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The Shins

10 songs|16 chords used|Hard

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Chords used

G#m

C#m

F#m

Aadd9

Asus

Rubber Ballz

Key: DmHard

DmBa dum, Gba dum, Cba dum, Fba dum

DmBa dum, Gba dum, Emba dum, Amba dum

DmBa dum, Gba dum, Cba dum, Fba dum

DmBa dum, Gba dum, Cba

In a Amlarval stage

Drinking a Dminimum wage

I fell in with a gGirl so Fvastly suEmperior F

She wore Gmardi gras bFeads in her hGair

And FI jGust Ccan't get her oGut of my Fbed

GWish I'd gCone with her siGster instFead G

CLove life impElode

My Amdice were all loFaded

CI can't get her Gout of my Fbed

EmI knowAm, if she gave a Emfuck then it would show Am

And she Dmwouldn?t have me stabbing other bGoys

Like it?s Dmjust a bit of sweetness she enGjoys

DmBa dum, Gba dum, Cba dum, Fba dum

DmBa dum, Gba dum, Emba dum, Amba dum

DmBa dum, Gba dum, Cba dum, Fba dum

DmBa dum, Gba dum, Cba

Devil?s dAmaughter

AmSo much for SDimon?s fifty ways

DWhat can a lonely boy Gdo when all Felse seems infEmerior? F

No coGme-along will Fpull me awGay

And FI jGust Ccan?t get her oGut of my Fbed

GShould've maCinlined saltpeGter insteFad G

My vCices have vEoted, her Amass duly Fnoted

CCan?t kick her Gout of my Fbed

EmHold on, maybe this gAmirl is alright

EmJust wants the benefit of a Ammodern love life

DmI don?t know the difference anymCore

I've turned mFaking bad decisions into sGome kind of art form

DmDon?t mention boundaries on the Cphone

They sFlide and glide on out the dGoor

And I Ccan?t get her oGut of my bFed G

CCan?t get her Gout of my bFed

My vCices have vEoted, her Amass duly Fnoted

CCan?t get her Gout of my Fbed C

EmSlow down

AmI don?t know Emwhat I?m hoping Amfor

So Dmsilently I?m opening the lGatch

I Dmswear she?ll be the last one I dispGatch

DmBa dum, Gba dum, Cba dum, Fba dum

DmBa dum, Gba dum, Emba dum, Amba dum

DmBa dum, Gba dum, Cba dum, Fba dum

DmBa dum, Gba dum, Emba da da Amda da

DmBa dum, Gba dum, Cba dum, Fba dum

DmBa dum, Gba dum, Emba dum, Amba dum

DmBa dum, Gba dum, Cba dum, Fba dum

DmBa dum, Gba dum, Cba

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Heartworms

Key: EHard

G#m

C#m

F#m

ELa Bla D la A la B la A B

EWell I Bguess I'm just hDere to test your pAatience

ECause Byou're so sG#mmart my tricks don't Awork at all

EIs iG#mt my lDack of eduAcation?

Just BtellC#m me wAhy you never call

EBehind your sBymmetry lies a Dfundamental dAifference

EThere are Bthose who own their G#mminds and those who cArawl

ENo offeG#mnse but, Din between the lAines I'm reading

EYou look F#mout for your G#mown, and yAou ain't gonna look at Bme that way A B

AAnd Eit's tBrue A B

So Awhat can I Edo?

EAnything to gBet some of your affF#mection

A(What can I do?)

EMaybe impBress you with a F#msong

A(What can I do?)

EI'm trying to Bminimize the C#mdamage dBone cause there aAin't no oBne like you A B

EG#mDA

EI found that pBostcard from that tDrip you took to AThailand

EI remember sBtudying all the G#mwords writ in your pAretty hand

EThe little linG#mes the little cDurves held a sAacred meaning

BOr so I thC#moughtA, but I had it wrong

ENow I'm trying to Bfigure out when it Dwas you gave me these hAeartworms

EI feel them Bwriggling in my G#mblood, you gonna Ado me harm

ERight G#mnow I'd rDather lose this lAosing feeling

EThat cameF#m on when you cG#mooled off

SAtarted treating me in this fBriendly way A B

AAnd Eit's tBrue A B

So Awhat can I Edo?

