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]
C
C Bb F Am Bb
[Verse]
C Bb F Am Bb
My girl if you’re lucky one day
C Bb F
Rolling down the ancient high street you’ll find
Am Bb C
In the mirror reflects a woman in her prime
Bb
Can you make your way out
F
In a world dearly won
Am
Well it’s yours love
Bb G
You can move it around
[Pre-Chrous]
Dm
Given all the drops in the ocean
G Bb C
Better take it one sip at a time
G Dm
Somebody with an antique notion
G Bb C
Comes along to tighten the line
Bb C Bb
They’re just afraid of you speaking your mind
[Chorus 1]
F C Bb
They got a name for you girls
F Am Bb
What’s in a name?
F C Am Dm
They got a name for everything
G Dm
All of the clothes that you wear
G (let ring)
And all of your bits and pieces yeah
[Verse]
C Bb F
You’re flipping through the check-stand rags it appears
Am Bb C
There ain’t no time to waste, you’re getting on in years
Bb
You can keep your can up
F
If you just never eat again
Am Bb G
It’s a means to a terrible end
[Pre-Chrous]
Dm G
Even if your plan is successful
Bb C
Have you really got room in your life?
G Dm G
Yeah and it’s a bland kind of torture
Bb C
You’ve played the mother and wife
Bb C Bb
But what do you really dream of at night?
[Chorus 2]
F C Bb
They got a name for you girls
F Am Bb
What’s in a name?
F C Bb
They got a name for you girls
F Am Bb
What’s in a name?
F C Am Dm
They got a name for everything
G
All of the clothes that you wear
Dm G
And all of your bits and pieces yeah
[Chorus 3]
F C Bb
They got a name for you girls
F Am Bb
Some stupid name
F C Bb
They got a name for you girls
F Am Bb
What’s in a name?
F Am Bb
What’s in a name?
F Am Bb
What’s in a name?
F Am Bb
What’s in a name?
F Am Bb F
What’s in a name?
C
C Bb F Am Bb
[Verse]
C Bb F Am Bb
My girl if you’re lucky one day
C Bb F
Rolling down the ancient high street you’ll find
Am Bb C
In the mirror reflects a woman in her prime
Bb
Can you make your way out
F
In a world dearly won
Am
Well it’s yours love
Bb G
You can move it around
[Pre-Chrous]
Dm
Given all the drops in the ocean
G Bb C
Better take it one sip at a time
G Dm
Somebody with an antique notion
G Bb C
Comes along to tighten the line
Bb C Bb
They’re just afraid of you speaking your mind
[Chorus 1]
F C Bb
They got a name for you girls
F Am Bb
What’s in a name?
F C Am Dm
They got a name for everything
G Dm
All of the clothes that you wear
G (let ring)
And all of your bits and pieces yeah
[Verse]
C Bb F
You’re flipping through the check-stand rags it appears
Am Bb C
There ain’t no time to waste, you’re getting on in years
Bb
You can keep your can up
F
If you just never eat again
Am Bb G
It’s a means to a terrible end
[Pre-Chrous]
Dm G
Even if your plan is successful
Bb C
Have you really got room in your life?
G Dm G
Yeah and it’s a bland kind of torture
Bb C
You’ve played the mother and wife
Bb C Bb
But what do you really dream of at night?
[Chorus 2]
F C Bb
They got a name for you girls
F Am Bb
What’s in a name?
F C Bb
They got a name for you girls
F Am Bb
What’s in a name?
F C Am Dm
They got a name for everything
G
All of the clothes that you wear
Dm G
And all of your bits and pieces yeah
[Chorus 3]
F C Bb
They got a name for you girls
F Am Bb
Some stupid name
F C Bb
They got a name for you girls
F Am Bb
What’s in a name?
F Am Bb
What’s in a name?
F Am Bb
What’s in a name?
F Am Bb
What’s in a name?
F Am Bb F
What’s in a name?
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