The Shins - Simple Song (Acoustic)

This is from James Mercer's live versions of this great new song.

Intro D A 
D (xx0232@1)                                A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D                           A (x02220@1)  Well this is just a simple song     to say what you done
D (xx0232@1)                              A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D                                 
I told you about all those fears   and away they did run. You sure must
      G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G A (x02220@1)G (320003@1)             A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)                  A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
be strong...       and you feel like an ocean being warmed by the sun

D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)           A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D               A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)    AWhen (x02220@1)I was just nine years old     I swear that I dreamt
 D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D               A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)         
   Your face on a football field     and a kiss that I kept
   A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)name="chord_320003@1">G A (x02220@1)G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)    D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A D (xx0232@1)name="chord_x02220@1">A
Under my vest,         apart from everything but the heart in my chest

Chorus: 
Bm (x24432@1)    A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)               A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)  
    I know that things can really get rough when you go it alone
Bm (x24432@1)    A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)           A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)  
    Don't go thinking you got to be tough, and play like a stone
Bm (x24432@1)     A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)                  A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)     
    Could be there's nothing else in our lives so critical      As this little home!

D (xx0232@1)      A (x02220@1)       D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D             A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)My life in an upturned boat,      marooned on a cliff
D (xx0232@1)             A (x02220@1)   D (xx0232@1)                 A (x02220@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D               A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)   You brought me a great big flood      and you gave me a lift
        A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1)    A (x02220@1)G (320003@1)               A (x02220@1)       G (320003@1)                     
Girl, what a gift         And you tell me with your tongue and your
             A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1)                  A (x02220@1)          (Bm) 
 breath goes in my lungs and we float above the rift
 
Chorus, then break:  Em  Bm  Em  Bm(add G)  Em  Bm  G  
 
Repeat first verse  Well this is just a...

Bm (x24432@1)    A (x02220@1)      D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1)    G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)  
    Remember walking the mile to your house aglow in the dark
Bm (x24432@1)    A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)              A (x02220@1)   G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)  
    I made a fumbling play for your heart and the axe struck a spark
Bm (x24432@1)    A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)                   A (x02220@1)  G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1) G (320003@1)  A (x02220@1)        
   You wore a charm on the chain that I stole especial for you
Bm (x24432@1)       A (x02220@1)     D (xx0232@1)                A (x02220@1)G (320003@1)              A (x02220@1)     G (320003@1) A (x02220@1)  
   Loves such a delicate thing that we do , with nothing to prove

G (320003@1)          A (x02220@1) G (320003@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1)    
  Which I never knew!