EOh won't you Bbe still for a mF#moment

A(What can I do?)

ESo I can push a fBeather through your hF#meart

A(What can I do?)

EI'm trying to Bminimize the C#mdamage dBone cause there aAin't no oBne like you A B A B A B

So Awhat can I Edo?

EWhen I get loBnely to disF#mtraction

A(What can I do?)

EMaybe impBress you with a F#msong

A(What can I do?)

ENo easy waBy aound it

C#mYou're the sBaddest dAream that ever cBame true A B

ELa Bla Dla Ala

ELa G#m la Dla Ala lBa

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Half A Million

Key: EmMedium

I make myself a EmpromFiseG

Then break it Cevery nDight

I'm Emfeeling loose and Clife don't make no Emsense

I use my Cbrains to build a fence

G'Round the claim I sDtake

I take the Cdrugs but the drugs won't Emtake F

GI took a Cpledge to gEmrow Fup G

GThen drank Cenough to make me tDhrow up

On Emall my dearly dCisappointed Emfriends

I'm just too Clazy to make amends

GWith you anywDay

That's why the pCattern still reEmmains F

GThere's a half a million tAmhings that I'm supposed to Embe

EmA shelter in the nDighttime

A punk running fGree

GAnd if it gets too Amdeep I reach for my guiEmtar

And if I tDry hard

I find sComething I can really drop iGnto

And Emeverything that was is just a thDing that I can sing

'Cause Ceverything is something next to nGothing

As Emcrazy as it seems, you give it Dup and you are free G

GAnother Ccandle to Emblow oFut G

GNew set of Cdark thoughts to Dshut out

EmAnd everybody's gCot their remeEmdies

But nothing Cworks like chemistry

GSo raise a tDoast

No more sCipping from the fire hEmose F

GThere's a half a million tAmhings that I'm supposed to Embe

EmA shelter in the nDighttime

A punk running fGree

GAnd if it gets too Amdeep I reach for my guiEmtar

And if I tDry hard

I find sComething I can really drop iGnto

And Emeverything that was is just a thDing that I can sing

'Cause Ceverything is something next to nGothing

As Emcrazy as it seems, you give it Dup and you are free

GOoh ooh Amooh, la la Emla, Dla la la la la

GThere's half a million Amthings that you're supposed to Embe

EmA virgin in the mDoonlight

A freak on the sGcene

GAnd when it gets too Amdeep you reach for your Emguitar

And if you tDry hard

GThere's a half a million tAmhings that I'm supposed to Embe

EmA shelter in the nDighttime

A punk running fGree

GAnd if it gets too Amdeep I reach for my guiEmtar

And if I tDry hard

GThere's a half a million tAmhings that I'm supposed to Embe

EmA shelter in the nDighttime

A punk running fGree

GAnd if it gets too Amdeep I reach for my guiEmtar

And if I tDry hard

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Bait And Switch

Key: BMedium

F#m

BI fF#minally Ahad all myE ducks in a Brow F#m

Bpeace F#mand quAiet by means Eof subtrBactionF#m.

BAnd how F#mshe got iAn, I'm not sEure that I kBnow.F#m

BTwo wF#meeks Aon and my spine wEas in traBctionF#m

my eAyes in a baskEet.

BF#mAE

BMy F#mgut and my hAeart are sEo out of phBase F#m

BAnd that F#mkind of gAirl she ain't noEbody's dBaughterF#m

BI'm just F#mnot uAsed to these poEwerful waBves F#m

BShe's shF#mining the brAass and I'm taEking on waBter F#m

What aAm I to do nEow?

