away, but she'd try it again[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G5[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe'd try it again, and keep her mouth shut[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYeah, she'd keep her... mouth shut[/tab]\r\n[ch]C[/ch], [ch]Am[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat would we do?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf it wouldn't matter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe'd still fall apart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nOne way or another[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo would the city[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd so would the east[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And so on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  And so on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe wants be happy forever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe just wants to be high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe wants to be pretty forever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe just wants to be tied, tied[/tab]\r\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\nSounds best with barre chords throughout, except for C chord in bridge\r\n(she's too smart for that & keep her mouth shut) and C, Am and G chords\r\n[ch]D[/ch]        x2\r\n[ch]Dm[/ch], [ch]G[/ch]    x2\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhat would she do?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           \r\nIf she could kick time?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWould she go back?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        \r\nHer arms were mine[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWould you go back to four weeks ago?[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]Dm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhoever everything[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nHow could she pick[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd how could she say[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe's already made too many mistakes[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe's first at the walls, little baby ones[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]    \r\nShe'd try to cage it if she weren't too smart for that[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]    \r\nIf she weren't too smart for that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe wants be happy forever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe just wants to be high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe wants to be pretty forever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe just wants to be tied[/tab]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]    x2\r\n[tab][ch]Dm[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe'd be your mother if she had a choice[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nShe'd make more money if she were a boy[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe put her away, but she'd try it again[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe'd try it again, and keep her mouth shut[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\nYeah, she'd keep her... mouth shut[/tab]\r\n[ch]C[/ch], [ch]Am[/ch], [ch]G[/ch], [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhat would we do?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf it wouldn't matter[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe'd still fall apart[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nOne way or another[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSo would the city[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd so would the east[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n  And so on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\n  And so on[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe wants be happy forever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nShe just wants to be high[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe wants to be pretty forever[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]                \r\nShe just wants to be tied, tied[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nShe wants to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe wants to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe wants to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJust wants to be tied, tied[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n   Pretty forever[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPretty forever[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nPretty forever[/tab]","plain_text":"I've put down the chords for two slightly different versions, The Black Sessions version,\nD5            x2\nD5, F5, G5    x2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD5    x2\n\n\n\n\n\nC, Am, G, F\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\nSounds best with barre chords throughout, except for C chord in bridge\n(she's too smart for that & keep her mouth shut) and C, Am and G chords\nD        x2\nDm, G    x2\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nD    x2\n\n\n\n\n\nC, Am, G, F","chords":["D5","F5","G5","C","F","Am","G","D","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}