The National - New Order T-Shirt: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "New Order T-Shirt" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn New Order T-Shirt Guitar Chords and Lyrics by The National

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "New Order T-Shirt" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

G#                          Cm
How you tapped on a box of blue American Spirits
D#            A#/D
At Anyway Cafe a little under a month
G#                               Cm
Before the ashes and management capital files
              D#  A#/D
filled the streets

How we wove through the cones walking home
To the place on Atlantic you shared with your
hilarious sister
Kicking off your black flats, demolished
and laughing

Chorus:
D#             G#
I keep what I can of you
A#                                       D#
Split-second glimpses and snapshots and sounds
G#
You in my New Order T-shirt
A#
Holding a cat and a glass of beer

When you rescued me from the customs cops in Hawaii
When I shut down the place with
my Japanese novelty bomb
And your dad came along

How you had me lay down for a temperature check
With the cool of your hand on the back of my neck
When I said,
"I think I'm finally going crazy for real"

Chorus:
I keep what I can of you
Split-second glimpses and snapshots and sounds
You in my New Order t-shirt
Holding a cat and a glass of beer
I flicker through
I carry them with me like drugs in a pocket
You in a Kentucky aquarium
Talking to a shark in a corner

Cm            Gm
You in a bath on the phone
G#                     A#
Telling somebody that maybe they're
            Cm
better off leaving
Gm                  G#   A#
Than staying in it alone
Cm            Gm
You in a bath on the phone
G#                     A#
Telling somebody that maybe they're
            Cm
better off leaving
Gm                   G# A#
Than staying in it alone

When you cried at the beach
and recovered in seconds
And said everything's fine,
but I knew that it wasn't
Then you stayed out of reach of me for almost a year

How you looked like a poster of a '70s movie
Standing outside at the base of your
magazine skyscraper
Waiting for me to go drinking downtown

Chorus:
I keep what I can of you
Split-second glimpses and snapshots and sounds
You in my New Order t-shirt
Holding a cat and a glass of beer
I flicker through
I carry them with me like drugs in a pocket
You in a Kentucky aquarium
Talking to a shark in a corner
I keep what I can of you
Split-second glimpses and snapshots and sounds
You in my New Order t-shirt
Holding a cat and a glass of beer
I flicker through
I carry them with me like drugs in a pocket
You in a Kentucky aquarium
Talking to a shark in a corner


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A#

Guitar chord A#

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D

Guitar chord D

D#

Guitar chord D#

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

G#

Guitar chord G#

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "New Order T-Shirt" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "New Order T-Shirt" by The National.

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