The National - Rylan

      Song: Rylan
Artist: The National


[Intro]
B     D#m    B     D#m  x2
G#m   D#m    G#m   D#m  x2

[Verse]
B                        D#m          B    D#m
Rylan, you should try to get some sun.
G#m               D#m     G#m      D#m
You remind me of everyone.
B                          D#m           B    D#m
Rylan, did you break your mother's heart
G#m                     D#m            G#m    D#m
Every time you tried to play your part?

[Chorus]
      E                B
Is it easy to keep so quiet?
G#m                C#m
Everybody loves a quiet child.
       E               B
Is it easy to seem so grand?
G#m               C#m
Wanna be alone in la-la-life.

[Verse]
B                       D#m           B    D#m
Rylan, you can take the quick way out.
G#m                           D#m              G#m    D#m
You can turn blank white in a blank white house.
B                               D#m              B    D#m
They say that you're a pervert, you're a vulture.
G#m                 D#m            G#m    D#m
Don't you wanna be popular culture?

[Chorus]
      E                B
Is it easy to keep so quiet?
G#m                C#m
Everybody loves a quiet child.
       E               B
Is it easy to seem so grand?
G#m               C#m
Wanna be alone in la-la-life.

      E               B
Is it easy to live inside the role?
G#m                     C#m
All the little kids are high and hazy.
E               B
Everybody got nowhere to go,
G#m               C#m
Everybody wants to be amazing.

[Bridge]
B              D#m
Rylan, California's rotten.
B                    D#m
Dressed like blue to be forgotten.
G#m                   D#m
Each of the curls on Sunday morning.
G#m             D#m
Keep the conversations boring.
B                D#m
Stay with me among the strangers.
B                      D#m
Change your mind and nothing changes.
G#m              D#m
Don't let show any emotion
G#m             D#m
When you fly into the ocean.
B                        D#m          B    D#m
Rylan, you should try to get some sun.
G#m                                D#m   G#m    D#m
There's a little bit of hell in everyone.

[Chorus]
      E                B
Is it easy to keep so quiet?
G#m                C#m
Everybody loves a quiet child.
       E               B
Is it easy to seem so grand?
G#m               C#m
Wanna be alone in la-la-life.

      E               B
Is it easy to live inside the role?
G#m                     C#m
All the little kids are high and hazy.
E               B
Everybody got nowhere to go,
G#m               C#m
Everybody wants to be amazing.

[Outro]
E                        B            G#m    C#m
Rylan, you should try to get some sun.
E                  B      G#m    C#m
You remind me of everyone.
E                        B            G#m    C#m
Rylan, you should try to get some sun.
E                           B    G#m    C#m
A little bit of hell in everyone.
E                        B            G#m    C#m
Rylan, you should try to get some sun.

[Instrumental]
E    B    G#m    C#m  x2


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Alternative Version:  Half Step Down (Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb)

[Verse]
C                        Em           C    Em
Rylan, you should try to get some sun.
Am                 Em     Am    Em
You remind me of everyone.
C                         Em            C   Em
Rylan, did you break your mother's heart
Am                      Em              Am     Em
Every time you tried to play your part?

[Chorus]
       F               C
Is it easy to keep so quiet?
Am                 Dm
Everybody loves a quiet child.
      F                C
Is it easy to seem so grand?
Am                Dm
Wanna be alone in la-la-life.

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