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In this how-to lesson with Canada’s Q TV Aaron Dessner, The National’s guitarist/bassist/pianist explains the piano part of "England."
As Dessner says, “England” is “quite simple. It goes once through the basic progression and then when it comes back down to the root chord the guitars start, and the guitars are also thirds, except they’re also fifths. There’s four guitar parts and they’re all interlocking, playing eighth notes along with the piano, kind of giving it a pulse.”
I'm not sure my childhood piano lessons covered this one...Good luck!