Humiliation

The National

A - G - D - A

   A                    G
1. I survived the dinner and the air went thinner
   D                A
   I retired to the briars by the pool, it gets so loud
   A                     G
   If I die this instant, taken from a distance
   D                           A
   They would probably list it down, among other things 'round town

   Em            D                             A
R: Got my rings around me, I got baby to pound me
   A
   I see stars and go weak, my baby cries and lays me down
   Em                      D                             A
   In the skies over black Venice, I see eyes of a white menace
   A
   The surprise of the week, is that I never heard the sound

2. All the L.A. women, fall asleep while swimmin'
   I got paid to fish 'em out and then one day I lost the job
   And I cried a little, I got fried a little
   Then she laid her eyes on mine, and she said, "Babe, you're better off"

R: I got my rings around me, I got baby to pound me
   I see stars and go weak, my baby cries and lays me down
   In the skies over black Venice, I see eyes of a white menace
   The surprise of the week, is that I never heard the sound

   Am     G      D         A
   Tunnel vision lights my way
   Am     G      D      A
   Lead a little life today

   A                     G                      D                      A
   As the free-fall advances, I'm the moron who dances, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
   A                 G                        D                     A
   I was teething on roses, I was in guns and noses, ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah
             Am                    G        A
   Under the withering white skies of humiliation
             Am                    G        A
   Under the withering white skies of humiliation

   Am     G      D         A
   Tunnel vision lights my way
   Lead a little life today
   Tunnel vision lights my way
   Lead a little life today

            Bm   C                Bm    C
   She wore blue velvet, said she can't help it
            Bm   C                Bm    C
   She wore blue velvet, said she can't help it
            Bm   C                Bm    C
   She wore blue velvet, said she can't help it