The National – Your Mind Is Not Your Friend on Piano & Ukulele

The National – Your Mind Is Not Your Friend on Piano & Ukulele

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[Intro]
Dm  F  C  G
Dm  F  C  G

[Verse 1]
Dm        F      C  G
Your imagination
      Dm          F  C  G
Is in an awful place
Dm
Don't believe in
 F      C      G
manifestation
     Dm           F  C  G
Your heart'll break

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[Chorus]
F              C
Don't you understand?
     F
Your mind is not your
 G
 friend again
   F                C
It takes you by the hand
F              G
And leaves you nowhere

[Verse 2]
    Dm
You feel it in your
 F      C  G
 nerves
Dm             F
It's chokin' out
        C  G
the sun
    Dm          F
You try in vain to
       C      G
be persuaded
Dm              F  C  G
That it's nothin'

[Chorus]
F              C
Don't you understand?
     F
Your mind is not your
 G
 friend again
   F                C
It takes you by the hand
F              G
And leaves you nowhere
F              C
You are like a child
       F
You're gonna flip your
 G
 lid again
F              C
Don't you understand?
     F                G      Dm
Your mind is not your friend

[Verse 3]
F     Am  G     Dm      F
You inherited a fortune
Am        G        Dm   F
From your mother's side
     G             Dm
Your sister didn't get
       F Am
it at all
G
She survived

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[Interlude]
Dm  F  C  G
 Dm  F  C  G

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[Verse 4]
Dm               F     C  G
Tranquilize the oceans
Dm          F     C  G
Between the poles
       Dm
You're crawling
       F     C  G
under rocks
    G        Dm
And climbing into
   F   C  G
 holes

[Chorus]
F              C
Don't you understand?
     F
Your mind is not your
 G
 friend again
   F                C
It takes you by the hand
F              G
And leaves you nowhere
F              C
You are like a child
       F
You're gonna flip
      G
 your lid again
F              C
Don't you understand?
     F
Your mind is not your
 G      Dm  F
 friend

[Bridge]
     Am
Your mind is not your
 G      Dm  F
 friend
     Am
Your mind is not your
  G      Dm  F
 friend
     Am
Your mind is not your
 G                  Dm  F
friend (Your friend)
     Am               G
Your mind is not your friend

[Out-Chorus]
Dm             F
Don't you understand?
     Am                G
Your mind is not your friend
 again
   Dm               F
It takes you by the hand
    Am         G
And leaves you nowhere
Dm             F
You are like a child
       Am              G
You're gonna flip your lid
 again
Dm             F
Don't you understand?
     Am               G
Your mind is not your friend

How to play Your Mind Is Not Your Friend: key, chords and progression

These are Your Mind Is Not Your Friend chords by The National feat. Phoebe Bridgers on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Your Mind Is Not Your Friend by The National is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats). The song uses 5 chords: Dm, F, C, G and Am.

The progression the song keeps returning to is Dm – F – C – G (ii – IV – I – V in C major). In solfa, that is reh – fah – doh – soh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes Am, C, G, D, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Dm chord on guitar (xx0231)
DmD F A
F chord on guitar (133211)
FF A C
C chord on guitar (x32010)
CC E G
G chord on guitar (320003)
GG B D
Am chord on guitar (x02210)
AmA C E

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Your Mind Is Not Your Friend chords: questions

What key is Your Mind Is Not Your Friend in?

Your Mind Is Not Your Friend by The National is in the key of C major (no sharps or flats).

What chords are in Your Mind Is Not Your Friend?

Your Mind Is Not Your Friend uses 5 chords: Dm, F, C, G, Am.

What is the chord progression of Your Mind Is Not Your Friend?

The main progression is Dm – F – C – G (ii – IV – I – V).

Is Your Mind Is Not Your Friend easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 5th fret and play the shapes Am, C, G, D, Em (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 80% without a capo).

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