• Song:

    No Way Down

  • Artist:

    Shins

  • Album:

    Port of Morrow

Listen to the song for rhythm, should be right. If the verse work sounds off, it's
probably due to the lead guitar, took me a little while to work out exactly what the chords
were. Pretty much just worked this out too over the last half hour, think it's right. 
Hope it helps!

Intro (play twice)
Ab C# x3
F# C#

Ab                      C#
Meet the son of a Government man
Ab               C#
and a pillar of salt
Ab                   C#
I was born with blood on my hands and
      F#                 C#
have all signs of a bleeding heart

Ab                 C#
Living high on a giant hog
Ab            C#
and a mountain so steep
Ab                     C#
keep your head in a hollow log as
      F#             C#
the ruling fog are about to creep

Ebm           Ab
What have we done?
C#               Ab           F#
How'd we get so far from the sun?
Ebm                Bbm
Lost, lost in an oscillating phase
         C#            Ab          F#
where a tiny few catch all of the rays

Ab                  C#
Out beyond the western squalls
Ab            C#
In an alien land
Ab               C#
they work for nothing at all
            F#                     C#
they don't know the mall or the lay-away plan

Ab                  C#
Dig yourself a beautiful grave
Ab              C#
everything you could want
Ab                C#
Maybe those invisible slaves are
     F#                   C#
too far away for the ghost to


Ebm                Ab
haunt, what will we charge
      C#              Ab       F#
for letting go of a claim so large?
Ebm             Bbm
Oh, all of our working days are done
       C#                 Ab          F#
But a tiny few are having all of the fun
      C#          Ab            F#
Get used to their dust in your lungs


Instrumental Break (play twice)
C# F# x 3
Ab

         Ebm     Bbm
Is there no way down
           C#             Ab
from this peak to solid ground
   Ebm              Bbm
without having our gold teeth
                  Ab     F#
pulled from our mouth?

Ab  F# x 2
C# (stop)

Ab    C#
Make me a drink
Ab       C#
strong enough
Ab        C#                  F#
to wash away the dishwater world
        C#
They said was lemonade

Ab    C#
Walk with me
Ab        C#
after the show
Ab      C#          F#
Maybe we can find a way
             C#
through the minefield in the


Ebm              Ab
snow, what will they charge
      C#              Ab       F#
for letting go of a claim so large?
Ebm             Bbm
Oh, all of our working days are done
       C#                 Ab          F#
But a tiny few are having all of the fun
  C#              Ab            F#
Apologies to the sick and the young
      F#          Ab            C#
Get used to their dust in your lungs
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