I Should Live In Salt - The National

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TIME SIGNATURES USED: 17/8, 4/4

CHORDS USED:

        
e:   -     -  
B:   1     3  
G:   0     -  
D:   2     4  
A:   3     5  
E:   3     5  

           
   0     1    
   0     1    
   0     2    
   2     3    
   2     3    
   0     1    

          *
3     0      -
3     1      3
4     2      4
5     2      4 
5     0      0
3     -      -

*If you've got the ideal name for this chord please let me know. 
 -st


NOTE: Chords in parentheses are a slide / alternate strumming combo you can hear on the record. 

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INTRO:

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VERSE 1:

           
Don't make me 

            ( 
read your mind

   ) 
        You sh

           
ould know me b

             (
etter than tha

    ) 
t
           
It takes me to

            ( 
o much time   

   ) 
        You sh

           
ould know me b

             (
etter than tha

    ) 
t
           
You're not tha

            ( 
t much like me

   ) 
        You sh

           
ould know me b

             (
etter than tha

    ) 
t
           
We have differ

            ( 
ent enemies   

   ) 
        You sh

           
ould know me b

             (
etter than tha

    ) 
t



PRECHORUS 1:

            
I should leave

            ( 
 it alone but 

   ) 
you're not   r

/  (    ) 
ight
            
I should leave

            ( 
 it alone but 

   ) 
you're not   r

/  (    )  
ight

VERSE 2:

           
Can't you writ

            ( 
e it on the wa

   ) 
ll?     You sh

           
ould know me b

              
etter than tha

 (    ) 
t
           
There's no roo

            ( 
m to write it 

   ) 
all     You sh

           
ould know me b

              
etter than tha

 (    ) 
t
           
Can you turn t

            ( 
he TV down?   

   ) 
        You sh

           
ould know me b

              
etter than tha

 (    ) 
t
           
There's too mu

            ( 
ch crying in t

   ) 
he sound I sho

           
uld know you b

              
etter than tha

 (    ) 
t



PRECHORUS 2:

            
I should leave

         (  
 it alone but 

  )  
you're not rig

   (    ) 
ht
            
I should leave

         (  
 it alone but 

  )  
you're not rig

   (    )  
ht


CHORUS 1:

            
I should live 

              
in salt for le

           
aving you behi

        
nd   Behind  A

         
hhahhha



VERSE 3:

           
Think about so

            ( 
mething so muc

   ) 
h       You sh

           
ould know me b

             (
etter than tha

    ) 
t
           
Start to slide

            ( 
 out of touch 

   ) 
        You sh

           
ould know me b

             (
etter than tha

    ) 
t
           
Tell yourself 

            ( 
it's all you k

   ) 
now     You sh

           
ould know me b

             (
etter than tha

    ) 
t
           
Learn to appre

            ( 
ciate the void

   ) 
        You sh

           
ould know me b

             (
etter than tha

    ) 
t


CHORUS 2:

            
I should live 

              
in salt for le

           
aving you behi

        
nd   Behind  A

          
hhahhha
            
I should live 

              
in salt for le

           
aving you behi

        
nd   Behind  A

          
hhahhha



INTERLUDE:
     CHORDS:
            
     RIFF:    

          
              

         
              

                     
       
          e 20
          B --
          G --
          D --
          A --
          E --

--20----------
-----20------2
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0--20--17--20-
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----|20--20---
16--|--------2
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-------20--20-
0--16------20-
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-20------|
----20-17|
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CHORUS 3:
     CHORDS:
             
             I

             
 should live i

              
n salt for lea

          
ving you behin

         
d, behind,  Ah

     
hahhha        

     
     RIFF:    
          e |2
          B |-
          G |-
          D |-
          A |-
          E |-

              
0-------------
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-----20----20-
-----------20-
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--20--20------
------20--16--
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-17---------|
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OUTRO:

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