Biography:
The Shins are an American indie rock band centered around James Mercer.
The band formed in 1997, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States as a side project of Mercer (previously of Blue Roof Dinner) and drummer Jesse Sandoval, who were both members of Flake Music. The band's original lineup was Mercer (vocals, guitar), Sandoval (drums), Marty Crandall (keyboards) and Dave Hernandez (bass). Neil Langford replaced Hernandez in 1998. Hernandez returned to the band in 2003, as Langford had left the band in 2001.
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Other songs:
- 40 Mark Strasse
- A Comet Appears
- Austrailia
- Bait And Switch
- For A Fool
- Girl On The Wing
- It's Only Life
- Kissing The Lipless
- New Slang
- Phantom Limb
- Pink Bullets
- Port Of Morrow
- September
- Simple Song
- Sleeping Lessons
- So Now What
- Australia
- Saint Simon
- A Call To Apathity
- Breathe
- Caring Is Creepy
- Celebate Life
- Celibate Life
- Cherry Hearts
- Dead Alive
- Eating Styes From Elephant Eyes
- Eating Styes From Elephants Eyes
- Fall Of 82
- Fantasy Island
- Fighting In A Sack
- Flake Music
- Girl Inform Me
- Gone For Good
- Half A Million
- Heartworms
- Its Only Life
- Know Your Onion
- Mildenhall
- Mines Not A High Horse
- My Seventh Rib
- Name For You
- No Way Down
- Nothing At All
- One By One All Day
- Painting A Hole
- Pam Berry
- Pariah King
- Past And Pending
- Plenty Is Never Enough
- Pressed In A Book
- Red Rabbits
- Rubber Ballz
- Sea Legs
- So Says I
- Sphagnum Esplanade
- Spilt Needles
- Split Needles
- The Fear
- The Past And Pending
- The Past And The Pending
- The Rifles Spiral
- The Waltz Is Over
- Theyll Soon Discover
- Those Bold City Girls
- Those To Come
- Turn A Square
- Turn On Me
- We Will Become Silhouettes
- Weird Divide
- When I Goose Step
- Won One Too Many Fights
- Young Pilgrims
- Your Algebra
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[Intro]
G F Em
G F Em
G F Em C
[Verse 1]
C
Long in tooth
G
Olives and vermouth
Em Am
I dine like an aging pilot
C
Where are they now
G
The money and the crowd
Am G F
Must I really come back down
[Pre-Chorus]
C F
It's like I never was a kid
G F C
The big math just wasted youth on me
C F
Making impressions like I did
F C
Your friends never thought that much of me
[Chorus]
C G
And now I want to fold
C
Into something else
G
An origami plane
C
To a distant island
F C
And I don't want to show you my feelings
F G
I don't want to force you to deal
F C
I just want to crash through the ceiling
G F G F C
Before it gets too real
[Verse 2]
C
All my life
G Em Am
Compromise on wings of resignation
C G
Big grey eyes staring from the sky
Am G F
Am I humble enough now?
[Pre-Chorus]
C F
I've always had something to hide
G F C
My skinny arms, my evil intentions
C F G
And back at school hitting the fire alarms
F C
Desperately wanting attention
[Chorus]
C G
Well I was just a boy
C
Out there on my own
G
Wishing I could fly
C
Fantasy island
F C
And I don't want to show you my feelings
F G
I don't want to bore you to death
F C
I just want to crash through the ceiling
G F G F C
Get it off my chest
[Break]
C G Em Am
C G Am F
[Pre-Chorus]
C F
It's like I never was a kid
G F C
The big math just wasted youth on me
C F
Making impressions like I did
F C
Your friends never thought that much of me
[Chorus]
C G
Well I was just a boy
C
Out there on my own
G
Wishing I could fly
C
Fantasy island
F C
And I don't want to show you my feelings
F G
I don't want to force you to deal
F C
I just want to crash through the ceiling
G F
Before it gets too real
G F
Before it gets too real
G F
Before it gets too real
G F
Real
[Outro]
G F G F G F G F G
G F Em
G F Em
G F Em C
[Verse 1]
C
Long in tooth
G
Olives and vermouth
Em Am
I dine like an aging pilot
C
Where are they now
G
The money and the crowd
Am G F
Must I really come back down
[Pre-Chorus]
C F
It's like I never was a kid
G F C
The big math just wasted youth on me
C F
Making impressions like I did
F C
Your friends never thought that much of me
[Chorus]
C G
And now I want to fold
C
Into something else
G
An origami plane
C
To a distant island
F C
And I don't want to show you my feelings
F G
I don't want to force you to deal
F C
I just want to crash through the ceiling
G F G F C
Before it gets too real
[Verse 2]
C
All my life
G Em Am
Compromise on wings of resignation
C G
Big grey eyes staring from the sky
Am G F
Am I humble enough now?
[Pre-Chorus]
C F
I've always had something to hide
G F C
My skinny arms, my evil intentions
C F G
And back at school hitting the fire alarms
F C
Desperately wanting attention
[Chorus]
C G
Well I was just a boy
C
Out there on my own
G
Wishing I could fly
C
Fantasy island
F C
And I don't want to show you my feelings
F G
I don't want to bore you to death
F C
I just want to crash through the ceiling
G F G F C
Get it off my chest
[Break]
C G Em Am
C G Am F
[Pre-Chorus]
C F
It's like I never was a kid
G F C
The big math just wasted youth on me
C F
Making impressions like I did
F C
Your friends never thought that much of me
[Chorus]
C G
Well I was just a boy
C
Out there on my own
G
Wishing I could fly
C
Fantasy island
F C
And I don't want to show you my feelings
F G
I don't want to force you to deal
F C
I just want to crash through the ceiling
G F
Before it gets too real
G F
Before it gets too real
G F
Before it gets too real
G F
Real
[Outro]
G F G F G F G F G
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The Sisters Of M (...)
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The Small Potato (...)