Sleep Well Beast

The National
Key
D
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3
D
 
Verse 1
D
We've been stuck out here in the hallway for way way too long
D
I'm at a loss, I'm at a loss, I'm losing grip, the fabric's ripped
D
Go back to sleep, let me drive, let me think, let me figure it out
A D E D
How to get us back to the place where we were when we first went out
Chorus
A D F#m D
I'll tell you about it some time, the time we left
A D F#m D
I'll tell you about it some time, the time we left
Verse 2
D
Losing parents, losing sense
D
I don't know what we should do
D
Became a father when I was still a son, she brings it out in you
D
See you at the end of the party with your wild white eyes
D
Filling up the teacup with gin in your secret postcard life
Chorus
A D F#m D
I'll tell you about it some time, the time we left
A D F#m D
I'll tell you about it some time, the time we left
A D F#m D
I'll tell you about it some time, the time we left
A D F#m D
I'll tell you about it some time, the time we left
Instrumental
Bm D Bm D
F#m D F#m D
A D F#m D Bm D
E D A D Bm D A D
F#m D F#m D F#m D F#m D
D E F#m A D
A F#m E D
Verse 3
D
We leave our saviors wrapped around the necks of new machines
D
Or at the ends of threads that hold their bodies to the ground
D
And then the men who look a little like they feel like me
D
Offered them some bottled water, then they cut them down
D
I came back to see if you were here, but everything was different
D
Your voice was low, you blended in, I could barely hear you speak
D
You were always my last second bright spot in the distance
D
Thought that you were something good
D
That I would always keep
Outro
E D
I'll still destroy you someday, sleep well, beast; you as well, beast
E D
I'll still destroy you someday, sleep well, beast; you as well, beast
E D
I'll still destroy you someday, sleep well, beast; you as well, beast
E D
I'll still destroy you someday, sleep well, beast; you as well, beast
D F#m D Bm
F#m D F#m D
F#m D
D
 
E Em E
Chords Used
D××
A×
E
F#m
Bm×
Em