The National - Not In Kansas

[ intro ]
G C G D
[ verse 1 ]
G
i Am not in kansas
C
i can’t slow down and i can’t stand it
G
broadcast news into hallelujah
D
hanne darboven had a great idea
G
make a list , write it down
C
shave your head , draw a crown
G
move back home with mom and dad
D
the pool is drained and they’re not there
G
my bedroom is a stranger’s gun room
C
ohio’s in a downward spiral
G
i can’t go back there anymore
D
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[ chorus ]
C Am
i Am not in kansas
G D
where i Am , i don’t know where
C Am G D
take me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear

[ verse 2 ]
G
you even get to wear a dress
C
and feed his flesh to wayward daughters
G
everyone is so impressed
D
teachers , neighbors , and mothers , fathers
G
first testament was really great
C
the sequel was incredible
G
like the godfathers or the first two strokes
D
every document’s indelible
G
infidels and heartbreak beats
C
smidges of bad ecstasy
G
i must have left it in my pocket
D
with my christianity in my rocket
G
i’m binging hard on annette bening
C
i’m listening to r . E . m . again
G
begin the begin , over and over
D
begin the begin , over and over

[ chorus ]
C Am
i Am not in kansas
G D
where i Am , i don’t know where
C Am G D
take me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear

[ interlude ]
G C
if the sadness of life makes you tired
D G
and the failures of man make you sigh
C
you can look to the time soon arriving
D
when this noble experiment
Am G
winds down and calls it a day

[ verse 3 ]
G
my shadow’s getting shorter
C
i’m a child at the border
G
oh godmother , you can’t ignore us
D
there isn’t anybody else left to love us
G
i wanted you when i was a child
C
i raked the leaves and i started fires
G
now i’m reading whatever you give me
D
it’s half your fault so half forgive me
G
i’m way behind in reflex math
C
biphasic sleepless emotional crashes
G
two days into one , shove ’em together
D
i always wake up way before the weather
G
my mother needs an army
C
but i’m leaving home and i’m scared that i won’t
G
have the balls to punch a nazi
D
father , what is wrong with me?

[ chorus ]
C Am
i Am not in kansas
G D
where i Am , i don’t know where
C Am G D
take me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear

[ verse 4 ]
G
oil droppers , rubber gloves
C
i raked the leaves , i lit ’em up
G
i read whatever it is you give me
D
it’s half your fault so half forgive me
G
at the real neil armstrong taught me
C
to play cutthroat at my aunt angela’s house
G
while my real dad’s skate got caught in the ice
D
and he drove us home with a spiral fracture
G
it was then i was enlightened
C
roberta flack the whole way home
G
i was entirely unfrightened
D
dozing off and eternally un – alone
C Am
the flowers cover over everything
G D
they cover over everything
C Am G D
the flowers cover over everything

[ chorus ]
C Am
i Am not in kansas
G D
where i Am , i don’t know where
C Am G D
take me for a walk and blame this on the water dripping off the spear

[ outro ]
G C
time has come now to stop being human
D G
time to find a new creature to be
G C
be a fish or a weed or a sparrow
D C G
for the earth has grown tired and all of your time has expired
G C
all the gardens are sprouting with flowers
D G
all the treetops are bursting with birds
G C
and the people all know that it’s over
D Am G
they lay down their ears and they hang up their tiresome words