The Shins – Australia (Guitar)
Capo 2
Key
-
Versions
(5)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
For the acoustic players out there.
[Intro]
Play D5 over intro:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------4----6-------------------------------------------------| D|--------4----6-----------------------------------------------------------| A|-----7-------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[Verse]
D5
Bm Em Born to multiply or born to gaze into night skies. G F#m Em When all you want's one more Saturday. D Bm Well, look here, until then Em They gonna buy your life's time. G F#m Em So keep your wick in the air and your feet in the fetters,
[Chorus]
A D Til the day, we come in doing cartwheels A D We all crawl out by ourselves, and your shape on the dance floor A Will have me thinking such filth I'll gouge my eyes. Bm G Bm You'll be damned to be one of us girl, G D Faced with the dodo's conundrum Em G I felt like I could just fly F#m A But nothing happened every time I tried.
[Verse]
D Bm Em Duotone on the wall, the selfless fool who hoped he'd save us all. G F#m Em Never dreamt of such sterile hands. D Bm Em You keep them folded in your lap, or raise them up to beg for scraps. G F#m Em You know he's holding you down with the tips of his fingers
[Chorus]
A D Just the same. Will you be pulled from the ocean, A D but just a minute too late, or changed by a potion A and find a handsome young mate for you to love? Bm G Bm You'll be damned to pining through the window panes. you know, G D you'd trade your life for any ordinary joe's. Em G well do it now or grow old. F#m A Your nightmares only need a year or two to unfold.
[Solo]
D Bm Em G F#m Em
D Bm Em G F#m [hold]
[Chorus]
A D Been alone since you were twenty-one. A D You haven't laughed since January. You try and make like this is so much fun, A but we know it to be quite contray. La la la la__ la la_. Bm G Bm G Dare to be one of us, girl, G D facing the androids connundrum. Em G I felt like i should just cry.
[Bridge]
F#m G But nothing happens every time I take one on the chin. F#m G Yeah, Himmler in your coat, you don't know how long I've been F#m G A G watching the lantern dim, starved of oxygen. Em G A So, give me your hand and we'll jump out the window.
[Outro]
D5 until end.
La la, la la la__
(Ends on a wierd D13 if you want to try that out.)