The Shins are an American indie rock band consisting of James Mercer (vocals, guitar), Dave Hernandez (guitar), Ron Lewis (bass), Eric Johnson (keyboards) and Joe Plummer (drums). The Shins formed in 1997, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States as a side project of Mercer (previously of Blue Roof Dinner) and bassist Jesse Sandoval, who were both members of the lo-fi rock group Flake Music (formed as Flake 1992).

Le groupe américain The Shins a été formé à la fin des années 1990 par d'anciens membres de Flake Music suite à la dissolution de celui-ci. Il est composé de James Russell Mercer (chant, guitare), Dave Hernandez (basse), Martin Crandall (claviers), Jesse Sandoval (batterie) et Eric Johnson qui a rejoint le groupe lors de leur tournée pour Wincing The Night Away. Leur musique est généralement qualifiée de rock indépendant, surfant sur plusieurs genres musicaux tels que la pop (dans la lignée des Beach Boys), les musiques country et folk. 

The Shins sind eine US-amerikanische Indie-Pop-Band aus Portland, Oregon, die 1997 in Albuquerque, New Mexico als Nebenprojekt von James Russell Mercer und Neal Langford gegründet wurde. Sie gilt als einer der wichtigsten Vertreter des Indie-Pops. Das erste Album &quot;Oh, Inverted World&quot; wurde am 19. Juni 2001 bei Sub Pop Records veröffentlicht. Nach ihrem Umzug 2002 nach Portland veröffentlichte die Band 2003 ihr zweites Album &quot;Chutes Too Narrow&quot; .  

The Shins es el grupo de música del compositor, cantante y guitarrista James Mercer, formada por Jesse Sandoval (batería), Marty Crandall (teclados/guitarra/bajo) y Dave Hernández (bajo/guitarra) bajo el sello discográfico Sub Pop (famoso por ser el primero en contratar a Nirvana o Soundgarden). Su música se podría describir como Indie pop..  The Shins nace en Alburquerque, Nuevo México, de la mano de James Mercer, Jesse Sandoval y Marty Crandall...

Intro
B  C#  B  C#


B          C#           B        C#
Called to see If your back was still aligned
          B          C#                         B             C# 
And your sheets Were growing grass all on the corners of your bed
     B             C#                    B
But you've got too much to wear on your sleeves 
         C#                   B     C#                 B              C#
that has too much to do with me and secretly I want to bury in the yard
    D#m               E          B     C#
The grey remains of a friendship scarred


    B               C#                     B                C#
You told us of your new life there you got someone coming 'round
         B                C#               B               C#
Glueing tinsel to your crown he's got you talkin' pretty loud
       B   C#             B                     C#
you berate remember your ailing heart and your criminal eyes
    B                     C#         B                   C#
You say you're still in love if it's true, what can be done?
     D#m                     E         B   C#
It's hard to leave all these moments behind


B          C#           B        C#
Called to see If your back was still aligned
          B          C#                         B             C# 
And your sheets Were growing grass all on the corners of your bed
     B             C#                    B
But you've got too much to wear on your sleeves 
         C#                   B     C#                 B              C#
that has too much to do with me and secretly I want to bury in the yard
    D#m               E          F#
The grey remains of a friendship scarred



    B           C#        B            C#
You tested your mettle on doe skin and petals
    B           C#          B             C         D#m  E  B  C
And kissing the lipless you bleed all the sweetness away


Outro

B  C#  D#m  E    Reapeted a few times

Finish: B  C#  D#m  E  F#

Kissing The Lipless

D			D
Eyeless in the morning sun you were
   D		   D
Pale and mild, a modern girl
   D			    D
Taken with thought, still prone to care
   D                D
Making tea in your underwear
          A
You went out in the yard to find


   A		       A
Something to eat and clear your mind
   A		     A	      D
Something bad inside me went away


   D		     D
Quaking leaves and broken light
   D		    D
Shifting skin the coming night
   D			  D
The bearers of all good things arrive
   D		   D
Climb inside us, twist and cry
   A
A kiss on your molten eyes


   A	            A
Myriad lives like blades of grass
   A		    A		 D
Yet to be realized, bow as they pass


   D
They are cold,
   D
Still,
   D
Waiting in the ether,
   Em
To form,
 Em
Feel,
 Em
Kill,
 Em
Propagate,
 Em       D
Only to die
[x2]


  D
Dissolve
  D
Magically,
  D
Absurdly,
        Em
They'll end,
  Em
Leave,
  Em
Dissipate,
  Em
Coldly
        Em
And strangely
   D
Return

Those To Come

D  Bb  G
A cold and wet November dawn 
D  Bb  C
and there are no barking sparrows 
D  F    A
just emptiness to dwell upon. 

D  Bb  G
I fell into a winter slide 
D  Bb  C
and ended up the kind of kid who goes down chutes too narrow 
D  F    A
just eking out my measly pies. 

Chorus:
G  D  A  D
But I learned fast how to keep my head up 'cause I 
G  D  F  A
know there is this side of me that 
G  D  A  D
wants to grab the yoke from the pilot and just
G  D  F  A
fly the whole mess into the sea. 

D  Bb  G
Another slow train to the coast 
D  Bb  C
some brand new gory art from way on high 
D  F    A
I sink and then I swim all night. 

D  Bb  G
I watch the ice melt on the glass 
D  Bb  C
while the eloquent young pilgrims pass 
D  F  
and leave behind their trail 
C  A
imploring us not to fail.

