{"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":2697465,"song":"Not In Kansas","artist":"The National","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11525600-not-in-kansas-chords-by-the-national/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2697465?type=chord","rating":4.94494,"votes":36,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI am not in Kansas[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI can't slow down and I can't stand it[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBroadcast News into Hallelujah[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHanne Darboven had a great idea[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMake a list, write it down[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nShave your head, draw a crown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMove back home with mom and dad[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe pool is drained and they're not there[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy bedroom is a stranger's gun room[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nOhio's in a downward spiral[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can't go back there anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nSince alt-right opium went viral[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI am not in Kansas[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere I am, I don't know where[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTake me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nYou even get to wear a dress[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd feed his flesh to wayward daughters[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nEveryone is so impressed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nTeachers, neighbors, and mothers, fathers[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nFirst Testament was really great[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe sequel was incredible[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLike the Godfathers or the first two Strokes[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nEvery document's indelible[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nInfidels and Heartbreak Beats[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nSmidges of bad ecstasy[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI must have left it in my pocket[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith my Christianity in my rocket[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI'm binging hard on Annette Bening[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI'm listening to R.E.M. again[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBegin The Begin, over and over[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBegin The Begin, over and over[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI am not in Kansas[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere I am, I don't know where[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTake me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIf the sadness of life makes you tired[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the failures of man make you sigh[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou can look to the time soon arriving[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen this noble experiment[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWinds down and calls it a day[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy shadow's getting shorter[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI'm a child at the border[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh Godmother, you can't ignore us[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThere isn't anybody else left to love us[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI wanted you when I was a child[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI raked the leaves and I started fires[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow I'm reading whatever you give me[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's half your fault so half forgive me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'm way behind in reflex math[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBiphasic sleepless emotional crashes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nTwo days into one, shove 'em together[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI always wake up way before the weather[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy mother needs an army[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut I'm leaving home and I'm scared that I won't[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nHave the balls to punch a Nazi[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nFather, what is wrong with me?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI am not in Kansas[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere I am, I don't know where[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTake me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nOil droppers, rubber gloves[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI raked the leaves, I lit 'em up[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI read whatever it is you give me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nIt's half your fault so half forgive me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt the real Neil Armstrong taught me[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTo play cutthroat at my Aunt Angela's house[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile my real dad's skate got caught in the ice[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd he drove us home with a spiral fracture[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was then I was enlightened[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nRoberta Flack the whole way home[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI was entirely unfrightened[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nDozing off and eternally un-alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe flowers cover over everything[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey cover over everything[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe flowers cover over everything[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI am not in Kansas[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhere I am, I don't know where[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTake me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTime has come now to stop being human[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTime to find a new creature to be[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBe a fish or a weed or a sparrow[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFor the Earth has grown tired and all of your time has expired[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAll the gardens are sprouting with flowers[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll the treetops are bursting with birds[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the people all know that it's over[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey lay down their ears and they hang up their tiresome words[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG C G D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","C","D","Am","E"],"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]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}