The Shins – 40 Mark Strasse (Guitar)

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[Intro] A C#m x4 [Verse]
A                   C#m
Is it all so very simple

     D           E
And horribly complex?

 Bm                 E
You suffer in a thimble

              A             D
And there's nothing coming next

      A                  C#m
Your mom smokes in the kitchen

      D               A
Her voice a cutting drone

Bm                    E
So creeping out, you pass the bar

        A              D
Your father's second home

             A       D - E
That leaves you on your own

A                  C#m
Nights I'd often watch you

D                  E
Float across the grounds

Bm           E
Out the gate to the motorway

      A                D
What secrets have you found?

A               C#m
You had to know I wanted

D                   A
Something from you then

Bm                  E
Too young to know just what it was

           A            D
Something more than a friend

         A      D - E
Is that you at the end
[Verse]
           F#m - E          Bm           D   (D - E)
Where you play     in the street at night

F#m - E          Bm     D  (D - E)
Blown like a broken kite

F#m - E                Bm          D (D - E)
My girl, you're giving up the fight

     A           C#m        G
Are you gonna let these Americans

             E
Put another dent in your life?
A C#m x2
     A             C#m
My mother says your dirty

         D              E
They're gonna find you dead

Bm              E
But have you got that final chapter

A                D
Written in your head?

       A            C#m
Cause every single story

      D           A
Is a story about love

Bm             E
Both the over flowing cup

           A            D
And the painful lack thereof

              A      D - E
You got the heart of a dove

           F#m - E          Bm            D  (D - E)
But,  you play     in the street at night

F#m - E        Bm       D    (D - E)
Blown like a broken kite

F#m - E                Bm          D  (D - E)
My girl, you're giving up the fight

F#m         E                Bm        D     (D - E)
You'll have to lose all them childish notions

     A           C#m        G
If you're gonna let these American boys

             E
Put another dent in your life
[Instrumental] Bm Bm/A E x4 [Verse]
   F#m - E             Bm           D  (D - E)
you play     in the street at night

F#m - E        Bm       D  (D - E)
Blown like a broken kite

F#m - E                Bm          D  (D - E)
My girl, you're giving up the fight

F#m              E            Bm       D       (D - E)
You'll have to lose all them childish notions

     A           C#m        G
Or you're gonna let these Americans

             E
Put another dent in your life
[Outro] A C#m x7