Pinback – Shag (Guitar)

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[Intro] Dm A# x8 [Verse 1]
   Dm       A#      Dm       A#      Dm          A#
It rained because I took the dust of your bones crushed and

Dm     A#      Dm
seeded all the clouds

                A#      Dm       A#
(It rained) for days, a blaze of hail

    Dm         A#      Dm   A#         F
And stones the size of men around your house
[Pre-Chorus]
        A#     A     G    E    F E F
Rusty spring uncoils in a baby bottle

          A#         A G    E      F     E F
Toddler screams over power, infant death rattle
[Chorus]
Dm              A#
Push the little baby down the

Dm              A#
Push the little baby down the

Dm              A#             Dm
Push the little baby down the spiral stairs

Dm              A#
Push the little baby down the

Dm              A#
Push the little baby down the

Dm              A#             Dm
Push the little baby down the spiral stairs
[Verse 2]
     Dm     A#       Dm    A#
It's lame because it fell above

    Dm       A#     Dm        A#      Dm
The needs of his pretend life and his wishes

            A#         Dm         A#
(So now) it limps, and counts the hours

   Dm        A#      Dm                 F
Watches the clock by pounding doves and dishes
[Pre-Chorus]
      A#          A  G    E        F E F
Delta Force plays on your old gray monitor

      A#          A  G    E      F E F
Power Team breaks flaming blocks of  cinder

        A#        A      G E    F   E F
Sick of sickness, you're unkind and a liar

         A#       A  G    E  F  E    A#       Dm F A#
Get your kicks, a witness to feeble slaughter
[Bridge]
                         A#
In your castle, all your candles drip on the pavement

     F         A#
From what I've heard

                        A#
And the cattle that you laid down drip on the pavement

     F         A#     Dm     A#
From what I've heard, heard, heard

Dm    C   Dm
Cold, wet floor

A#     Dm
Heard, heard

Dm    C   Dm
Cold, wet floor
[Chorus]
                  A#
(Push the) little baby down the

Dm              A#
Push the little baby down the

Dm              A#             Dm
Push the little baby down the spiral stairs

                A#
Push the little baby down the

Dm              A#
Push the little baby down the

Dm              A#             Dm
Push the little baby down the spiral stairs

                A#
Push the little baby down the

Dm              A#
Push the little baby down the

Dm              A#             Dm
Push the little baby down the spiral stairs

                A#
Push the little baby down the

Dm              A#
Push the little baby down the

Dm              A#             Dm
Push the little baby down the spiral stairs

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