• Song:

    You Were A Kindness

  • Artist:

    The National

Ab/C Cm/Eb Gm/Bb Bb/D Bb/D F5/C F5/C Bb/D Bb/D

Dm           C           Bb           C
I was in a fog I didn't notice everything
    Dm            C             Bb  C
Was coming all apart inside of me
      Dm          C         Bb            C
There wasn't anyway for anyone to settle in
    Dm             C             Bb   C
You made a slow disaster out of me

Dm            C        Bb           C
    There's a radiant darkness upon us
Dm          C              Bb    C
    I don't want you to worry
Dm        C           Bb             C
    I was careful but nothing is harmless
Dm        C             Bb     C
    Baby, you better hurry

C            G            Bb          F
You were a kindness when I  was a stranger
    C            G           Bb         F
But I wouldn't ask for what I  didn't need
C               G            Bb          F
Everything's weird and we're always in danger
C               G         Bb        F
Why would you shatter somebody like me?

C   G             Bb       F
    It doesn't work that way
C          G        Bb           F        C
   Wanting not to want you won't make it so
    G             Bb       F 
    It doesn't work that way
C   G                Bb     F
    Don't leave me here  alone

Ab/C Cm/Eb Gm/Bb Bb/D
Ab/C Cm/Eb Bb/D  Bb/D F5/C F5/C Bb/D Bb/D

     Dm          C          Bb          C
I'll do what I can to be a confident wreck
      Dm            C            Bb  C
Can't feel this way forever, I mean
      Dm         C          Bb            C
There wasn't anyway for anyone to settle in
    Dm             C             Bb C
You made a slow disaster out of me

Dm            C        Bb           C
    There's a radiant darkness upon us
Dm          C              Bb    C
    I don't want you to worry
Dm        C           Bb             C
    I was careful but nothing is harmless
Dm        C             Bb     C
    Baby, you better hurry

C            G            Bb          F
You were a kindness when I  was a stranger
    C            G           Bb         F
But I wouldn't ask for what I  didn't need
C               G            Bb          F
Everything's weird and we're always in danger
C               G         Bb        F
Why would you shatter somebody like me?

C   G             Bb       F
    It doesn't work that way
C          G        Bb           F        C
   Wanting not to want you won't make it so
    G             Bb       F 
    It doesn't work that way
C   G                Bb     F
    Don't leave me here  alone
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