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The National — Apartment Story Chords

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The National — Apartment Story

I'm not 100% sure of all the chord names. 
I've watch this a few times on acoustic on youtube. 
Its not 100% accurate with the way he plays it but these shapes and chords work perfect. 
For the B and Em in the chorus he plays it closer to the head of the guitar but 
it works fine this way too.

Standard tuning — No Capo.

   B/F#     B/G#    C#/D#      E           B       Em
e|——2————————2————————4————————0————————|——7————————7——|
B|——4————————2————————4————————0————————|——7————————9——|
G|——4————————2————————4————————1————————|——8————————8——|
D|——4————————2————————4————————2————————|——9————————9——|
A|——2————————2—4/—————6————————2————————|——9————————7——|
E|——2————————4————————x————————0————————|——7————————x——|

B/F#                          B/G#                        C#/D#     E
Be still for a second while I try and try to pin your flowers on
B/F#                     
Can you carry my drink I have everything else
     B/G#
I can tie my tie all by myself
       C#/D#             E
I'm getting tied, I'm forgetting why

B/F#                               B/G#
Oh we're so disarming darling, everything we did believe
   C#/D#                       E
is diving diving diving diving off the balcony
B                              Em
Tired and wired we ruin too easy
C#/D#                                    E
sleep in our clothes and wait for winter to leave

B/F#                             B/G#                 C#/D#            E
Hold ourselves together with our arms around the stereo for hours
B/F#
While it sings to itself or whatever it does
        B/G#
when it sings to itself of its long lost loves
       C#/D#             E
I'm getting tied, I'm forgetting why

B                               Em
Tired and wired we ruin too easy
C#/D#                               E  
sleep in our clothes and wait for winter to leave
B                               Em               B
but I'll be with you behind the couch when they come
                             Em
on a different day just like this one

B/F#
We'll stay inside til somebody finds us
B/G#
do whatever the TV tells us
C#/D#                       E
stay inside our rosy—minded fuzz for days

B/F#
We'll stay inside til somebody finds us
B/G#
do whatever the TV tells us
C#/D#                       E
stay inside our rosy—minded fuzz

B
so worry not
Em
all things are well
B
we'll be alright
             Em
we have our looks and perfume

B/F#
stay inside til somebody finds us
B/G#
do whatever the TV tells us
C#/D#                       E
stay inside our rosy—minded fuzz

B
so worry not
Em
all things are well
B
we'll be alright
             Em
we have our looks and perfume on