The Shins - A Comet Appears

Tabbed by: Sjouke
Capo: None

G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)           DOne (xx0232@1)hand on this wily comet,
G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)           DTake (xx0232@1)a drink just to give me some weight,
G (320003@1)        Dsome (xx0232@1)uber-man I'd make,
    G (320003@1)      AI'm (x02220@1)barely a vapor.

G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)     DThey (xx0232@1)shone a chlorine light on,
G (320003@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A           DA (xx0232@1)host of individual sins.
G (320003@1)   A (x02220@1)      DLet's (xx0232@1)carve my aging face off,
A (x02220@1)        DFetch (xx0232@1)us a knife, 
A (x02220@1)           Dstart (xx0232@1)with my eyes,
A (x02220@1)         Ddown (xx0232@1)so the lines
       G (320003@1)       Aform (x02220@1)a grimacing smile.

G (320003@1)                DClose (xx0232@1)your eyes to corral a virtue,
G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)          DIs (xx0232@1)this fooling anyone else?
 G (320003@1)            D (xx0232@1)Never worked so long and hard
   G (320003@1)               Ato (x02220@1)cement a failure.

G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)         DWe (xx0232@1)can blow on our thumbs and posture,
G (320003@1)     A (x02220@1)            Dbut (xx0232@1)the lonely is such delicate thins,
G (320003@1)             Dthe (xx0232@1)wind from a wasp could blow them,
A (x02220@1)      Dinto (xx0232@1)the sea,
     A (x02220@1)             Dwith (xx0232@1)stones on their feet,
A (x02220@1)         D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)       Alost (x02220@1)to the light and the loving we need,

G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)   GStill (320003@1)to come,
          D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)     Gthe (320003@1)worst part and you know it,
           D (xx0232@1)  Gthere (320003@1)is a numbness
       D (xx0232@1)            Ain (x02220@1)you heart and it's growing.

G (320003@1)                   DWith (xx0232@1)burnt sage and a forest of bygones,
G (320003@1)        AI (x02220@1)click my heels,
        Dget (xx0232@1)the devils in line,
G (320003@1)                      Da (xx0232@1)list of things I could lay the blame on
      G (320003@1)           Amight (x02220@1)give me a way out.

G (320003@1)           Abut (x02220@1)with each turn 
          Dit's (xx0232@1)this front and center,
G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)        DLike (xx0232@1)a dart stuck square in you eye,
G (320003@1)                Devery (xx0232@1)post you can hitch your faith on,
     A (x02220@1)        Dis (xx0232@1)a pie in the sky
A (x02220@1)           Dchock (xx0232@1)full of lies,
  A (x02220@1)     Da (xx0232@1)tool we devise
        G (320003@1)            Ato (x02220@1)make sinking stones fly,

G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)   GStill (320003@1)to come,
          D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)     Gthe (320003@1)worst part and you know it,
           D (xx0232@1)  Gthere (320003@1)is a numbness
       D (xx0232@1)            Ain (x02220@1)you heart and it's growing.