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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