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September - Shins
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Tabbed by: Robert McMillan
Email: mcmillan_ra (at) hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
Riff 1
e|------------------|
B|-2--2-----0-------|
G|-2-----2-----2----|
D|-2--------------4-|
A|-0----------------|
E|------------------|
Riff 2
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|--0--2--4------|
E|---------------|
Verse
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A (x02220@1) C (x32010@1) AInto (x02220@1)this strange elastic world
C (x32010@1) APont (x02220@1)us kindly gave up a pearl
D (xx0232@1) GHis (320003@1)eternal stone and mud
D (xx0232@1) D7 (xx0212@1)ABut (x02220@1)ain't she lovely bone and blood
C (x32010@1) ABorn (x02220@1)of the sea
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) AA (x02220@1)thousand miles away from me
DA (xx0232@1)court of angels
GWards (320003@1)of the sun
A future forming
D (xx0232@1) D7 (xx0212@1) AA (x02220@1)curse undone
Chorus
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Riff 1
F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) F#m (244222@1) AUnder (x02220@1)our softly burning lamp she takes her time
Riff 1
F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) ETelling (022100@1)stories of our possible lives
G (320003@1) E (022100@1) AAnd (x02220@1)love is the ink in the well when her body writes
Riff 2
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DI've (xx0232@1)been selfish and full of pride
A (x02220@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)she knows deep down there's a little child
A (x02220@1) F#mBut (244222@1)I've got a good side to me as well
E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
And it's that she loves in spite of everything else
Break
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A C A Em G
Verse
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A (x02220@1) C (x32010@1) AA (x02220@1)song in the tree has distracted her mind
C (x32010@1) ASome (x02220@1)other curious form of life
D (xx0232@1) GHas (320003@1)made it's presence to her known
D (xx0232@1) D7 (xx0212@1) AAnd (x02220@1)she coos so gently soft and low
C (x32010@1) AHer (x02220@1)shining face in a million reflections
Em (022000@1) G (320003@1) Ain (x02220@1)tiny raindrops that fall in a veil
D (xx0232@1) GOver (320003@1)our city like notes from above
D (xx0232@1) D7 (xx0212@1) AIt (x02220@1)overwhelms me! just aint that tough
Chorus
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Riff 1
F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) F#mIt's (244222@1)not that the darkness can't touch our lives
AI (x02220@1)know it will, in time
Riff 1
F#m (244222@1) A (x02220@1) EBut (022100@1)she's no ordinary valentine
GAnd (320003@1)now when the sun goes down
E (022100@1) Ashe (x02220@1)sheds a darling light.
Riff 2
D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) DI've (xx0232@1)been selfish and full of pride
A (x02220@1) DAnd (xx0232@1)she knows deep down there's a little child
A (x02220@1) F#mBut (244222@1)I've got a good side to me as well
E (022100@1) D (xx0232@1) Dsus4 (xx0233@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D
And it's that she loves in spite of everything else
Outro
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A (x02220@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
Notes: Watching James Mercer play it live on youtube. He does little embellishments
which add a fair bit to the song a little. But they aren't really necessary if you just want
to bash it out.
For example on the A chords he will generally play:
A A/G A
likewise on the C:
C C/G C
A good example of this is on here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mveay4Ff1BU
Corrections welcome.
