• Song:

    New Slang

  • Artist:

    Shins

  • Album:

    2001-11-15: Rudyards, H...

Am (x02210@1)             C (x32010@1)                       FGold (133211@1)teeth and a curse for this town 
C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)                              
Were all in my mouth
     C (x32010@1)                   F (133211@1)                 Am (x02210@1) GOnly (320003@1)I don't know how they got out, dear
Am (x02210@1)                C (x32010@1)       FTurn (133211@1)me back into the pet 
C (x32010@1)                  GI (320003@1)was when we met
C (x32010@1)                 F (133211@1)                   Am (x02210@1) GI (320003@1)was happier then with no mind set

Chorus:
G (320003@1)                    CAnd (x32010@1)if you'd a took to me like
  F (133211@1)    C (x32010@1)                 GA (320003@1)gull takes to the wind
                             CWell, (x32010@1)I'd a jumped from my tree
    F (133211@1)                   C (x32010@1)        F (133211@1)               CAnd (x32010@1)I'd a danced like the king of the eyesores
F (133211@1)                          C (x32010@1)                GAnd (320003@1)the rest of our lives would'a fared well

Verse 2:
Am (x02210@1)               C (x32010@1)                      FNew (133211@1)slang when you notice the stripes
C (x32010@1)                     GThe (320003@1)dirt in your fries
     C (x32010@1)                             FHope (133211@1)it's right when you die
Am (x02210@1)    GOld (320003@1)and bony
Am (x02210@1)               C (x32010@1)                             FDawn (133211@1)breaks like a bull through the hall
          C (x32010@1)          GNever (320003@1)should'a called
    C (x32010@1)                       FBut (133211@1)my heads to the wall
        Am (x02210@1)GAnd (320003@1)I'm lonely

Chorus

Verse 3:
Am (x02210@1)              C (x32010@1)                   FGod (133211@1)speed all the baker's at dawn
                   C (x32010@1)          GMay (320003@1)they all cut their thumbs
    C (x32010@1)                       FAnd (133211@1)bleed into their buns 
           Am (x02210@1) G'Till (320003@1)they melt away

Chorus 2:
G (320003@1)                   C (x32010@1)  
I'm looking in on the good life
           F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)            GI (320003@1)might be doomed never to find
                           CWithout (x32010@1)a trust or flaming fields 
         F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)        GAm (320003@1)I too dumb to refine?
                                  CAnd (x32010@1)if you'd a took to me like 
     F (133211@1)                   C (x32010@1)      F (133211@1)                  CWell (x32010@1)I'd a danced like the queen of the eyesores 
F (133211@1)                            C (x32010@1)                GAnd (320003@1)the rest of our lives would'a fared well

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