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 Dm - Am G Bb G
C Dm - Am G F G
VERSE 1:
Am C F
Young and bright but now just a dim light
C G
Off in the distance
Am C F
A falling stone following the path
C G
Of least resistance
BRIDGE:
F C
If I still fight
F C
It's just that I'm
F C G F G
Afraid I'll slide under that spell again
CHORUS:
C Dm - Am
Taken for a fool
G Bb G C Dm - Am G F G
Yes I was because I was a fool
C Dm - Am
Tell me what you'd do
G Bb G C Dm - Am G F G
I lost my way and she took me to school
VERSE 2:
Am C F
So many times caught up in my head at night
C G
With a leash and a label
Am C F
If I can learn anything from this then I'd be like
C G
The fox in the fable oh I
BRIDGE:
F C
If I still fight
F C
It's just that I'm
F C G
Afraid I'll slide under that spell again
VERSE 3:
Dm G
The way we used to carry on
Dm G F G
is stuck in my head like a terrible song
CHORUS:
C Dm - Am
Taken for a fool
G Bb G C Dm - Am G F G
Yes I was and I was a fool
C Dm - Am
Following their rules
G Bb G C Dm - Am G F G
Guess I was a very honest tool
BREAK:
C Dm - Am G Bb G
C Dm - Am G F G
CHORUS:
C Dm - Am
Taken for a fool
G Bb G C Dm - Am G F G
Yes I was because I was a fool
CODA:
F G C
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