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
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
They'll Soon Discover-The Shins
umm any comments or whatever email me at [email protected]
Intro Riff
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D A C G
D A
When you were young and wise
C G D A C
G
Scratching your letters in the sand
D A C G
A C G
And your imagination led you all around by the hand
D A
Did you ever wonder
C G D A C
G
what crazy adventures there might be
D A C G
D A C G
Unfolding in the currents under the waves at the bottom of the sea
A
Well, he’s our buddy
G
Got alotta vision
G A
His buck-teeth
G A
cockeyed smile
G A
Can’t stop this invertebrate on a mission
D A C G
So CHARGE!!
(Repeat Intro Chords)
D A
A sinister design
C G D A C G
a wild-goose chase for a crown
D A
I hope your eyes align
C G D A C G
Before they tear apart your town
D A
If you wanna win
C G D A C G
Say goodbye to your kin in the ocean
D A C G
Stay your ground, don’t be discouraged
D A C G
Don’t let ‘em turn our brains into porridge
A
You’re Robert
G
You got alotta vision
G A
Your buck-teeth
G A
starward heart
G A
Can’t stop this invertebrate on a mission
D A C G
So CHARGE!!
(repeat intro chords under solo)
Bm G
But it’s a long, hard fight
E G
The corner turns and it’s always another mile
Bm G
Keep working day and night
E
They think they got your number
F#m
BUT THEY’LL SOON DISCOVER!
(Outro same as Intro)
umm any comments or whatever email me at [email protected]
Intro Riff
e|-2-0----------------------|
b|-3---3-2-0---------2222---|
g|-2-----2---2-0-----2222---|
d|-0-----2-------4-2-2222---|
a|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
D A C G
D A
When you were young and wise
C G D A C
G
Scratching your letters in the sand
D A C G
A C G
And your imagination led you all around by the hand
D A
Did you ever wonder
C G D A C
G
what crazy adventures there might be
D A C G
D A C G
Unfolding in the currents under the waves at the bottom of the sea
A
Well, he’s our buddy
G
Got alotta vision
G A
His buck-teeth
G A
cockeyed smile
G A
Can’t stop this invertebrate on a mission
D A C G
So CHARGE!!
(Repeat Intro Chords)
D A
A sinister design
C G D A C G
a wild-goose chase for a crown
D A
I hope your eyes align
C G D A C G
Before they tear apart your town
D A
If you wanna win
C G D A C G
Say goodbye to your kin in the ocean
D A C G
Stay your ground, don’t be discouraged
D A C G
Don’t let ‘em turn our brains into porridge
A
You’re Robert
G
You got alotta vision
G A
Your buck-teeth
G A
starward heart
G A
Can’t stop this invertebrate on a mission
D A C G
So CHARGE!!
(repeat intro chords under solo)
Bm G
But it’s a long, hard fight
E G
The corner turns and it’s always another mile
Bm G
Keep working day and night
E
They think they got your number
F#m
BUT THEY’LL SOON DISCOVER!
(Outro same as Intro)
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