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]
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At fifteen we had to leave the States again
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Dad was stationed at an RAF base they called Mildenhall
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Black moss on a busted wall
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The cobblestones made it hard to skate
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I thought my flattop was so new wave
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Until it melted away in the Suffolk rain
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Well god damn, you miss the USA
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Then a kid in class passed me a tape
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An invitation, not the hand of fate
[Verse 2]
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I guess my shoes said I might relate
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Somehow she knew I'd like to stay up waiting with her in the cold
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For cheap beer and rock 'n roll
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Which in time put lots of things in my mind
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A kid in class passed me a tape
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We saw some bands down at the corn exchange
[Verse 3]
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I wonder where my sister was that night
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Back at home under the tanning bed lights
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I can still see the glow
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Strange rays from her window
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Each night, as I was skating home
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Started messing with my dad's guitar
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Taught me some chords just to start me off
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Whittling away on those rainy days
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And that's how we get to where we are now
[Chorus]
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A kid in class passed me a tape
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A band called The Jesus and the Mary Chain
[Verse 4]
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I Started messing with my dad's guitar
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Taught me some chords just to start me off
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Whittling away on those rainy days
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And that's how we get to where we are now
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And that's how we get to where we are now
[Outro]
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[Verse 1]
C
At fifteen we had to leave the States again
C F
Dad was stationed at an RAF base they called Mildenhall
C
Black moss on a busted wall
C
The cobblestones made it hard to skate
C
I thought my flattop was so new wave
F C
Until it melted away in the Suffolk rain
G7 C
Well god damn, you miss the USA
[Chorus]
F C
Then a kid in class passed me a tape
F C G7
An invitation, not the hand of fate
[Verse 2]
C
I guess my shoes said I might relate
C F
Somehow she knew I'd like to stay up waiting with her in the cold
C
For cheap beer and rock 'n roll
G7 C
Which in time put lots of things in my mind
[Chorus]
F C
A kid in class passed me a tape
F C G7
We saw some bands down at the corn exchange
[Verse 3]
C
I wonder where my sister was that night
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Back at home under the tanning bed lights
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I can still see the glow
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Strange rays from her window
G7 C
Each night, as I was skating home
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Started messing with my dad's guitar
C
Taught me some chords just to start me off
F C
Whittling away on those rainy days
G7 C
And that's how we get to where we are now
[Chorus]
F C
A kid in class passed me a tape
F C G7
A band called The Jesus and the Mary Chain
[Verse 4]
C
I Started messing with my dad's guitar
C
Taught me some chords just to start me off
F C
Whittling away on those rainy days
G7 C
And that's how we get to where we are now
G7 Fmaj7
And that's how we get to where we are now
[Outro]
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