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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The other versions had some of the chord changes right, but the chords themselves were
This is an accurate version.
The Shins use basic picking throughout the entire song. Listen to it for the rhythm.
pretty slow, and incredibly beautiful.
-A Comet Appears-
Chords Used:
e|---2-------0------1------2------------------------------------|
B|---3-------2------0------3------------------------------------|
G|---4-------2------0------2------------------------------------|
D|---4-------2------0------0------------------------------------|
A|---2-------0------2-------------------------------------------|
E|------------------3-------------------------------------------|
Bm A G D
Intro
Bm A G D
Bm A D
Bm A G D
G A
Verse I
Bm A G D
One hand on this wily comet,
Bm A D
Take a drink just to give me some weight,
Bm A G D
Some uber-man I'd make,
G A
I'm barely a vapor
Bm A G D
They shone a chlorine light on,
Bm A D
A host of individual sins,
Bm A G D
Let's carve my aging face off,
A D
Fetch us a knife,
A D
Start with my eyes,
A D
Down so the lines,
G A
Form a grimacing smile,
Bm A G D
Close your eyes to corral a virtue,
Bm A D
Is this fooling anyone else?
Bm A G D
Never worked so long and hard,
G A
To cement a failure,
Bm A G D
We can blow on our thumbs and posture,
Bm A D
But the lonely are such delicate things,
Bm A G D
The wind from a wasp could blow them,
A D
Into the sea,
A D
With stones on their feet,
A D G A
Lost to the light and the loving we need,
Chorus:
G D
Still to come,
G D A
The worst part and you know it,
G D
There is a numbness,
G D A Bm
In your heart and it's growing,
=Solo Section= Repeat 2x
*you can whistle if you'd like. that's what I do.*
Bm A G D
Bm A D
Bm A G D
G A
Verse II:
Bm A G D
With burnt sage and a forest of bygones,
Bm A D
I click my heels, get the devils in line,
Bm A G D
A list of things I could lay the blame on,
G A
Might give me a way out,
Bm A G D
But with each turn it stays front and center,
Bm A D
Like a dart stuck square in your eye,
Bm A G D
Every post you can hitch your faith on,
A D
Is a pie in the sky,
A D
Chock full of lies,
A D
A tool we devise,
G A
To make sinking stones fly,
Chorus:
G D
Still to come,
G D A
The worst part and you know it,
G D
There is a numbness,
G D A Bm
In your heart and it's growing,
Outro:
Bm A G D
Bm A D
Tabbed by Killspoon. Questions/comments [email protected]
This is an accurate version.
The Shins use basic picking throughout the entire song. Listen to it for the rhythm.
pretty slow, and incredibly beautiful.
-A Comet Appears-
Chords Used:
e|---2-------0------1------2------------------------------------|
B|---3-------2------0------3------------------------------------|
G|---4-------2------0------2------------------------------------|
D|---4-------2------0------0------------------------------------|
A|---2-------0------2-------------------------------------------|
E|------------------3-------------------------------------------|
Bm A G D
Intro
Bm A G D
Bm A D
Bm A G D
G A
Verse I
Bm A G D
One hand on this wily comet,
Bm A D
Take a drink just to give me some weight,
Bm A G D
Some uber-man I'd make,
G A
I'm barely a vapor
Bm A G D
They shone a chlorine light on,
Bm A D
A host of individual sins,
Bm A G D
Let's carve my aging face off,
A D
Fetch us a knife,
A D
Start with my eyes,
A D
Down so the lines,
G A
Form a grimacing smile,
Bm A G D
Close your eyes to corral a virtue,
Bm A D
Is this fooling anyone else?
Bm A G D
Never worked so long and hard,
G A
To cement a failure,
Bm A G D
We can blow on our thumbs and posture,
Bm A D
But the lonely are such delicate things,
Bm A G D
The wind from a wasp could blow them,
A D
Into the sea,
A D
With stones on their feet,
A D G A
Lost to the light and the loving we need,
Chorus:
G D
Still to come,
G D A
The worst part and you know it,
G D
There is a numbness,
G D A Bm
In your heart and it's growing,
=Solo Section= Repeat 2x
*you can whistle if you'd like. that's what I do.*
Bm A G D
Bm A D
Bm A G D
G A
Verse II:
Bm A G D
With burnt sage and a forest of bygones,
Bm A D
I click my heels, get the devils in line,
Bm A G D
A list of things I could lay the blame on,
G A
Might give me a way out,
Bm A G D
But with each turn it stays front and center,
Bm A D
Like a dart stuck square in your eye,
Bm A G D
Every post you can hitch your faith on,
A D
Is a pie in the sky,
A D
Chock full of lies,
A D
A tool we devise,
G A
To make sinking stones fly,
Chorus:
G D
Still to come,
G D A
The worst part and you know it,
G D
There is a numbness,
G D A Bm
In your heart and it's growing,
Outro:
Bm A G D
Bm A D
Tabbed by Killspoon. Questions/comments [email protected]
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