Ashamed of the Story I Told - The National


D~
D, D, A, A x2


D
Was it nothing I said?
A
It's so attractive to be so silent
D
It keeps the mystery on and it seems
A
It keeps you hanging on me


D        A                           
Another letter from home
C             G                     
I don't know why I even read it
D                A                  
There's one big question
C             G                     
I don't know why I must repeat it


D~, A~
D, D, A, A


D                                  
Maybe I care a little
A                                       
Perhaps I'm ashamed of the story I told
D                                       
But you were so eager
A                                       
Was it so bad for me to say it?                                       
What you wanna hear?


D        A                               
Another letter from home
C             G                          
I don't know why I even read it
D                A                       
There's one big question
C             G                          
I don't know why I must repeat it


D        A                               
Another letter from home
C             G                          
I don't know why I even read it


F, C, F, C

D, D, A, A x4


D        A                               
Another letter from home
C             G                          
I don't know why I even read it
D                A                       
There's one big question
C             G                          
I don't know why I must repeat it


D        A                               
Another letter from home
C             G                          
I don't know why I even read it
D                A                       
There's one big question
C             G                          
I don't know why I must repeat it


D        A                               
Another letter from home
C             G                          
I don't know why I even read it
D                A                       
There's one big question
C             G                          
I don't know why I must repeat it


D, A, C, G

D~~
C~, G~, D~