Cardinal Song Chords & Lyrics - The National

Capo on 2

Never look her in the eyes
Never tell the truth
[Em]If she knows you're paper
[G]You know she'll have to burn you

[Em]Never tell the one you want
[G]That you do
[Em]Save it for the deathbed
When you [G]know you kept her wanting you

And [Am]do
[Dm]Everything she'd never [C]do [Em] [F]

[Em]Fall asleep with stranger's wives
[G]The wild wives of unknown men
[Em]Good for you, you've just become
[G]Just another one of them

[G]Never say you miss her
[Em] [F] ([Am])
Never say a word

And [Am]do
[Dm]Everything she'd never [C]do [Em] [Am]

[C]Don't let her see[G] your cardinal eyes
[C] [G]

Let her treat you like a[Em] criminal
So you can [G]treat her like a priest
[Em]Girls forgive my human mind
[G]Girls forgive me one more time

[Em]Never tell the one you love
[G]That you do
[Em]Save it for the deathbed

And [Am]do
[Dm]Everything she'd never [C]do

[C]Don't let her see[G] your cardinal eyes
[C] [G]
[C]Don't let her see[G] your cardinal eyes
[C] [G]

[C] [G] x9
C Dm7 (really not sure about this 2d chord...doesn't sound like G to me)
[C]

[D] [C] [G]

[G] [Em] [C]
[Em] [C]

[Em]Jesus christ you have confused [C]me
[Em]Cornered, wasted, blessed and u[C]sed me
[Em]Forgive me girls i am confused
[C]Stiff and pissed and lost and [Am]loose

[Em]Jesus christ you have confused [C]me
[Em]Cornered, wasted, blessed and u[C]sed me
[Em]Forgive me girls i am confused
[C]Stiff and pissed and lost and [Am]loose

Am, until end