G  D  A  D
Of course I raised to gather courage from those 
G  D  F  A
lofty tales so tried and true and 
G  D  A  D
if you're able I'd suggest it 'cause this 
G  D  F  A
modern thought can get the best of you.

Bm  D
This rather simple epitaph 
G  A  G  Asus4
can save your hide your falling mind 
Bm  D
fate isn't what we're up against 
G  A  G  Asus4
there's no design no flaws to find
G  A  G  Asus4
there's no design no flaws to find.

G  D  A  D
But I learned fast how to keep my head up 'cause I 
G  D  F  A
know I got this side of me that 
G  D  A  D
wants to grab the yoke from the pilot and just
G  D  F  A
fly the whole mess into the sea.

Young Pilgrims

Em      D       A       x4

Em           D     A      Em                  D     A
I was just bony hands as cold as a winter pole
Em          D          A       Em                 D      A
you held a warm stone out new flowing blood to hold
Em        D       A     Em                           D      A
oh what a contrast you were to the brutes in the halls
Em              D       A      Em           D    A
my timid young fingers held a decent animal

G          D
Over the ramparts you tossed
G                 D
the scent of your skin and some foreign flowers
G          D                F
tied to a brick sweet as a song
                     C                         D
the years have been short but the days were long

Em         D          A          Em                 D     A
Cool of a temperate breeze from dark skies to wet grass
Em            D         A           Em                  D     A
we fell in a field it seems now a thousand summers passed
Em                      D     A    Em                  D     A
when our kite lines first crossed we tied them into knots
Em              D   A        Em                D    A
and to finally fly apart we had to cut them off

G                       D
Since then it's been a book
               G
you read in reverse
                   D
so you understand less as the pages turn
G               D                 F
or a movie so crass and awkwardly cast
          C                 D
that even I could be the star

C     D           F         G
I dont look back much as a rule
C       D               F         G
and all this way before murder is cool
C        D                      G           C
but your memory is here and i'd like you to stay
           D
a warm light on a winter's day

Em       D     A      x6

G          D
Over the ramparts you tossed
G                   D
the scent of your skin and some foreign flowers
G         D               F
tied to brick sweet as a song
                      C                           F
the years have been short but the days go slowly by 
          C
to loose kites falling from the sky
F               C                    D
drawn to the ground and an end to flight


Pink Bullets

 Verse 1:
          Cm                  G                    Bb
After all these implements and texts designed by
F                           Eb                        F
intellects we're vexed to find evidently there's
             Bb
still so much that hides.
         Cm             G                              Bb
and though the saints dub us divine in ancient
F                            Eb                     F
fading lines their sentiment is just as hard to
Bb
pluck from the vine.

 Chorus:
Ab                               F
I'll try hard not to pretend
Ab                                        F          G
allow myself no mock defence as I

step into the night.

 Verse 2:
             Cm                 G                                     Bb
Since I don't have the time nor mind to figure
 F                       Eb                            D
out the nursery rhymes that helped us out in
                    Bb
making sense of our lives.
Cm                  G                          Bb                          F
The cruel, uneventful state of apathy releases me
      Eb               F                                 Bb
I value the but I won't cry every time one's

wiped out.

Chorus:
Ab                                F
I'll try hard not to give in
Ab                                    F                 G
batten down to fare the wind
Ab                                        F
rid my head of this pretense
Ab                                        F          G
allow myself no mock defence as I

step into the night.

Cm  G   Eb  F  G

G
La la la la
G
La la la la
Eb         Bb
La la la la
Fm  Ab        Bb
La la la la la la

  (Repeat Once)

Eb                         Bb
Mercy' eyes are blue and
Fm          Ab         Bb
when she places them in
Eb       Bb
of you
Fm         Ab          Bb
nothing  holds a roman
Em      Bb
candle to
Eb               Ab                  Bb
the solomn warmth you feel
Bb         Eb        Ab       Eb
inside.
Ab       Eb        C#     Bb       G

 (No run through Verse chords once)

 Chorus:
Ab                                  F
I'll try hard not to give in
Ab                                           F        G
batten down to fare the wind
Ab                                         F
rid my head of this pretense
Ab                                           F
allow myself no mock defence as I
G
step into the night

Cm  G   Eb   F   G

G
La la la la
G
La la la la
Eb  Bb  Fm  Ab  Bb
(This continues till songs end)

Saint Simon

Chutes Too Narrow

Intro

Bm     A     G      D
Bm     A     D
Bm     A     G      D
G            A


Verse I

Bm      A            G    D
    One hand on this wily comet,
Bm      A                D
    Take a drink just to give me some weight,
Bm       A        G   D
    Some uber-man I'd make,
G                       A
    I'm barely a vapor


Bm         A      G        D
    They shone a chlorine light on,
Bm         A      D
    A host of individual sins,
Bm         A      G        D
    Let's carve my aging face off,
    A           D
    Fetch us a knife,
    A            D
    Start with my eyes,
    A            D
    Down so the lines,
            G        A
    Form a grimacing smile,


Bm      A            G       D
    Close your eyes to corral a virtue,
Bm      A           D
    Is this fooling anyone else?
Bm      A            G       D
    Never worked so long and hard,
G               A
    To cement a failure,


Bm          A          G       D
    We can blow on our thumbs and posture,
Bm          A                D
    But the lonely are such delicate things,
Bm      A            G    D
    The wind from a wasp could blow them,
    A        D
    Into the sea,
    A        D
    With stones on their feet,
    A        D                G         A
    Lost to the light and the loving we need,

