The Shins – Port Of Morrow (Guitar)
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Chords
I've tried to line up the chords as best as possible, as always, listen to the
song for best comparison. I'm sure this is right, then again, I have just spent an
hour I should've spent in bed working this out. I've actually worked out a lot of
the new album, will likely add them soon. The lyrics are makeshift, based on what
I could decipher, will update when the album comes out :D Enjoy! Sounds best
played on open chords!
Intro
F G E F
F G E Am
F G E F
F E
F G Verse Dm A Through the rain and all the clatter F C G Under the Fremont bridge I saw a pigeon fly Dm F C A Fly in fear from the raptor come to take its life Dm A And as it closed in for the capture F C G I funnelled the fear through my ancient eyes Dm F To see in flight, what I know are C A The bitter mechanics of life F G E F Under my hat it reads "the lines are all imagined" F G E Am A fact of life I know to hide from my little girls F G E F I know my place amongst the bugs and all the animals F E And it's from these ordinary people F G You are longing to be free Dm A My hotel and on the TV F C G A preacher on the stage like a buzzard cries Dm F C A Our a warning of phony sorrow. He's trying to get a rise. Dm A The cyanide of an almond F C G Let him look at your hands, get the angles right Dm F C A Ace of spades, Port of Morrow, life is death is life. F G E F I saw a photograph; Cologne in ‘27 F G E Am And then a postcard after the bombs in ‘45 F G E F Must have been a world of evil clowns that let it happen F E But now I recognise, dear listeners, F G That you were there and so was I
Instrumental break
Dm F
Dm C A
Dm F C A
(whole break x2)
F G E F Under my hat I know the lines are all imagined F G E Am A fact of life I must impress on my little girls F G E F I know my place amongst the creatures in the pageant F E And there are flowers in the garbage F G And a skull under your curls
Instrumental break
Dm F
Dm C A
Dm F C A
Repeat instrumental break until fade.
Note: I initially had the verse second part of the verse chords as
Dm A C A Ace of spades, Port of Morrow, life is death is life.
for example, with another A in place of the F. It sounded right to me, but I went
by the bass and used an F, part of me is still unsure about it.