The Shins – September (Guitar)
Key
-
Versions
(2)
Guitar
Ukulele
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Tabbed by: Robert McMillan
Email: mcmillan_ra (at) hotmail.com
Riff 1 e|------------------| B|-2--2-----0-------| G|-2-----2-----1----| D|-2--------------4-| A|-0----------------| E|------------------| Riff 2 e|---------------| B|---------------| G|---------------| D|---------------| A|--0--2--4------| E|---------------|
[Verse]
A C A Into this strange elastic world C A Pont us kindly gave up a pearl D G His eternal stone and mud D D7 A But ain't she lovely bone and blood C A Born of the sea Em G A A thousand miles away from me D A court of angels G Wards of the sun
A future forming
D D7 A A curse undone
[Chorus]
Riff 1
F#m A F#m A Under our softly burning lamp she takes her time
Riff 1
F#m A E Telling stories of our possible lives G E A And love is the ink in the well when her body writes
Riff 2
D A D I've been selfish and full of pride A D And she knows deep down there's a little child A F#m But I've got a good side to me as well E D Dsus4 D And it's that she loves in spite of everything else
[Break]
A C A Em G
[Verse]
A C A A song in the tree has distracted her mind C A Some other curious form of life D G Has made it's presence to her known D D7 A And she coos so gently soft and low C A Her shining face in a million reflections Em G A in tiny raindrops that fall in a veil D G Over our city like notes from above D D7 A It overwhelms me! just aint that tough
[Chorus]
Riff 1
F#m A F#m It's not that the darkness can't touch our lives A I know it will, in time
Riff 1
F#m A E But she's no ordinary valentine G And now when the sun goes down E A she sheds a darling light.
Riff 2
D A D I've been selfish and full of pride A D And she knows deep down there's a little child A F#m But I've got a good side to me as well E D Dsus4 D And it's that she loves in spite of everything else
[Outro]
A C A G D A
[Notes] Watching James Mercer play it live on youtube. He does little embellishments
which add a fair bit to the song. But they aren't really necessary if you just want
to bash it out.
For example on the A chords he will generally play:
A A/E A
(I originally thought he was playing A/G, but he's using his pinky to mute the A string.) Likewise on the C:
C C/G C
Corrections welcome. Thanks to 677sam and Locohol for the corrections.