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Mt. Washington - Local Natives
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Chords used (these names are mostly correct, however in most of the chords an open B is occasionally
strummed, so that might change the complete name and general colour of the chord):
F#m D A E
e|--------------------------------|
B|-(0)-----(0)-----(0)-----(0)----|
G|--2-------x-------6-------4-----|
D|--4-------4-------7-------6-----|
A|--4-------5-------7-------7-----|
E|--x-------5-------x-------0-----|
When changing from F#m to D (the last three eighths of the second bar) put your pinky on
the fourth fret of the G string:
F#m D
e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B|(0)--------------|-----------------|(0)--------------|-----------------|
G|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-4-4-4-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
The strumming pattern is down up down up in straight eighths the whole time, and with accents on the
chords marked with a ^. The pattern is the same for all the other chords.
Remember to strum occasionally the open B string.
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[Intro]
F#m D (x2)
[Verse]
F#m D
Face stained in the ceiling
F#m D
Why does it keep saying,
A D
I don't have to see you right now
E D D
I don't have to see you right now
[Instrumental]
F#m D (x2)
A D E D
[Verse]
F#m D
Digging like you can bury
F#m D
Something that cannot die
A D
Or we could wash the dirt off our hands now
E D
Keep it from living underground
F#m D
Lazy summer goddess
F#m D
You can tell our whole empire
A D
I don't have to see you right now
E D D
I don't have to see you right now
[Instrumental]
F#m D (x2)
A D E D
[Verse]
F#m D
I don't have to see you right now
E D
I don't have to see you right now
A D
I don't have to see you right now
E D D
I don't have to see you right now
[Outro]
F#m D F#m E F#m E
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(Update: corrected a section of the last verse, thanks to Robert Howell)