Chorus:

G            D
    Still to come,
G             D            A
    The worst part and you know it,
G             D
    There is a numbness,
G             D            A                        Bm
    In your heart and it's growing,


=Solo Section=    Repeat 2x
         *you can whistle if you'd like. that's what I do.*
Bm     A     G      D
Bm     A     D
Bm     A     G      D
G            A

Verse II:

Bm          A          G       D
    With burnt sage and a forest of bygones,
Bm             A             D
   I click my heels, get the devils in line,
Bm          A          G       D
    A list of things I could lay the blame on,
  G                   A
    Might give me a way out,

Bm                A             G          D
    But with each turn it stays front and center,
Bm         A          D
    Like a dart stuck square in your eye,
Bm        A             G          D
    Every post you can hitch your faith on,
   A             D
    Is a pie in the sky,
   A             D
    Chock full of lies,
   A             D
   A tool we devise,
   G             A
   To make sinking stones fly,

Chorus:

G            D
    Still to come,
G             D            A
    The worst part and you know it,
G             D
    There is a numbness,
G             D            A                     Bm
    In your heart and it's growing,

Outro:

Bm     A      G      D
Bm     A      D

A Comet Appears

A|-------------2-----4~~-----------4-----2-----------------------------------|
E|--0--2---4----------------0------------------------------------------------|
C|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|


Intro: E



E           C#m                     F#m   
Born to multiply, born to gaze into night skies,
         A             F#m      E
All you want's one more Saturday.
                      C#m
But look here, until then
                       F#m
They're gonna buy your nice time
             A                        F#m 
So keep your wick in the air and your feet in the fetters
B
To the day.
                  E
You come in doing cartwheels
            B
We all go out by ourselves
                      E
And your shape on the dance floor
                           B
Will have me thinking such filth and gauge my eyes.
           C#m         A
You'd be damned to be one of us girl
          C#m         A
Faced with a dodo's conundrum
E     F#m                  A
Ah, I felt like I could just fly
     G#m                          B
But nothing'll happen every time I try.

Australia

C 
You can fake it for a while,

Bite your tongue and smile,
				G
Like every mother does an ugly child.
			C
But the stars are leaking out,

Like spittle from a cloud,
				G
Amassed resentment counting ounce and pound.

			F
You're entertaining any doubt,
			C		G
Because you had to know that I was fond of you,
C		F
Fond of Y-O-U,
			C		G
Though I knew you masked your disdain.
F		C			G
I can see that change was just too hard for us,
C		F
Hard for us.

You always had to hold the reigns,
			FFFFFFFF		G
But where I'm headed, you just don't know the way.

C
So affections fade away,

And do adults just learn to play
				G
The most ridiculous, repulsive games?
			C
On the faith of ruddy sons,

And the double-barreled guns,

You better hurry,
	G
Rabbit, run, run, run.
			C
'Cause meeting you was fun,
						G
And there's a lot of hungry howlers in this one cell.

We're taking it over,
			C
Their brittle, thorny stems,

They break before they bend,
				G
And neither one of us is one of them.

			F
And the tails will never mend,
		C		G
'Cause you had it in for me so long ago.
C		F
Boy, I still don't know,
		C		G
I don't know why and I don't care,
		C		F
You don't hide me anymore,
		C		G
If you'd only seen yourself hating me.
C		F
Hating me,
		C		G
When I've been so much more than fair.
			FFFFFFFF	G
But then you had to lay those feelings bare,
			FFFFFFFF	G	
One thing I know still got you scared,
	F		G
You're all that cold iron,
	F	C		G
And never once aired of our dead.

INSTRUMENTAL (C-G-C-G
F			C		G
You had to know that I was fond of you,
C		F
Fond of Y-O-U.
		C		G
So I took your lips at the time,
C		F
AHHHHHHHHHH
			C		G
And to change like that is just so hard to do,
C		F
Hard to do.
		C		G
Don't let it whip-crack your life,
		FFFFFFFF	G
And bow out from the fight,
		FFFFFF	G
'Cause oh, how your sisters will write.
		FFFFF
The worst part is over,
	CCC	FFF		G
Now, get back on that horse and ride.

Turn On Me

A|-------4-6-4-----|-0-4-7-9-11-9-7-4-|---6-9-11---11-9-6-|
E|-0-4-7-------7-4-|------------------|-7-----------------|
C|-----------------|------------------|-------------------|
G|-----------------|------------------|----------4--------|

Sleeping Lessons

A                D
Frozen into coats,
                      Bm
White girls of the North,
G              D
Fire past one, fire the one,
D
They are the fabled lambs,
E
A Sunday ham,
Bm
The ancient snow.             
            A                        D
And they can float above the grass,
               A
In circles if they tried,
 G                    D
A latent power I know they hide,
D
To keep some hope alive,
E                   Bm
That a girl like I could ever try,
           A
Could ever try.



F#m           D                E
So we just skirt the hallway signs,
                F#m
A phantom and a fly,
F#               D              E           
Follow the lines and wonder why

There's no connection.



A                         D
And weakened falling eyes,
                         Bm
In cheap shots from the tribe,
G                               D
And we're often in Marcus porch again,
D                                E
Another afternoon with the gold head tunes,
      Bm
And pilfered booze.
             A                   D
We wandered through your mama's house,
                         A
And the milk from the window lights,
           G                     D
Family portrait circa ninety-five,
              D
This is that foreign land,
              E
With the sprayed on tans,
             Bm
And it all feels fine,
               A
Beats circus slime,


F#m            D              E
So, when they tap our mundane heads,
                        F#m
To zombie-walk in our stead,
F#                   D                E
This town seems hardly worth our time,
F#m                D                E
And we'll no longer memorize or rhyme,
                  F#m
To fall along in our crime,
F#                     D                 E
Stepping over what now towers to the sky,

With no connection.

