The National - Karen: chords

 G          C          G
Karen, I'm not taking sides
          C              G        C
I don't think I'll ever do that again
I'll end up winning and I won't know why
I'm really trying to shine here, I'm really trying
You're changing clothes
and closing windows on me all the time

Chorus:
Cm       A#         G#         Fm         Cm
Well, whatever you do, listen, you better wait
for me
    A#         G#      Fm          D#
No, I wouldn't go out alone into America
   A#/D      Cm
Whatever you do
                        D#
Listen, and you better wait for me
    A#/D       Cm
No, I wouldn't go out alone

Karen, we should call your father,
maybe it's just a phase
He'll know the trick to get
a wayward soul to change his ways
It's a common fetish, for a doting man,
to ballerina on the coffee table cock in hand

Chorus

A#                       Gm
Without warm water in my head
                                 Dm
All I see is black and white and red
                       Cm
I feel mechanical and thin
                        A#
Hear me play my violin again
                            Gm
I'm living in the target's shoes
                                 Dm
All I see is black and white and blue.
                           Cm
Idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest
                G C
Protect the title

Karen put me in a chair, fuck me and make me a drink
I lost direction and I'm past my peak
I'm telling you, this isn't me, no this isn't me
Karen believe me,
you just haven't seen my good side yet

Chorus

Without warm water in my head
All I see is black and white and red
I feel mechanical and thin
Hear me play my violin again
I'm living in the target's shoes
All I see is black and white and blue
Idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest,
protect the title

I must be me, I'm in my head
Black birds are circling my bed
I must be me, I must be me
Black feathers are falling on my feet
Idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest,
protect the title
Idle, idle, idle, idle, protect the nest,
protect the title