The Shins – So Says I (Guitar)

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'So Says I' from the 2003 album 'Chutes Too Narrow' by The Shins Thanks to other poster - made a few alterations
[Intro]
D* (x57755)
e|-5----(5)----------------|
B|-5-----(5)------5-5-5-5--|
G|-7---(7)-(7)---7-5-------|
D|-7-----------------7-----|
A|-5-------------------7---|
E|-------------------------|
[Verse]
Am         D
        An address to the golden door

Am            D
        I was strumming on a stone again

Am              D                           E               
        pulling teeth from the pimps of gore when hatched

(run*)
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A|--7--5-----------
E|--------8--7-----
        a tragic opera in my mind...

Am             D
        and it told of a new design

Am               D 
        in which every soul is duty bound

Am           D                               E
        to uphold all the statues of boredom therein lies
(run*) C the fatal flaw of the red age [Chorus]
               F                      C          
Because it was nothing like we'd ever dreamt

             F                           C             
our lust for life had gone away with the rent we hated

               D               F                   G          
and because it made no money nobody saved no one's life this time
[Verse]
Am            D
        So we burned all our uniforms 

Am              D
        and let nature take its course again 

Am              D                          E
        and the big ones just eat all the little ones 
(run*) that send us back to the drawing board. [Break] Am D Am D Am D Am [Bridge]
       C  
In our darkest hours 

            G
we have all asked for some  

         F                                
angel to come                             

             C         G 
sprinkle his dust all around                                 

    C                                G                             
but all our crying voices they can't turn it around                

                F                           Am  D  Am        
you've had some crazy conversations of your own.
E E E D
e|-----(5)----------------|
B|------(5)------5-5-5-5--|
G|----(7)-(7)---7-5-------|
D|------------------7-----|
A|--------------------7---|
E|------------------------|
[Verse]
Am                 D
        We've got rules and maps 

Am                           D
        and guns in our backs but we still can't just 

Am                         D         E   
        behave ourselves even if to save our own lives so, says I, 

                   D      Am       D       Am      D   E
        We are a brutal kiiiiiiiiiiindd.
[Chorus]
C                F                      C
     Cuz this is nothing like we'd ever dreamt

                F                      C
Tell Sir Thomas More we've got another failed attempt

          D                     F                   G
Cuz if it makes them money they might just give you life this time. 

Am                     D
Wooo-ooo

Am                     D
Wooo-ooo

Am                     D            E
Wooo-ooo
End on Am