A        D        E  
Ooooh-uh Ooooh-uh Ooooh
A        D        E  
Ooooh-uh Ooooh-uh Ooooh
A        D        E  
Ooooh-uh Ooooh-uh Ooooh

Phantom Limb

Wincing The Night Away

I think i'll go home and mull this over
         D       A       G
before i cram it down my throat
        Bm        A             G       Em
at long last it's crashed, the colossal mass
           D       A          G
has broken up into bits in my moat.

Em       D        Em      D
lift the mattress off the floor
Em       D
walk the cramps off
   A              G
go meander in the cold
Em           D
hail to your dark skin
Em         D
hiding the fact you're dead again
Em   D                A            G          
underneath the powerliness seeking shade
G 
far above our heads are the icy heights that contain all reason

       Bm        A      G         Em
it's a luscious mix of words and tricks
            D            A              G
that let us bet when you know we should fold
   Bm      A         G          Em
on rocks i dreamt of where we'd stepped
           D             A               G
and of the whole mess of roads we're now on.

Em        D         Em      D 
hold your glass up, hold it in
Em      D                   A               G
never betray the way you've always known it is.
Em      D                 Em
one day i'll be wondering how
         D                  Em
I got so old just wondering how
        D                A              G
I never got cold wearing nothing in the snow.

G
this is way beyond my remote concern 
of being condescending

Bm  A     G    F#m    Em   F#m   G
all these squawking birds won't quit.
Bm  A    G  F#m      Em  F#m   G
building no-thing, lay-ing bricks.

BRIDGE (w/ organ solo)
Bm  A   G   Em   D   A   G   REPEAT 2x

Em        D         Em      D
hold your glass up, hold it in
Em      D                   A               G
never betray the way you've always known it is.
Em      D                 Em
one day i'll be wondering how
         D                  Em
I got so old just wondering how
        D                A              G
I never got cold wearing nothing in the snow.

G
this is way beyond my remote concern
of being condescending


Bm  A     G    F#m    Em   F#m   G
all these squawking birds won't quit.
Bm  A    G  F#m      Em  F#m   G
building no-thing, lay-ing bricks.

Caring Is Creepy

Verse 1

Bm                              D             E 
One wound-up punch of intuition, lays flat my whole take on us.
Bm                                            D                    E 
You're the girl on the wing of a barnstormer, the tital rabbit who came of
                Bm
age before her time.

Bridge

Bm                 G               D                     A
We could have been so good-natured if i'd relented when you insisted,
Bm                 G                        D                A  
but we've been backed against all nature's walls far too long.

Bm                G          D                     A
You felt abandoned by me, I recall the sunshine as you were melting
Bm                G                   D                   A
and through the comedy softens the fall, they still hear us with their
G
ears to the wall.

Verse 2

Bm                          D           E
I sold all my evil motives, no icicles stuck in my hide.
Bm                                      D                        E
I'm through with riddles, i know we're little just help me feel warm inside.

Chorus
                    G                                             D
Before we take this ride and let it slide, into the cracks where fall and
                    G                                         D
winter collide. I surrender all my gall in a song of modern love.
G                                     D                            A
Rembember you're the one who summoned me above any other kind.

G

Bridge 2
Bm                 G                      D                  A            Bm
We could have been so good-natured if you'd relented when i'd insisted,
         G                           D        A              Bm
we take a week off, let the garden grow by itself, 
               G                         D                      A
and let the gluttons fill themselves with all the worst of the gory 
                              Bm
nineties.
                G                 D                 A
And through the comedy softens the fall, we still fall short. 

Chorus
                     G                                            D
Before we take this ride and let it slide into the cracks where fall

and winter colide.
      G                                       D
I surrender all my gall in a song of modern love.
G                                     D                        A
Remember you're the one who summoned me above any other kind.      

G            E


Girl On The Wing

Verse 1:
 E      B        E       A 
"howdy, lem," my grandpa said with his eyes closed 
E          B                       E         A
wiping the eastbound dust from his sunburned brow
A
a life before doubt. 

Chorus:
G           A                 G                A
i smell the engine grease and mint the wind is blending 
G         A               D          F#   G            A
under the moan of rotting elm in the silo floor

Verse 2:
E      B       E         A      
down a hill of pine tree quills we made our way 
E      B                          E          A         
to the bottom and the ferns where thick moss grows 
A
beside a stream. 

Chorus:
G         A                    G               A 
under the rocks are snails and we can fill our pockets 
G               A              D        F#        G           A
and let them go one by one all day in a brand new place  

Interlude
E B E A X8 (same pattern as vese just it is played 8 times, not four)

Chorus:
G           A        G            A
You were no ordinary drain on her defenses 
G              A        D        F#       G
and she was no ordinary girl Oh, Inverted World 


One By One All Day

B	         D     
Several days a month you made
    A
The mile to my house,
    G   F  E    
And had me do 
D     C       B 		 B A 
A stroll    with you.


B	         D     
Far below a furry moon
    A 
Our purposes crossed
     G   F  E    
The weird divide
D     C       B 
Be-Tween   our kinds



B A B     B A B    B A G#m   D C# 
Interlude Ah...