D I Ecall on a bDeautiful wEitch

D With a Emoral cDompass bEait and swBitchF#m

BF#mAE

then (no guitar, but if you want to play, use the same chords as previous verses B F#m A E etc)

Hide from my psychic derailer

Drive this car to the sea

Spend this night as high as I can

up a towering hemlock

B But F#mit's no Ause I can alwEays be foBund F#m

BA crF#meature of hAabit has noE real proteBction F#m

B I tellF#m her I'll lAeave if she dEon't settle dBown F#m

B She sees iF#mt's a lAie on clEoser inspeBctionF#m

Like eveAryone else doEes

(No clue what the lyrics to this section are, album not out for another week, so I'm

taking ones I found online!)

DBeen ruEbbing a tDerrible cEharm

DHoldingE smoDke in E

F#mmy arms.B

F#mI'm just a siBmple man

F#mCursed with an hBonest heart

DWatch her go and tEear it all apBart?

BF#mAE

then

DBeen ruEbbing a tDerrible cEharm

DHoldingE smoDke in E

F#mmy arms.B

F#mI'm just a siBmple man

F#mCursed with an hBonest heart

DWatch her go and tEear it all apBart?

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40 Mark Strasse

Key: AHard

C#m

F#m

AIs it all so very siC#mmple

And hDorribly compElex?

YDou suffer in a thiEmble

And there's noAthing coming nDext

Your mAom smokes in the kiC#mtchen

Her voDice a cutting drAone

DSo creeping out, you Epass the bar

Your fatAher's second hoDme

That leaves yAou on yoDur oEwn

ANights I'd often waC#mtch you

DFloat across the grEounds

DOut the gateE to the motorway

What sAecrets have you fDound?

AYou had to know C#mI wanted

DSomething from you tAhen

DToo young to know jEust what it was

Something mAore than a frDiend

Is that yAou at tDhe eEnd

Where you pF#mlay E in the sDtreet at night D E

F#mBlown Elike a brokeDn kite D E

F#mMy girEl, you're giving Dup the fight D E

Are yAou gonna letC#m these AmerGicans

Put another dEent in your life?

AC#m

My moAther says yourC#m dirty

They're gDonna find you dEead

DBut have you goEt that final chapter

AWritten in your hDead?

