The National - Cardinal Song Chords & Tabs

Capo on 2


Never look her in the eyes
Never tell the truth
Em
If she knows you're paper
G
You know she'll have to burn you

Em
Never tell the one you want 
G
That you do
Em
Save it for the deathbed
         G
When you know you kept her wanting you

    Am 
And do 
Dm                     C   Em   F
Everything she'd never do

Em
Fall asleep with stranger's wives
G
The wild wives of unknown men
Em
Good for you, you've just become
G
Just another one of them

G
Never say you miss her
Em              F (Am)
Never say a word

    Am 
And do 
Dm                     C  Em Am
Everything she'd never do

C                G
Don't let her see your cardinal eyes
C                G

                        Em
Let her treat you like a criminal
           G
So you can treat her like a priest
Em
Girls forgive my human mind
G
Girls forgive me one more time
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Em
Never tell the one you love 
G
That you do
Em              
Save it for the deathbed

    Am     
And do 
Dm                     C
Everything she'd never do

C                G
Don't let her see your cardinal eyes
C                G
C                G
Don't let her see your cardinal eyes
C                G

C G x9
C Dm7 (really not sure about this 2d chord...doesn't sound like G to me)
C 

D  C  G

G  Em  C
Em  C

Em                             C
Jesus christ you have confused me
Em                             C
Cornered, wasted, blessed and used me
Em
Forgive me girls i am confused
C                             Am
Stiff and pissed and lost and loose

Em                             C
Jesus christ you have confused me
Em                             C
Cornered, wasted, blessed and used me
Em
Forgive me girls i am confused
C                             Am
Stiff and pissed and lost and loose

Am, until end