This is the chord progression of Not In Kansas by The National on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.
[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
Since alt-right opium went viral
[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
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