     B	         D     
The silver leaves of ailing trees
    A 
Took flights as we passed 
     G   F  E    
so long   Ago
D     C       B 			B A
But a short time I know.


    B	              D     
It pleases me this memory
    A 
Has swollen up with age.
     G   F  E    
Even time can do
D     C       B 
Good things to you.


B A B     B A B    B A G#m   D C#   B    
Interlude Ooo..  then Ahhh.. 


Weird Divide

Verse 1:
Am               C              F
Gold teeth and a curse for this town 
C              G              
Were all in my mouth
     C            F            Am   G
Only I don't know how they got out, dear
Am             C      F
Turn me back into the pet 
C             G
I was when we met
C             F            Am   G
I was happier then with no mind set

Chorus:
G                      C
And if you'd a took to me like
  F    C            G
A gull takes to the wind
            G           C
Well, I'd a jumped from my tree
    F     C               F           C
And I'd a danced like the king of the eyesores
F                   C             G
And the rest of our lives would'a fared well

Verse 2:
Am                 C          F
New slang when you notice the stripes
C                G
The dirt in your fries
     C                   F
Hope it's right when you die
        Am  G
Old and bo..ny
Am                 C                F
Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall
C              G
Never should'a called
    C               F
But my heads to the wall
        Am  G
And I'm lonely

Chorus

Verse 3:
Am                C          F
God speed all the baker's at dawn
             C         G
May they all cut their thumbs
    C                F
And bleed into their buns 
           Am   G
'Till they melt away

Chorus 2:
G                     C    
I'm looking in on the good life
           F               G
I might be doomed never to find
                           C
Without a trust or flaming fields 
         F       G
Am I too dumb to refine?
                       C
And if you'd a took to me like 
     F     C               F            C
Well I'd a danced like the queen of the eyesores 
F                   C             G
And the rest of our lives would'a fared well

New Slang

Oh, Inverted World

        
Verse 1:                                                       

A  D (5x)

A
              A                    D
I've got a cupboard with cans of food, 
           A                     D
filtered water, And pictures of you 
         A                    D
and i'm not coming out until this is all over

A  D

         A                    D                       
And i'm looking through the glass 
           A                   D
where the light bends at the cracks
             A                       D                  
And i'm screaming at the top of my lungs pretending
      A                D                                       
The echoes belong 


Pre Chorus:
        Bm       D
to someone 
                                                   
Someone i used to know

A  D


Chorus:
         Bm       E
And we become 

silhouettes when our bodies finally go

A  D  (5x)

A


Verse 2:
             A                      D
I wanted to walk through the empty streets
                     A                D
And feel something constant under my feet,
            A                      D                A     D
But all the news reports recommended that I stay indoors
            A                 D
Because the air outside will make 
            A                    D
our cells divide at an alarming rate 
            A                         D
until our shells simply cannot hold all our insides in,
            A                   D
And that's when, (that's when), that's when


Pre Chorus:
           Bm        D
we'll explode

and it won't be a pretty sight

A  D  


Chrorus:
           Bm        E
And we'll become 

silhouettes when our bodies finally go


A  D  (10x) (la la la la la)

Bm  E

We Will Become Silhouettes

Such Great Heights

C               G        C         G
Well this is just a simple song
C               G        C         G
To say what you've done
C               G        C         G
I told you about all those fears
C               G        C         
And the way they did run
                  G            F
Your show must be strong
F
And you feel like an ocean
                          C     GC   GC
They'd want by the sun


C               G        C         G
When I was just 9 years old
C               G        C         G
I swear that I dreamt
C               G        C         G
Your face on a football field   
C               G        C         
And a kiss that I kept
            G         F
Under my vest
                                               C         G         C
Apart from everything but the heart in my chest


Am                C                       F
I know that things can really get rough
F
When you go it alone
Am              C                         F
Don't go thinking you gotta be tough
F
To play like a stone
Am                        C                    F
Could be there's nothing else in our lives
F
So critical
F
As this little hole


C               G        C         G
My life in an upturned boat
C               G        C         G
Marooned on a cliff
C               G        C         G
You brought me a great big flood    
C               G        C          
And you gave me a lift
             G  F
To care, what a gift
F
And you tell me with your tongue
F
And you're breath was in my lungs
                              Am
And you float over the rift


                  C                        F
I know that things can really get rough
 F
When you go it alone
Am             C                         F
Don't go thinking you gotta be tough
 F
To play like a stone
Am             C                             F
Could be there's nothing else in our lives
F
So critical
F
As this little hole


*BRIDGE*
F-Am-F-C
F-Am-F-F


C               G        C         G
Well this'll be a simple song
C               G        C         G
To say what you've done
C               G        C         G
I told you about all those fears
C               G        C         
And the way they did run
                    G          C
Your show must be strong
                    G          F
And you feel like an ocean
                           C
They'd want by the sun


Am                 C                    F
Remember walking a mile to your house
F
A glow in the dark
Am             C                       F
I made a fumbly play for your heart
F
And the extra, a spark
Am                   C                       F
You're are a trauma, a chain that I stole
F
Especial for you
Am                   C                       F
Love's just a delicate thing that we'd do
F
We've nothing to prove
                              C
Which I never knew

Simple Song

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

Port Of Morrow

# INTRO

C   G   F
C  Em  F  G


C                     Am                           Em                  
Died in the woods youve been cornered by a natural desire
           F                                             C
You wanna hop along the with the giddy throng through life
C                       Em              F                      G
But how you did learn to steer when theyre grinding all you gears

