The Shins – Girl On The Wing (Ukulele)

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Versions (3)

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Verse 1
Am                              C             D 
One wound-up punch of intuition, lays flat my whole take on us.

Am                                            C                    D 
You're the girl on the wing of a barnstormer, the tital rabbit who came of

                Am
age before her time.
Bridge
Am                 F               C                     G
We could have been so good-natured if i'd relented when you insisted,

Am                 F                        C                G  
but we've been backed against all nature's walls far too long.

Am                F          C                     G
You felt abandoned by me, I recall the sunshine as you were melting

Am                F                   C                   G
and through the comedy softens the fall, they still hear us with their

F
ears to the wall.
Verse 2
Am                          C           D
I sold all my evil motives, no icicles stuck in my hide.

Am                                      C                        D
I'm through with riddles, i know we're little just help me feel warm
inside. Chorus
                    F                                             C
Before we take this ride and let it slide, into the cracks where fall and

                    F                                         C
winter collide. I surrender all my gall in a song of modern love.

F                                     C                            G
Rembember you're the one who summoned me above any other kind.
F Bridge 2
Am                 F                      C                  G            Am
We could have been so good-natured if you'd relented when i'd insisted,

         F                           C        G              Am
we take a week off, let the garden grow by itself, 

               F                         C                      G
and let the gluttons fill themselves with all the worst of the gory 

                              Am
nineties.

                F                 C                 G
And through the comedy softens the fall, we still fall short. 
Chorus
                     F                                            C
Before we take this ride and let it slide into the cracks where fall
and winter colide.
      F                                       C
I surrender all my gall in a song of modern love.

F                                     C                        G
Remember you're the one who summoned me above any other kind.      
F D Easy Stuff!! Enjoy :-) Berry. S