• Song:

    Theory of the Crows

  • Artist:

    The National

  • Album:

    The National

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                             Theory of the Crows - The National
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Tabbed by: Yosefxp
E-mail: yosefxp@gmail.com

Tuning: Standard


Hi everyone, 

Pretty simple tab as it's just three chords. 

There are a lot of pulloffs in this song as the chords are played so just do them 
how you feel. 
They occur mainly on the A and D chords (Though I swear that I hear them on the Bm 
too) and generally go..

D                       A
|--2--3--2--|           |--0--0--0--|
|--3--3--3--|           |--2--3--2--|
|--2--2--2--|           |--2--2--2--|
|--0--0--0--|           |--2--2--2--|
|-----------|           |--0--0--0--|
|-----------|           |-----------|

There is also often a little run up from A to Bm:


|--0------2--|
|--2------3--|
|--2------4--|
|--2------4--|
|--0--0-1-2--|
|------------|


Intro
D A Bm A

      D  
Where crybabies cry

In the United States
       A
Bright white on both sides

Like a plate
Bm
Nobody listens

Nobody should
A
It'd be a waste of attention


D
Not enough money

To buy a PC
        A
So I'll come in this weekend

Asleep on my feet
    Bm
And if I forget you
                 A
I'll have nobody left to forget
                             D
I guess that's what assholes get

A
Traded my day light
         Bm      A
For a career


    D                A
But I need you to disprove
             Bm          A
My theory of the crows


D
Pouring my fingers across the keys
     A
Will someone review my salary please?
    Bm
I'm selling my time to the man who sells style
    A
That time should be mine to waste on you


D
I'll suck off investors

I'll suck off VCs
   A
I'm losing my posture from time on my knees
     Bm
They treat me so well

Cause I'll do anything
A
It's in my nature of service


D                       A
But I'll need you to disprove
             Bm          A   
My theory of the crows


D
Kids of the wealthy are raised by the poor
         A 
You send daughters to Los Angelos and New York
  Bm
I need mine to see me 

When I wake up
  A
I need mine to know
                           D
That I'm what they come to
                   A
That I'm what they come to
                   Bm
That I'm what they come to

A D
                   A
That I'm what they come to

Bm A
               D
When they come home
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