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by The National


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ARTIST: THE NATIONAL
SONG: ABOUT TODAY
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This isn't exactly what's played on the record as I think there is more
than one guitar, but it's what I play at home...

I find myself adding in extra notes here and there to pad it out a little
and make it sound a fuller, but this is the basics


Listen to the song to get the rhythm and changes between the riffs...



Riff 1

   F                 Am                Am                G
e -3-------0-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-----------------|
B ------1-------1--|------1--1----1--|------1--1----1--|-0----0--0----0--|
G ----2-------2----|----2-------2----|----2-------2----|----0-------0----|
D -3-------3-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|
A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|



Riff 2

   C                 C                 Em                Em
e -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
B -1----1--1----1--|-1----1--1----1--|-0----0--0----0--|-0----0--0----0--|
G ----2-------2----|----2-------2----|----0-------0----|----0-------0----|
D -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
A -3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|---------2-------|---------2-------|
E -----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|


   F                 F                 G                 G
e -1-------3-------|-1-------0-------|-----------------|-----------------|
B ------1-------1--|------1-------1--|-0----0--0----0--|-0----0--0----0--|
G ----2-------2----|----2-------2----|----0-------0----|----0-------0----|
D -3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|
A -----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E -----------------|-----------------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|


Today you were far away
and I didn't ask you why
What could I say
I was far away
You just walked away
and I just watched you
What could I say

How close am I to losing you

Tonight you just close your eyes
and I just watch you
slip away

How close am I to losing you

Hey, are you awake
Yeah I'm right here
Well can I ask you about today

How close am I to losing you
How close am I to losing