C                        Am           Em                  F            
Youve been talking for hours you say time will wash every tower to the sea
C                    Em    F             G
And now you got this worry in your heart
             F             C                    G
When I guess its only life its only natural
            F               C                        G
We all spent a little while going down the rabbit hole
                 Am                       C    
The things they taught you lining up to haunt you
                       G            F    Em
They got your back against the wall
        F                                         G
I called on you on the telephone wont you pick up the receiver
 
C                        G        F           C         
Ive been down the very road  youre walking now
C                    Em              F
It doesnt have to be so dark and lonesome
C                     G          F          Em                      G
Takes a while till we can figure this thing out and turn it back around

C  Am    Em  G

C                   Am      Em                      F
You use to be such a lion before you got into all this crying on my lap
C                       Em       F        G
Back when you thought I never get this far
F                        C                   G  
But did you think really I showed an opened door
 F             C                   G
But futures calling and I'll answer
     Am                                    C
The wheels in motion but I never drink your portion 
                      G         F    Em
And I know it breaks your heart
F                                             G
Open up your parachute something got to stop the free fall
 
C                              G               F        C         
Ive been down the  very road  youre walking now
C                    Em              F
It doesnt have to be so dark and lonesome
C                     G          F          Em                      G   F C  
Takes a while till we can figure this thing out and turn it back around

It's Only Life

A                   C#m
Is it all so very simple
     D           E
And horribly complex?
 Bm                 E
You suffer in a thimble
              A             D
And there's nothing coming next

      A                  C#m
Your mom smokes in the kitchen
      D               A
Her voice a cutting drone
Bm                    E
So creeping out, you pass the bar
        A              D
Your father's second home
             A       D - E
That leaves you on your own

A                  C#m
Nights I'd often watch you
D                  E
Float across the grounds
Bm           E
Out the gate to the motorway
      A                D
What secrets have you found?

A               C#m
You had to know I wanted
D                   A
Something from you then
Bm                  E
Too young to know just what it was
           A            D
Something more than a friend
         A      D - E
Is that you at the end


           F#m - E          Bm           D   (D - E)
Where you play     in the street at night
F#m - E          Bm     D  (D - E)
Blown like a broken kite
F#m - E                Bm          D (D - E)
My girl, you're giving up the fight
     A           C#m        G
Are you gonna let these Americans
             E
Put another dent in your life?


A  C#m x2


     A             C#m
My mother says your dirty
         D              E
They're gonna find you dead
Bm              E
But have you got that final chapter
A                D
Written in your head?

       A            C#m
Cause every single story
      D           A
Is a story about love
Bm             E
Both the over flowing cup
           A            D
And the painful lack thereof
              A      D - E
You got the heart of a dove


           F#m - E          Bm            D  (D - E)
But,  you play     in the street at night
F#m - E        Bm       D    (D - E)
Blown like a broken kite
F#m - E                Bm          D  (D - E)
My girl, you're giving up the fight
F#m         E                Bm        D     (D - E)
You'll have to lose all them childish notions
     A           C#m        G
If you're gonna let these American boys
             E
Put another dent in your life

F#m - E             Bm           D  (D - E)
You play     in the street at night
F#m - E        Bm       D  (D - E)
Blown like a broken kite
F#m - E                Bm          D  (D - E)
My girl, you're giving up the fight
F#m              E            Bm       D       (D - E)
You'll have to lose all them childish notions
     A           C#m        G
Or you're gonna let these Americans
             E
Put another dent in your life

40 Mark Strasse

Verse 1:
           B
I'm going back to the time when we owned this town
      E
Down Powder Mill Lane, in the battlegrounds
C#m        B                   G#m  B     F#
We were friends and lovers and clueless clowns


Verse 2:
                      B       
I didn't know I'd be finding out now I was torn from you
         E
When we thought about things we were gonna do
C#m      B                    G#m B  F# 
We were wide eyed dreamers and wiser too


Chorus:
               E              B 
Go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café


Verse 3:
                          B
I'm begging you for some sign, but you've still got nothing to say
        E
Don't turn your back on me, don't walk away
C#m     B                   G#m  B   F#
I'm a better man now than I was that day


Chorus:
                      E              B 
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                 E               B
Go down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                      E                     G#m   F#     
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café


Bridge:
   E        B           F#
I wheel my bike off the train,
        F#
Up the North Trade Road,
 E        B             F# 
Look for you on Marley Lane
                          G#m
In every building, every streetlight
                   E               F#  G#m  B  F#
Oh why did we ever go so far from home?


Verse 4:
                        B
You keep on leaving me mile long traces of who you are
         E
You can get a big house and a faster car
C#m      B                    G#m   B  F#
You can run away boy, but you won't go far


Chorus:
                      E              B
Let's go down to the rides on East Parade,
        G#m                   F#
by the lights of the Palace Arcade
                    E                     G#m   F#   
Watch night coming down on the Sovereign Light Café

                    E                B
Stroll down to the bandstand on the pier
           G#m                    F#
Watch the drunks and the lovers appear
                     E                      G#m   F#
Take time, just the stars at the Sovereign Light Café 

      E            B    G#m
La la la la la la la la Yeah, 
     F#                      E       B   F#
I'm going where the people know my name


Outro:
E B G#m F#
E B G#m F# B

Sovereign Light Cafe

strumming pattern
D-DUD-D

F,G,C,Em7

mmmmm mmmm mmmm 

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 1: Rihanna]

