Slipping Husband Tab par The National (Accords Baryton)

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Sit down dear, we gotta talk,

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you're acting like a kid,

C
we don't wanna hear about

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the things you never did.

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You coulda been a legend

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but you became a father,

C
that's what you are today,

G
that's what you are today.

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Spending all your time

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somewhere inside your head

C
haunted by the important

G
life you coulda lead,

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but your kisses aren't enough

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to keep your kids in line,

C
so you better straighten out yourself

G
and give your baby time,

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cause if you don't give her what she needs

C
she'll get it where she can,

G
she's lonely man.

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Don't, don't leave yourself alone for too many days,

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cause sooner than you know you're gonna start slipping.

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You'll end up talking to the ghost

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of your wife as if you knew her,

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your eyes will put her everywhere

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and spending all your time

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somewhere inside your head,

C
haunted by the important

G
life you coulda lead

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you'll fuck yourself to clear your head,

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you'll close your door and go to bed,

C
you'll try to sleep without a dream,

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that's where she finds you,

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that's where she finds you.

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Don't, don't leave yourself alone for too many days,

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cause sooner than you know you're gonna start slipping.

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Dear we better get a drink in you

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before you start to bore us,

C
dear we better get a drink in you

G
before you start to bore us,

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dear we better get a drink in you

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before you start to bore us,

C
dear we better get a drink in you

G
before you start to bore us.

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Don't forget the alcohol

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