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Hairpin Turns Tabs

(ver. 1)
The National
[Chorus]

Piano
                Fm      Eb                    Ebadd9   Eb
   H  E E E E   Q  H    Q    +Q.  E E E E E   E E H    Q
e|------------|------------|----------------|------------|
B|----9-8-6---|----9----8--|-(8)----9-8-6---|-----6----4-|
G|----------8-|---------8--|-(8)----------8-|---8--------|
D|------------|-8----------|------8---------|-8----------|
A|------------|-6----------|----------------|------------|
E|------------|------------|----------------|------------|
   What are we  going   through               you and  me


                      Fm       Eb                     Ebadd9   Eb
     Q.   E E E E E   E E H    Q    +Q.   E E E E E   E E H    Q   3x
e||-----------------|-------------|-----------------|--------------||
B||o--------9-8-6---|-----9----8--|-(8)-----9-8-6---|-----6----4--o||
G||---------------8-|----------8--|-(8)-----------8-|---8----------||
D||-------8---------|---8---------|-------8---------|-8------------||
A||o----------------|-6-----------|-----------------|-------------o||
E||-----------------|-------------|-----------------|--------------||
         every other house                 on the    street's burning
   What are we       going     through               you and   me 
           Days of   brutalism                 and    hairpin  turns


[Verse 2]

Piano
    Wx6           H.          Q         +Q        H.
e|-------------|--------------18----|---(18)------11-----|
B|-------------|--------------16----|---(16)-------------|
G|-------------|--------------15----|---(15)-------------|
D|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
A|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
E|-------------|--------------------|--------------------|
     ...my spirit swims right to                    the hook

   Bb                                        Eb
   H.       Q     +W.         H.       Q     +Q    H
e|----------18--|-(18)------|----------18--|-(18)--11----|
B|----------18--|-(18)------|-16-------16--|-(16)--------|
G|--------------|-----------|--------------|-------------|
D|--------------|-----------|--------------|-------------|
A|-11-----------|-----------|--------------|-------------|
E|-11-----------|-----------|--------------|-------------|
      You   go            quiet     and leave me in 


   H.       Q     +W           W          Q.   E E E E E     
e|---------18--|-(18)--------|----------|-----------------|
B|-------------|-------------|----------|--------9-8-6----|
G|-------------|-------------|----------|--------------8--|
D|-------------|-------------|----------|------8----------| to chorus
A|-1-----------|-------------|----------|-----------------|
E|-1-----------|-------------|----------|-----------------|
 the wake of a terrifiying look.          What are are we ...

[Chorus]

Piano as before

[Bridge]

Guitar

     Cm                Cm/Bb               Bb
      |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|    |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
      Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q
e||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B||o----------16----------------16-------|----------15----------------15------|
G||--------13----13----------13----13----|-------13----13----------13----13---|
D||-----17----------17----17----------17-|----17----------17----17----------17|
A||o-15----------------13----------------|-13----------------13---------------|
E||--------------------------------------|------------------------------------|


   Abmaj7            Abmaj7/G            Eb/G
    |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|    |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|  |--3--|
    Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q    Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  Q  3x
e|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||
B|----------13----------------13-------|----------11----------------11-------o||
G|-------12----12----------12----12----|-------12----12----------12----12-----||
D|----13----------13----13----------13-|----13----------13----13----------13--||
A|-11----------------10----------------|-10----------------10----------------o||
E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------||

The piano basically plays the root notes of the chords.

[Chorus]

Piano as before

Guitar

   H E E E E     E E H    Q    +H     E E E E
e|---4-------||-----------3--|-(3)----4---------||
B|-----8p6-4-||o-----9----4--|-(4)------8p6-4--o||
G|-----------||------8----3--|-(3)--------------||
D|-----------||----8------5--|-(5)--------------||
A|-----------||o-6-----------|-----------------o||
E|-----------||--------------|------------------||

[Outro]

            
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