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Coeur De Pirate - Slow Show (The National cover)
From Em to Am9 is just lifting your finger off of the D-string and not playing the e-.
Listen to the song for the strumming pattern and the correct timing to do the pull-off.
Intro
Em Am9 Em Am9 Em C G C G D D
Verse I
EmStanAm9ding at the punch table EmswaAm9llowiEmng punch
Ccan’t pay attention to the Gsound of anyone
Ca little more stupid, Ga little more scared
Devery minute Dmore unprepared
Verse II
EmI maAm9de a mistake in my EmlifAm9e todEmay
Ceverything I love gets Glost in drawers
CI want to start over, GI want to be winning
Dway out of sync from Dthe beginning
Chorus
  GI wanna Ghurry home to you
   Emput on Ema slow, dumb sChow for yoCu
and crack yoDu upD  
so you can Gput a blue Gribbon on my bEmrain
god I’Emm very, very CfrightenedC  
I’ll Doverdo itD  
Em Am9 Em Am9 Em C G C G D D
Verse III
EmLookAm9ing for somewhere tEmo sAm9tand Emand stay
I Cleaned on the wall and the Gwall leaned away
CCan I get a minute of Gnot being nervous
and Dnot thinking of my Ddick
Verse IV
EmMy lAm9eg is sparkles, Emmy Am9leg iEms pins
I better Cget my shit together, better gGather my shit in
CYou could drive a car through my Ghead in five minutes
Dfrom one side of it to the Dother
Chorus
  GI wanna Ghurry home to you
   Emput on Ema slow, dumb sChow for yoCu
and crack yoDu upD  
so you can Gput a blue Gribbon on my bEmrain
god I’Emm very, very CfrightenedC  
I’ll Doverdo itD  
D Bm
BmYou know I dreamed Dabout you
Afor twenty-nine years Gbefore I saw you
BmYou know I dreamed Dabout you
AI missed you for
Gfor twenty-nine years
BmYou know I dreamed Dabout you
Afor twenty-nine years Gbefore I saw you
BmYou know I dreamed Dabout you
AI missed you for
Gfor twenty-nine years
Piano part
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Slow Show

by Cœur de Pirate

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Am9

Coeur De Pirate - Slow Show (The National cover)

From Em to Am9 is just lifting your finger off of the D-string and not playing the e-.

Listen to the song for the strumming pattern and the correct timing to do the pull-off.

Intro

Em Am9 Em Am9 Em C G C G D D

Verse I

Em Am9 Em Am9 Em

Standing at the punch table swallowing punch

C G

can’t pay attention to the sound of anyone

C G

a little more stupid, a little more scared

D D

every minute more unprepared

Verse II

Em Am9 Em Am9 Em

I made a mistake in my life today

C G

everything I love gets lost in drawers

C G

I want to start over, I want to be winning

D D

way out of sync from the beginning

Chorus

G G

I wanna hurry home to you

Em Em C C

put on a slow, dumb show for you

D D

and crack you up

G G Em

so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain

Em C C

god I’m very, very frightened

D D

I’ll overdo it

Em Am9 Em Am9 Em C G C G D D

Verse III

Em Am9 Em Am9 Em

Looking for somewhere to stand and stay

C G

I leaned on the wall and the wall leaned away

C G

Can I get a minute of not being nervous

D D

and not thinking of my dick

Verse IV

Em Am9 Em Am9 Em

My leg is sparkles, my leg is pins

C G

I better get my shit together, better gather my shit in

C G

You could drive a car through my head in five minutes

D D

from one side of it to the other

Chorus

G G

I wanna hurry home to you

Em Em C C

put on a slow, dumb show for you

D D

and crack you up

G G Em

so you can put a blue ribbon on my brain

Em C C

god I’m very, very frightened

D D

I’ll overdo it

D Bm

Bm D

You know I dreamed about you

A G

for twenty-nine years before I saw you

Bm D

You know I dreamed about you

I missed you for

for twenty-nine years

Bm D

You know I dreamed about you

A G

for twenty-nine years before I saw you

Bm D

You know I dreamed about you

I missed you for

for twenty-nine years

Piano part

e-----------------------------------------------|

b-----------------------------------------------|

g--4-4-4-2-0---4--2---------2-2-2-4-2-0---------|

d------------2---------------------------2----0-|

a-----------------------------------------------|

E-----------------------------------------------|

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