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Alright i love this song regardless of the imperfections but that's what makes it so
great right? anyway i wanted to learn found there were no tabs/chords and so i tried to
figure them out...not too sure but it sounds close, three chords through out the whole 
song and i tried playing along with the song and it sounded alright.
This is the song of their debut album The National, despite the identical lyrics this is
not to be confused with Slow Show.
I play barre chords but open should sound fine, plus it would probably sound more
dissonant which is like the record.
INTRO:  C|  G|     Dm7(these are all just single downstrokes until a point)
CCould you tell the enchantment and say goodGbye
I met a gDm7irl named disCillusionment
CCould you tell her I made the hGeadlines  (4 downstrokes per chord from here)
says 'bDm7oy draws wings on eCverything'
CCould you tell her to check the hGeadlines
says 'Dm7boy finds angels in the Criver'
CYou know I dreamed Gabout you
For 29 Dm7years before
I saw yCou
You know I dreamed about you
I missed you for 29 years
CBirds are flying out of water
GUnderneath the sky
I Dm7run up to the rainbow girl
Cjust to pass her by
I'll never have a change of heart
My swan will never sing
I have no heart the swan is gone
And now I wear the wings
You know I dreamed about you
For 29 years before
I saw you
----------------------^CHORDS^------------------------------------
NO CHORDS
You know I dreamed about you
I missed you for 29 years
You know I dreamed about you
For 29 years before
I saw you
CHORDS START AGAIN
You know I dreamed about you
For 29 years before
I saw you
SAME CHORDS TILL END
Sounds good to me - Saagar

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29 Years

by The National

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dm7

Alright i love this song regardless of the imperfections but that's what makes it so

great right? anyway i wanted to learn found there were no tabs/chords and so i tried to

figure them out...not too sure but it sounds close, three chords through out the whole

song and i tried playing along with the song and it sounded alright.

This is the song of their debut album The National, despite the identical lyrics this is

not to be confused with Slow Show.

I play barre chords but open should sound fine, plus it would probably sound more

dissonant which is like the record.

C G Dm7

INTRO: | | (these are all just single downstrokes until a point)

C G

Could you tell the enchantment and say goodbye

Dm7 C

I met a girl named disillusionment

C G

Could you tell her I made the headlines (4 downstrokes per chord from here)

Dm7 C

says 'boy draws wings on everything'

C G

Could you tell her to check the headlines

Dm7 C

says 'boy finds angels in the river'

C G

You know I dreamed about you

Dm7

For 29 years before

I saw you

You know I dreamed about you

I missed you for 29 years

Birds are flying out of water

Underneath the sky

Dm7

I run up to the rainbow girl

just to pass her by

I'll never have a change of heart

My swan will never sing

I have no heart the swan is gone

And now I wear the wings

You know I dreamed about you

For 29 years before

I saw you

----------------------^CHORDS^------------------------------------

NO CHORDS

You know I dreamed about you

I missed you for 29 years

You know I dreamed about you

For 29 years before

I saw you

CHORDS START AGAIN

You know I dreamed about you

For 29 years before

I saw you

SAME CHORDS TILL END

Sounds good to me - Saagar

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