Learn how to play About Today by The National

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Difficulty: Novice
Tuning: Standard Tune Your Guitar
Capo: None
PART 1: (repeats 5 times)


|-3------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
|--------------1-----------------|--------------1-----------------|
|-----------2--------------------|----------2---------------------|
|-3-------3----3---3-------------|3-------3-----3---3-------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


|0-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
|----------1-----1---------1-----|----------1-----1---------1-----|
|------2---------------2---------|------2---------------2---------|
|----2-----2--2------2-----2---2-|----2-----2-2-------2-----2---2-|
|0---------------0---------------|0---------------0---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0-------0-----0-------0---------|--------------------------------|
|------0-------------0-----------|--------------------------------|
|----0---0---0-----0---0---0-----|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-------------3-----------------|--------------------------------|

PART 2:


|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|1-------0-------1-------0-------|1-------0-------1-------0-------|
|------0---------------0---------|------0---------------0---------|
|----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|
|3---------------3---------------|3---------------3---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|

(some times the open high E is played alternating here too, as in the end, see below)
|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------0-------0-------0-------|0-------0-------0-------0-------|
|------0---------------0---------|------0---------------0---------|
|----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0---------------0---------------|0---------------0---------------|


|1-------------3-----------------|1-------------0-----------------|
|--------1-------------1---------|--------1-------------1---------|
|------2-------------2-----------|------2-------------2-----------|
|3---3---3-3---3---3---3-3-------|3---3---3-3---3---3---3-3-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


|----------------3---------------|--1---------------0-------------|
|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------0-----|
|------0---------------0---------|--------0---------------0-------|
|----0---0---0-------0---0---0---|------0---0---0-------0---0---0-|
|3---------------3---------------|--3---------------3-------------|


Back to part 1, and repeat...

The end of the song is PART 2 repeated two times. Also please note that he plays a
slight variation on the E minor chord where it alternates the open E string (see below)

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|1-------0-------1-------0-------|1-------0-------1-------0-------|
|------0---------------0---------|------0---------------0---------|
|----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|
|3---------------3---------------|3---------------3---------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


|0-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
|--------0-------0-------0-------|--------0-------0-------0-------|
|------0---------------0---------|------0---------------0---------|
|----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|----2---2---2-------2---2---2---|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|0---------------0---------------|0---------------0---------------|


|1-------------3-----------------|1-------------0-----------------|
|--------1-------------1---------|--------1-------------1---------|
|------2-------------2-----------|------2-------------2-----------|
|3---3---3-3---3---3---3-3-------|3---3---3-3---3---3---3-3-------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


|----------------3---------------|--1---------------0-------------|
|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------0---------------0-------|----------0---------------0-----|
|------0---------------0---------|--------0---------------0-------|
|----0---0---0-------0---0---0---|------0---0---0-------0---0---0-|
|3---------------3---------------|--3---------------3-------------|

Sing along

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

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