Cause eAvery single sC#mtory

Is a sDtory about lAove

DBoth the over Eflowing cup

And the paiAnful lack theDreof

You got the heAart of Da doEve

But, you pF#mlay E in the stDreet at night D E

F#mBlown Elike a brokeDn kite D E

F#mMy girEl, you're giving Dup the fight D E

F#mYou'll have Eto lose all themD childish notDionsE

If yoAu're gonna lC#met these AmGerican boys

Put another dEent in your life

BmDED

yoF#mu playE in theD street at nighDt E

F#mBlown Elike a brokeDn kite D E

F#mMy girEl, you're giving Dup the fight D E

F#mYou'll have Eto lose all themD childish notiDons E

Or yoAu're gonna lC#met these AmGericans

Put another dEent in your life

AC#m

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Cherry Hearts

Key: AMedium

AGA

DYou're not Awanting aGnybody wCanting in you

DI gAet it, all is Gfair C

DBut I've been Abiting aGll my cherry Chearts in two

DAnd yAou don't even cGare C

AWon't you ever come dGown from the big rock I fFound you Cclimbing

FStowing your dGiamonds aAway

DYou kAissed me oDnce

When Awe were dDrunk

It lGeft me Bmspinning on my Cheels

Call the Gdevil for a Adeal

DYou kAissed me oDnce

When Awe were dDrunk

My Ghead went Bmrolling along the Cfloor

Past the Gwindow, out the dAoor

DAGC

DOnce I said it I knew I would regret it too

DIt's just too much to sGhare C

DNow you're fAading, sGailing in the Cnight

DFor the bAoy who wasn't Gthere C

AI'm a practical gGuy

But sometimes I can fFly off the Chandle

FThinking in sGcandalous wAays, I've never done tGime

But I've done the cFrime of wCanting

FSomething that nGever could sAtay

DYou kAissed me oDnce

When Awe were dDrunk

It lGeft me Bmspinning on my Cheels

Call the Gdevil for a Adeal

DYou kAissed me oDnce

When Awe were dDrunk

AndG now I'm nBmervous when we mCeet

I've got Gnothing under my fAeet

DYou kAissed me oDnce

When Awe were dDrunk

It lGeft me Bmspinning on my Cheels

Call the Gdevil for a Adeal

DYou kAissed me oDnce

When Awe were dDrunk

My Ghead went Bmrolling along the Cfloor

Past the Gwindow, out the dAoor

DADA

DGBmCGA

DADA

BmCGA

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Fantasy Island

Key: GMedium

GFEm

GFEmC

CLong in tooth

GOlives and vermouth

I Emdine like an aging Ampilot

CWhere are they now

GThe money and the crowd

Must I Amreally come bGack dFown

CIt's like I nFever was a kid

GThe Fbig math just wasted youth Con me

CMaking impFressions like I did

Your Ffriends never thought that much Cof me

CAnd now I want to fGold

Into something eClse

An origami pGlane

To a distant iCsland

And I don't want to Fshow you my fCeelings

I don't want to Fforce you to Gdeal

I just want to cFrash through the cCeiling

Before it gets too rGeal F G F C

CAll my life

GCompromise on Emwings of resigAmnation

CBig grey eyes sGtaring from the sky

Am I Amhumble enoGugh nFow?

CI've always Fhad something to hide

GMy sFkinny arms, my evil intCentions

CAnd back at school hitting the fFire alarmsG

FDesperately wanting attCention

CWell I was just a Gboy

Out there on my oCwn

Wishing I could fGly

Fantasy iCsland

And I don't want to Fshow you my fCeelings

I don't want to Fbore you to dGeath

I just want to cFrash through the cCeiling

Get it off my cGhest F G F C

CGEmAm

CGAmF

CIt's like I nFever was a kid

GThe Fbig math just wasted youth Con me

CMaking impFressions like I did

Your Ffriends never thought that much Cof me

CWell I was just a Gboy

Out there on my oCwn

Wishing I could fGly

Fantasy iCsland

And I don't want to Fshow you my fCeelings

I don't want to Fforce you to Gdeal

I just want to cFrash through the cCeiling

Before it gets too rGeal F

GBefore it gets too real F

GReal F

GFGFGFG

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The Past And Pending

Key: EHard

Aadd9

Asus

EE7sus4Aadd9G

EE7sus4Aadd9Asus

EAs someone sets lE7sus4ight to the first fAadd9ire of AutumnG

EWe settle downE7sus4 to cutAadd9 ourselves apart.Asus

ECough and twiE7sus4tch from the nAadd9ews on your fGace

AEnd some foreign E7sus4candle Aadd9burning in your eAsusyes

POST-verse 1/PRE-verse 2:

EE7sus4Aadd9G

EE7sus4Aadd9Asus

E Held to the E7sus4past, too awaAadd9re of the pendinGg

EChill as the dawn brE7sus4eaks anAadd9d finds us up for saAsusle

EEnter the E7sus4fog another loAadd9w road descendinGg

AEway from the colE7sus4d lust,Aadd9 your house and summeAsusrtime

Aadd9

BAlind to the laEmst cursed aAffair

PiEmstols and countAless eyes

A trEmail of white bloAod betrays

The reckCless route yourD craft is running

FAeed till the sEmun turns into woAod

DousiEmng an ancientA torch

Loiter the wEmhole day through

And loCse yourself in linesD dissecting love A

POST-Chorus/PRE-Verse:

