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 Shins - It's only life
[Intro]
C G F
C Em F G
[Verse 1]
C Am Em
Dyed in the wool, you've been cornered by a natural desire
F C
You wanna hop along the with the giddy throng through life
C Em F G
But how will you learn to steer when you're grinding all your gears?
C Am Em F
Youve been talking for hours you say time will wash every tower to the sea
C Em F G
And now you got this worry in your heart
F C G
When I guess its only life its only natural
F C G
We all spent a little while going down the rabbit hole
Am C
The things they taught you lining up to haunt you
G F Em
They got your back against the wall
F G
I called on you on the telephone wont you pick up the receiver
[Chorus]
C G F C
Ive been down the very road youre walking now
C Em F
It doesnt have to be so dark and lonesome
C G F Em G
Takes a while till we can figure this thing out and turn it back around
[Instrumental]
C Am Em G
[Verse 2]
C Am Em F
You use to be such a lion before you got into all this crying on my lap
C Em F G
Back when you thought I never get this far
F C G
But did you think really I'd shut an open door
F C G
But futures calling and Imma answer her
Am C
The wheels in motion but I never drink your potion
G F Em
And I know it breaks your heart
F G
Open up your parachute something got to stop the free fall
[Chorus]
C G F C
Ive been down the very road youre walking now
C Em F
It doesnt have to be so dark and lonesome
C G F Em G F C
Takes a while till we can figure this thing out and turn it back around
End on G
[Intro]
C G F
C Em F G
[Verse 1]
C Am Em
Dyed in the wool, you've been cornered by a natural desire
F C
You wanna hop along the with the giddy throng through life
C Em F G
But how will you learn to steer when you're grinding all your gears?
C Am Em F
Youve been talking for hours you say time will wash every tower to the sea
C Em F G
And now you got this worry in your heart
F C G
When I guess its only life its only natural
F C G
We all spent a little while going down the rabbit hole
Am C
The things they taught you lining up to haunt you
G F Em
They got your back against the wall
F G
I called on you on the telephone wont you pick up the receiver
[Chorus]
C G F C
Ive been down the very road youre walking now
C Em F
It doesnt have to be so dark and lonesome
C G F Em G
Takes a while till we can figure this thing out and turn it back around
[Instrumental]
C Am Em G
[Verse 2]
C Am Em F
You use to be such a lion before you got into all this crying on my lap
C Em F G
Back when you thought I never get this far
F C G
But did you think really I'd shut an open door
F C G
But futures calling and Imma answer her
Am C
The wheels in motion but I never drink your potion
G F Em
And I know it breaks your heart
F G
Open up your parachute something got to stop the free fall
[Chorus]
C G F C
Ive been down the very road youre walking now
C Em F
It doesnt have to be so dark and lonesome
C G F Em G F C
Takes a while till we can figure this thing out and turn it back around
End on G
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