From their new album "Trouble Will Find Me", which will be amazing because this song is 
on it. The C/Bb chord is just to get a nice transition from Am, and it makes it sound 
more like the recording, you can also briefly play a Bb. Enjoy!

Don?t Swallow the Cap
The National
Intro: F ? Am

Dm
Dull light breaks behind the houses
F
I don?t see what?s strange about this
Am
Tiny bubbles hang above me
C/Bb  C
It?s a sign that someone loves me
Dm
I can hardly stand upright
F
Hit my head upon the light
Am
I have faith but don?t believe it
C/Bb   C
It's not there enough to leave it

Dm                                 F
Everything I love is on the table
Dm                               C
Everything I love is out to sea

Dm
I have only two emotions
F
Careful fear and dead devotion.
Am
I can?t get the balance right.
C/Bb  C
Throw all my marbles in the fire.
Dm
I see all the ones I wept for
F
All the things I had it in for
Am
I won?t cry until I hear
C/Bb  C
Cause I was not supposed to be here.

Dm                                 F
Everything I love is on the table
Dm                               C
Everything I love is out to sea
Bb
I?m not alone
Dm
I?ll never be
F
Into the bone
Bb
I?ll never grieve

Dm
I?m tired, I?m freezing, I?m done
F
When it gets so late I forget everyone
Am
I need somewhere to stay
C/Bb  C
Don?t think anybody I know is awake
Dm
Calm down it?s alright
F
Keep my arms the rest of the night
Am
When they ask what do I see
C/Bb  C
I say a bright white beautiful heaven hangin? over me

Bb
I?m not alone
Dm
I?ll never be
F
Into the bone
Bb
I?ll never grieve
Bb
And if you want (dead seriously)
Dm
To see me cry (don?t swallow the cap)
F
Play ?Let It Be (pat yourself on the back)
Bb
Or ?Nevermind? (dead seriously)

Dm
Is it time to leave? Is it time to think about
F
What I wanna say to the girls at the door?
Am
I need somewhere to be
C/Bb  C
But I can?t get around the river in front of me
Dm
Calm down it?s alright
F
Lead my arms the rest of the night
Am
When they ask what do I see
C/Bb  C
I say a bright white beautiful heaven hangin? over me

Interlude: Dm ? F ? Am ? C (1x)

Bb
I?m not alone (dead seriously)
Dm
I?ll never be (don?t swallow the cap)
F
Into the bones (pat yourself on the back)
Bb
I?ll never grieve (dead seriously)
Bb
And if you want (dead seriously)
Dm
To see me cry (don?t swallow the cap)
F
Play ?Let It Be? (pat yourself on the back)
Bb
Or ?Nevermind? (dead seriously)

Outro:
Bb ? Dm ? F ? Bb (2x)
Dm ? F (4x)
F (endlessly)