EE7sus4Aadd9G

EE7sus4Aadd9Asus

EYour name on E7sus4my cast and my Aadd9notes on your stGay

EOffer me E7sus4little Aadd9but doting on a cAsusrime

EWe've turned every E7sus4stone and forAadd9 all our inventiGons

EIn matters of lE7sus4ove lost, Aadd9we've no recourse atAsus all

Aadd9

BAlind to the laEmst cursed aAffair

Pistols and Emcountless eyes A

A trEmail of white bloAod betrays

The reckCless route yourD craft is running

FAeed till the sEmun turns into woAod

Dousing an aEmncient torch A

Loiter the wEmhole day through and

LoCse yourself in lines Ddissecting,

LoCse yourself in lines Ddissecting, lCose yourself in lines Ddissecting

End on G

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Simple Song

Key: DMedium

DWelAl DthAis is just a simple song

DTo AsaDy Awhat you've done

DI tAolDd Ayou about all those fears

DAnd AthDe way they did run

YourA show mustG be strong

And you feel like an ocean

TDheAy'Dd AwaDnt by the sun

DWheAn DI wAas just 9 years old

DI sAweDar Athat I dreamt

DYouAr DfacAe on a football field

DAndA aD kiss that I kept

UnderA my Gvest

ApaDrtA fDrom everything but the heart in my chest

BmI knowD thGat things can really get rough

When you go it alone

BmDon't go thinDkingG you gotta be tough

To play like a stone

BmCould be there's nothing elDseG in our lives

So critical

As this little hole

DMy AliDfe Ain an upturned boat

DMarAooDnedA on a cliff

DYouA bDrouAght me a great big flood

DAndA yDou gave me a lift

To carAe,G what a gift

And you tell me with your tongue

And you're breath was in my lungs

And youBm float over the rift

I knDow Gthat things can really get rough

When you go it alone

BmDon't go tDhinking you gotta Gbe tough

To play like a stone

BmCould bDe tGhere's nothing else in our lives

So critical

As this little hole

GBmGD

GBmGG

DWelAl DthiAs'll be a simple song

DTo AsaDy wAhat you've done

DI tAolDd yAou about all those fears

DAnd AthDe way they did run

Your shoAw must be Gstrong

And you feel like an ocean

They'd wanDt by the sun

BmRemembeDr walking Ga mile to your house

A glow in the dark

BmI made a fDumbly playG for your heart

And the extra, a spark

BmYou're arDe a traumaG, a chain that I stole

Especial for you

BmLove's juDst a dGelicate thing that we'd do

We've nothing to prove

WhichD I never knew

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10.

Port Of Morrow

Key: FHard

FGEF

FGEAm

FGEF

DmThrough the rainA and all the clatter

FUnder the FrCemont briGdge I saw a pigeon fly

DmFly in fear frFom the raptor cCome to take its liAfe

DmAnd as it closed Ain for the capture

FI funnCelled the fGear through my ancient eyes

DmTo see in flightF, what I know are

The bCitter mechanics of liAfe

FUnder my hGat it reads "the lineEs are all imagFined"

FA fact of liGfe I know to hEide from my little gAmirls

FI know my plGace amongst the bEugs and all the anFimals

FAnd it's from these ordEinary people

You are longFing to be freGe

DmMy hotel anAd on the TV

FA preCacher on theG stage like a buzzard cries

DmOur a warning oFf phony sorrow. He's trCying to get a riAse.

DmThe cyanide Aof an almond

FLet him lCook at your haGnds, get the angles right

DmAce of spades, PoFrt of Morrow, lCife is death is lifAe.

FI saw a photGograph; ColEogne in ?27F

FAnd then a pGostcard after theE bombs inAm ?45

FMust have been a wGorld of evil cElowns that let it haFppen

FBut now I recEognise, dear listeners,

That you were tFhere and so was GI

Instrumental:

DmF

DmCA

DmFCA

(2x)

FUnder my hGat I know the liEnes are all imFagined

FA fact of liGfe I must imprEess on my little girAmls

FI know my plGace amongst the cEreatures in the paFgeant

FAnd there are floEwers in the garbage

And a skuFll under your cuGrls

Instrumental:

DmF

DmCA

DmFCA

(Repeat instrumental break until fade)

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