The District Sleeps Alone Tonight Guitar Tabs by Postal Service

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-5----3----2----|      repeat through verse
-3----5----0----|
-3----5----0----|

"Where I am-" (only play it this way once; for this first time)

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---------3----3--|
---------4----4--|
-3---5---3----3--|
-3---3---5----5--|
-----3-----------|


"Where I am-"
-----3----                   ----------3-3-----------------|
---------3                   -----------------3-3----3-3---|
-5-------4    repeat, then:  ---5-5--------4-------4-------|
-3---5---3                   -3------5-----3-------3-------|
-0---3---5                   -0------3-----5-------5-------|
-----3----                   --------3---------------------|


Wear my badge, vinyl sticker with big block letters adherent to my chest. Tells
your new friends: I am a visitor here, I am not permanent. And the only thing
keeping me dry is (where I am)
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-5--3--2--| repeat strumming the first two
-3--5--0--|   chords 8 times and the last one 16
-3--5--0--|

You seem so out of context in this gaudy apartment complex. A stranger with your
door key explaining that I'm just visiting. I am finally seeing, well I was the
one worth leaving.

-8----8----3------|
-5----8----3------|
-7----9----4------|
-5----12---3------|
-8----10---5------|     strum however feels natural
-5----8----3------|


-                -                      -
-                1                      3
0                0                      4
5                0                      3
0                3                      5
- (knock knock)  -     (snap snap)      -  (knock-snap-knock, whatever!)


D.C. sleeps alone tonight
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------------1------------|
00---0------0------------|
00---0------0------------|
-2---3------0------------|
3------------------------|


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5--3---2-----------|          repeat
3--5---0-----------|        (strum faster)
3--5---0-----------|


Melody part before final chorus:

-8-8---------8-8---------------------------|
-------------------------8-----8------5-3--|
------12-12-------12-12-----9-----9---5-4--|
10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--12-12-12-12--5-3--|
-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--10-10-10-10--5-5--|
--------------------------8--8--8--8--3-3--|


-8-8---------8-8--------------------------|
-------------------------8-----8-------3--|
------12-12-------12-12-----9-----9----4--|
10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--12-12-12-12---3--|
-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--10-10-10-10---5--|
--------------------------8--8--8--8---3--|

-8-8---------8-8---------------------------------------|
-------------------------8-----8------5-3--5-3-5-3-5-3-|
------12-12-------12-12-----9-----9---5-4--4-4-4-4-4-4-|
10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--12-12-12-12--5-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|
-8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--10-10-10-10--5-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|
--------------------------8--8--8--8--3-3--3-3-3-3-3-3-|


It's hard to match the energy of the final chorus with just your acoustic
guitar, but strumming it strongly while picking up the tempo some will help.
-5---8---3--|
-5---8---3--|
-7---9---4--|
10--12---3--|
-8--10---5--|
-5---8---3--|

This ending is different than the ending in the song but it sounds the same 


-5----8----7---7---7-|
-5----8----8---8---8-|
-7----9----7---7---7-|
-10---12---9---9---9-|
-8----10---10--10--7-|
-5----8------------0-| repeat

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