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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- 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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Pariah King
F#m G A
It all spans out on a plane
Bm A D E
Looking back, hardly a hill or valley still remains
F#m G A
The boy before the pain
Bm A D E -
Still longs for the womb of love as he smashes down with a cane
D A
It builds up, then it breaks down
G D
It's your perception alone
Bm A
Of grey hands taking control
G A -
But what can you do to prove it
F#m G A
The flat waste of a life
Bm A D E
How many times did you try and stop the bleeding with a knife
F#m G A
There's an incline to the floor
Bm A D E -
And everything in your crooked life ends up rolling out the door
D A
It builds up, then it breaks down
G D
But it's your perception alone
Bm A
Of grey hands have taken control
G A
But what can you do to prove it
G A -
Look man, there's nothing to it
Bm F#m
What are you really getting at when you sing?
Bm F#m
There's something wrong and beautiful
Bm F#m
Kill a snake and make yourself pariah king
G A
The voice bleeds through the wall, no Jimmy no
F#m G A -
Bm A D E -
D A
It builds up, then it breaks down
G D
It's your perception alone
Bm A
With your hand over your mouth
G A
God forbid it gets out
Bm A
The grey hands have got you in tow
G A
But what can you do to prove it
G A
Look boy, there's nothing to it
Bm F#m
What are you really getting at when you sing?
Bm F#m
It's something wrong and beautiful
Bm F#m
Kill a snake and make yourself pariah king
G A
The voice bleeds through the wall, no Jimmy no
F#m G A
It all spans out on a plane
Bm A D E
Looking back, hardly a hill or valley still remains
F#m G A
The boy before the pain
Bm A D E -
Still longs for the womb of love as he smashes down with a cane
D A
It builds up, then it breaks down
G D
It's your perception alone
Bm A
Of grey hands taking control
G A -
But what can you do to prove it
F#m G A
The flat waste of a life
Bm A D E
How many times did you try and stop the bleeding with a knife
F#m G A
There's an incline to the floor
Bm A D E -
And everything in your crooked life ends up rolling out the door
D A
It builds up, then it breaks down
G D
But it's your perception alone
Bm A
Of grey hands have taken control
G A
But what can you do to prove it
G A -
Look man, there's nothing to it
Bm F#m
What are you really getting at when you sing?
Bm F#m
There's something wrong and beautiful
Bm F#m
Kill a snake and make yourself pariah king
G A
The voice bleeds through the wall, no Jimmy no
F#m G A -
Bm A D E -
D A
It builds up, then it breaks down
G D
It's your perception alone
Bm A
With your hand over your mouth
G A
God forbid it gets out
Bm A
The grey hands have got you in tow
G A
But what can you do to prove it
G A
Look boy, there's nothing to it
Bm F#m
What are you really getting at when you sing?
Bm F#m
It's something wrong and beautiful
Bm F#m
Kill a snake and make yourself pariah king
G A
The voice bleeds through the wall, no Jimmy no
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