Not In Kansas Chords & Lyrics - The National

[INTRO]
[G] [C] [G] [D]

[VERSE 1]
[G]I am not in Kansas
I can't slow [C]down and I can't stand it
Broadcast [G]News into Hallelujah
Hanne Darbov[D]en had a great idea
[G]Make a list, write it down
[C]Shave your head, draw a crown
[G]Move back home with mom and dad
The [D]pool is drained and they're not there
My [G]bedroom is a stranger's gun room
[C]Ohio's in a downward spiral
[G]I can't go back there anymore
[D]Since alt-right opium went viral

[CHORUS]
[C]I am [Am]not in Kansas
Where I [G]am, I don't know w[D]here
[C]Take me for a [Am]walk and bl[G]ame this on the water dr[D]ipping off the spear

[VERSE 2]
[G]You even get to wear a dress
[C]And feed his flesh to wayward daughters
[G]Everyone is so impressed
[D]Teachers, neighbors, and mothers, fathers
[G]First Testament was really great
The [C]sequel was incredible
Like the [G]Godfathers or the first two Strokes
Every d[D]ocument's indelible
[G]Infidels and Heartbreak Beats
[C]Smidges of bad ecstasy
I [G]must have left it in my pocket
[D]With my Christianity in my rocket
I'm [C]binging hard on An[Am]nette Bening
I'm [G]listening to R.E.M.[D] again
Beg[C]in The Begin, ove[Am]r and over
Begi[G]n The Begin, over[D] and over

[CHORUS]
[C]I am not [Am]in Kansas
Where I [G]am, I don't know whe[D]re
[C]Take me for a[Am] walk and blame this on the wa[G]ter dripping off the spe[D]ar

[INTERLUDE]
If the s[G]adness of life makes you t[C]ired
And the [D]failures of man make you [G]sigh
You can look to the time soon [C]arriving
When this [D]noble experiment
[Am]Winds down and calls it a d[G]ay

[VERSE 3]
[G]My shadow's getting shorter
I'm a [C]child at the border
Oh [G]Godmother, you can't ignore us
There isn't [D]anybody else left to love us
I [G]wanted you when I was a child
I [C]raked the leaves and I started fires
[G]Now I'm reading whatever you give me
It's [D]half your fault so half forgive me
[G]I'm way behind in reflex math
[C]Biphasic sleepless emotional crashes
[G]Two days into one, shove 'em together
I [D]always wake up way before the weather
My [G]mother needs an army
But I'm [C]leaving home and I'm scared that I won't
[G]Have the balls to punch a Nazi
[D]Father, what is wrong with me?

[CHORUS]
[C]I am not[Am] in Kansas
Where I [G]am, I don't know wher[D]e
[C]Take me for a [Am]walk and blame this on the wa[G]ter dripping off the spear [D]

[VERSE 4]
[G]Oil droppers, rubber gloves
[C]I raked the leaves, I lit 'em up
[G]I read whatever it is you give me
[D]It's half your fault so half forgive me
[G]At the real Neil Armstrong taught me
To [C]play cutthroat at my Aunt Angela's house
[G]While my real dad's skate got caught in the ice
And [D]he drove us home with a spiral fracture
[G]It was then I was enlightened
Roberta [C]Flack the whole way home
[G]I was entirely unfrightened
[D]Dozing off and eternally un-alone
The[G] flowers cover over every[C]thing
They cover over e[G]verything
The flowers cover over everyt[D]hing

[CHORUS]
[C]I am not [Am]in Kansas
[G]Where I am, I don't know [D]where
[C]Take me for a[Am] walk and blame this on the [G]water dripping off the s[D]pear

[OUTRO]
Time has [G]come now to stop being [C]human
Time to [D]find a new creature to b[G]e
Be a [G]fish or a weed or a s[C]parrow
For the [D]Earth has grown tired and all of your t[C]ime has expir[G]ed
All the [G]gardens are sprouting with [C]flowers
All the [D]treetops are bursting with b[G]irds
And the [G]people all know that it's o[C]ver
They [D]lay down their ears and they [Am]hang up their tiresome w[G]ords