F              G
Dry! ...Me a desert
C                 Em7
Nuh time to have ya lerkin'
F                        G
Him ago act like him nuh like it
C                           Em7
You know I dealt with you the nicest
F                        G
Nuh body touch me in the righteous
C                     Em7
Nuh botha, text me in a crisis 
           F                    G
I believed all of your dreams, adoration
            C                    Em7
You took my heart and my keys and my patience
            F                        G
You took my heart on my sleeve for decoration
                C                          Em7
You mistaken my love I brought for you for foundation
           F             G
All that I wanted from you was to give me
C            Em7
Something that I never had
F                   G
Something that you've never seen
C                     Em7
Something that you've never been!
F     G
Mmmmm!
      C                          
But I wake up and act like nothing's wrong
D
Just get ready fi...


[Hook: Rihanna]
F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting
F             G
Ner ner ner ner ner ner!
               C           Em7
When you a guh ner ner ner ner ner ner!
                  F                 G
Before the tables turn turn turn turn turn turn!
C             Em7
Beg you something please


[Verse 2: Rihanna]

F            G
Baby don't you leave
               C                 Em7
Do''t leave me stuck here in the streets, 
   F                  G
uh huh If I get another chance to
       C                Em7
I will never, no never neglect you
      F                         G
I mean who am I to hold your past against you?
       C                    Em7
I just hope that it gets to you
  F           G
I hope that you see this through
  C                      Em7
I hope that you see this true
F          G
What can I say?
       C          
Please recognize I'm tryin', baby!!!
 Em7
I have to


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting


[Verse 3: Drake]

N.C.
Yeah, okay
F        G        C                   Em7
You need to get done, done, done, done at work, come over
F               G
We just need to slow the motion
C                   Em7
Don't give that away to no one
F            G
Long distance, I need you
C                          Em7
When I see potential I just gotta see it through
F                        G
If you had a twin, I would still choose you
C                           Em7
I don't wanna rush into it, if it's too soon
      F      G               C              
But I know you need to get done, done, done, done
   Em7
If you come over
F            G
Sorry if I'm way less friendly
C                    Em7
I got n____s tryna end me,
F G           C                 Em7
oh,     I spilled all my emotions tonight, I'm sorry
F               G
Rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin', rollin'
C                                Em7
How many more shots until you're rollin'?
F              G
We just need a face to face
C                    Em7            F
You could pick the time and the place
               G
You spent some time away
C                Em7
Now you need to forward and give me all the...


[Hook: Rihanna]

F                    G
Work, work, work, work, work, work. He said me haffi
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work! He see me do mi
F                     G
Dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt, dirt! So me put in
C                   Em7
Work, work, work, work, work, work. When you ah guh
F                        G
Learn, learn, learn, learn, learn Meh nuh cyar if him
C                   Em7
Hurt, hurt, hurt, hurt, hurting

mmm mmm mmm..


[Outro: Rihanna]

work work work work work work

F G C D
F G C D

Work

Intro: C D C D (x2)


C D
Si es que no puedes hablar
C D
no te atrevas a volver
C D
si te quieres ocultar
C D
tal vez te podria ver
Em D C G C
y el amor que no sabe a quien y que
G C
hablará si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazara otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz

C D


C D
Si no puedes escuchar
C D
aunque insistas hablaré
C D
si lo quieres mírame
C D
y tus ojos hablaran tal vez
Em D C G C
sentiras el amor e iras tras el
G C
hablaras si tu verdad
Em F
te abrazará otra vez

Em C
Habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y te hace feliz


Em G C G
.(CUERDAS)... abrazaméeeeeeeee..
C Em F
quiero despertarme y entender

Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita si temes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G D
y que haces aquì
Em C
habla si puedes
G C
grita que sientes
Em C
dime a quien quieres
G C
y te hace feliz
G C
y te hace feliz

C D
(fin)

Habla si puedes

(Chorus)
G
You xxxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
(1st Verse)
G
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Em
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Am7
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
D7                              G Em G Em
X just xxx'x xxxxx without xxx
(2nd verse)
G
You xxxx along xxxx xxxx x song
Em
Xxx brightened xx xxx
Am7
Whod've xxxxxxxx xxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xx x dream
                  D7
Xxx xx xxx xxxxx light xxxxx xxxx
(Chorus)
         G 
Xxx now xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxx xxx
Em
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Am7
I xxx'x xxxxx xxx X xxx'x sing
D7                          Eb
I'm xxxxxxx xx xxxx xx xx anything
(3rd Verse)
Ab
You xxx X xxxx xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
   Fm
X feel xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Bbm
If xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx X'x xxxxx through
Ebm
X just xxx'x xxxxx
Ebm                                 Ab               C#
Now xxxx xxxxxx xxx happiness xxxxx so xxxx xxxx xx find
C#m                                         Eb     E
Well, X'x xxxxxxx xx xxxx xxxxxxx xxxx xxxx behind me
A
And xxx xxx X xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx
F#m
X can't xxxxx xxxxxxx xxx
Bm
X xxx'x laugh xxx X xxx'x sing
E
X'x finding xx xxxx xx xx xxxxxxxx
Bb
You xxx X xxxx xxxx xxxx xxx'xx glad
Gm
X feel xxx xxxx xxx'xx sad
Cm
If xxx xxxx knew xxxx X'x xxxxx through
F
X just xxx'x smile xxxxxxx xxx

