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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Born to multiply or born to gaze into night skies,
Gbm Abm A Abm Gbm
all you want's one more Saturday.
E Dbm
But look here, until then
Gbm
They're gonna buy your life's time
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So keep your wick in the air and your feet in the fetters
B E
Til the day, we come in doing cartwheels
B E
We all crawl out by ourselves, and your shape on the dance floor
B
Will have me thinking such filth I'll gouge my eyes.
Dbm A
You'll be damned to be one of us girl
Dbm A
Faced with the dodo's conundrum
E Gbm A
I felt like I could just fly
Abm B A Abm Gbm
But nothing happened every time I tried.
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Duotone on the wall, the selfless fool who hoped he'd saved us all
Gbm Abm A Abm Gbm
never dreamt of such sterile hands
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You keep them folded in your lap, or raise them up to beg for scraps
Gbm Abm A Abm Gbm B
You know he's holding you down with the tips of his fingers, just the same
E B
Will you be pulled from the ocean? But just a minute too late?
E B
Or changed by a potion, and find a handsome young mate for you to love
Dbm A
you'll be damned to pining through the window panes, you know
Dbm A E - Gbm A
you'll trade your life for any ordinary joe's, well do it now or grow old
Abm B A Abm Gbm
Cos your nightmares only need a year or two to unfold
Solo:
E Dbm Gbm Abm A Abm Gbm
E Dbm Gbm Abm A Abm Gbm
B E
Been alone since you were 21, you haven't laughed since January
B E
You try and make like this is so much fun, but we know it to be be quite contrary
B
La la la la la la
Dbm A Dbm A
Dare to be one of us, girl, facing the android's conundrum
E - Gbm A
I felt like I should just cry
Abm A
But nothing happens every time I take one on the chin
Abm A
Yeah Himmler in your coat you don't know how long I've been
Abm A Abm A
Watching the lantern dim, starved of oxygen, oh
Gbm A B
so give me your hand and lets jump out the window
Outro: E
Born to multiply or born to gaze into night skies,
Gbm Abm A Abm Gbm
all you want's one more Saturday.
E Dbm
But look here, until then
Gbm
They're gonna buy your life's time
Gbm - Abm A Abm Gbm
So keep your wick in the air and your feet in the fetters
B E
Til the day, we come in doing cartwheels
B E
We all crawl out by ourselves, and your shape on the dance floor
B
Will have me thinking such filth I'll gouge my eyes.
Dbm A
You'll be damned to be one of us girl
Dbm A
Faced with the dodo's conundrum
E Gbm A
I felt like I could just fly
Abm B A Abm Gbm
But nothing happened every time I tried.
E Dbm Gbm
Duotone on the wall, the selfless fool who hoped he'd saved us all
Gbm Abm A Abm Gbm
never dreamt of such sterile hands
E Dbm Gbm
You keep them folded in your lap, or raise them up to beg for scraps
Gbm Abm A Abm Gbm B
You know he's holding you down with the tips of his fingers, just the same
E B
Will you be pulled from the ocean? But just a minute too late?
E B
Or changed by a potion, and find a handsome young mate for you to love
Dbm A
you'll be damned to pining through the window panes, you know
Dbm A E - Gbm A
you'll trade your life for any ordinary joe's, well do it now or grow old
Abm B A Abm Gbm
Cos your nightmares only need a year or two to unfold
Solo:
E Dbm Gbm Abm A Abm Gbm
E Dbm Gbm Abm A Abm Gbm
B E
Been alone since you were 21, you haven't laughed since January
B E
You try and make like this is so much fun, but we know it to be be quite contrary
B
La la la la la la
Dbm A Dbm A
Dare to be one of us, girl, facing the android's conundrum
E - Gbm A
I felt like I should just cry
Abm A
But nothing happens every time I take one on the chin
Abm A
Yeah Himmler in your coat you don't know how long I've been
Abm A Abm A
Watching the lantern dim, starved of oxygen, oh
Gbm A B
so give me your hand and lets jump out the window
Outro: E
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