Can't Smile Without You

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

Intro: Em  A  Em  A

       Em               A                Em                   
 A
Verse: Be on my side or be on your side, there is no reason for you to hide,
       Em                 A
       Its so hard for me stayin' here all alone, when you could be takin'
       A                Em                                             A
       Me for a ride... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


        G     D         A    G  D          A
Chorus:  Down by the ri-ver,  I shot my ba-by

 Em        A
 Ooh, Ooh, shot her dead


Verse 2:You take my hand I'll take your hand, together we may get away,

        This must madness is too much sorrow, its impossible to make it

        today... She could drag me, over the rainbow, send me away


(Chorus)

(Verse 1)

Down By The River

[intro x2]
A  E  D A

A                                        E
when there's no place you feel at home
              D                               A
and you think you'd be better off alone
A                                          E
when you think there's no reason to try
               D                           A
and you hate yourself and wanna die

A                                      E
when you're filled with anxiety
             D                   A
and everyone's your enemy
A                                        E
when you wish you were someone else
                 D                        A
and you wanna go out and kill yourself

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


A                       E
when you get yourself depressed
                      D                   A
because you think you can't do your best
A                                         E
when you write yourself a stupid song
           D                        A
to remind yourself that you forgot

[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

(take your time)


[BRIDGE]
# chords x2:
A  E  D  A

A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-2--------------------------------------------------|
C|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2-4-2---2-4-2-1---1-1-2-2-1-2-4-2-1-22-----------|     x2



[chorus]

E D                 A
ooh you're overreacting

(you can change your mind)
E D                A
ooh you're overreacting

Overreacting

Intro: D-A-Bm-Em-A  x4

         D                 A                          
I'll confess tonight your all thats on my mind
        Bm            A                   D
I know these roof top nights could last forever.
              A                            Bm
we watched the seasons change, we saw the distance pull us away,
           A
from all we shared together.

D                       A
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                       A
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.

D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
    Em    A
lets run away.
D                             A                             Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
    Em    A
lets run away.

play intro  x2

D                    A
I picked apart every word that you said
  Bm                              A
I dissected each sentence but kept coming up empty
D                         A
the way you are leaves me counting the days
        Bm                            A
till the next time this distance will be a memory


D                        A        
Right now is all we have you better make this count
Bm                     D
these are the moments i wish i could forget you.


D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away.

D-A-Bm-A

where have you been


                                                                        Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                                          Bm
I think back to the nights I looked into your bright green eyes and you said,
     Em   A
lets run away.
D                            A                              Bm
its 9am the sun wont rise for 3 more hours pacific time you said
     Em   A
lets run away


American Dream 

G Bm Em A
Well everybody's lookin' for something they can't find,
Walking straight ahead blind-folded production line,
Only taking time for one type of shoe-shine.
Don't look left/right now you got a street fine.
Everybody lookin' for just a little more.
Working late-nights trying to fight off the day glow.
Waiting for the come-around but it is a no show.
Driving in the fast lane lookin' for the slow-mo...

C D A
Oh whats in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know well I don't know man anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time you,
Where were you, you weren't listenin', gonna be a long time
Gonna be a long time.

G Bm Em A
So now you're face down, face lookin like a frying pan.
Hitting up the clubs trying to feel like a real man.
Beating your chest just like you're King Kong but you're just a gui-tar no-string no-song.
Feeling free like ya don't even know it, man you're towing the line hoping you just don't blow it.
Man ya stuck in the mainframe trying to win the big game so much potential it even makes it more of a shame, shame, shame...
Here we go again, same old shit just another name.
Looking at the destiny there in your palm,
But now you got your strings but you got no song.
So sing, sing, sing - shake it like a chicken wing.
It's not what you get it's about what you bring-bring-bring.
So bring it, bring it to the table, not because you have to 'cos you're willing and you're able!

C D A
Oh what's in store I don't know anymore.
Oh what's inside 'cos I can't hide from it no more.
Oh what you see well it's not me anymore.
Oh I don't know, I don't know anymore because 

G Bm Em A
I tell you once I tell you twice, gonna be a long time.
But you don't take no one's advice, gonna be a long time.
You, where were you, you weren't listening, gonna be a long time.
Gonna be a long time.

Gonna Be A Long Time

C#
There's a portrait
     Ab
In a back room
           F#
Which I'll keep for days upon
          C#
Which I relent 
              B
And gaze for hours on
    Bbm                  F#
The muscle, skin and bone
         Ab
Of some imaginary friend

F# Ab F#

        C#
So how about it 
        Ab
Show me please 
           F#
How I will look in twenty years
           C#
And let me please 
          B
Interpret history 
       Bbm        F#
In every line and scar 
               Ab                  
That's painted there in front of me

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

           C#
It doesn't matter
         Ab
What I'm thinking
       F#
What I tell myself to do
         C#      F#
I end up calling

       C#
I stay in to
                   Ab
Defrost the fridge
        F#
Now the kid has gone to bed
             C#
A feeling of dread
              B         
At least when she's around
    Bbm
The trouble's there
     F#                        Ab
It's worse to wake up with her falling 'round the room

F# Ab F# Ab F# Ab

       C#
Listen Johnny
              F#
You're like a mother
       C#                     F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

       C#
Listen Johnny
              Ab
You're like a mother
       F#
To the girl you've fallen for
                 C#
And you're still falling

            B
And if they come tonight
       Bbm
You'll roll up tight
     F#             Ab
And take whatever's coming to you next (oh, oh oh oh)

 F# Ab to end.

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