• Song:

    The Rifles Spiral

  • Artist:

    Shins

I think the intro sounds best all on barre chords, ie start on the 2nd fret for the F#m
and end up at the 12th fret for the E. As for the rest of the song, sounds best when
using the 5th root B chord on the second fret, and the corresponding F#m on the second 
fret. I tend to use open D and E chords, has a nice sound. I actually worked this out 
from a
live performance from 2009, when it was known as "Fool of a Martyr". But back then it 
was in a different key, if you're trying to play that version, try putting it up 3 
semitones, and the groundwork is mostly there!

Intro
F#m Abm A B C#m D E

B (x2444x@1)                    F#mDead (244222@1)lungs command it.
B (x2444x@1)                          F#mYou (244222@1)pour your life down the rifle's spiral
     B (x2444x@1)                     F#mAnd (244222@1)show us you've earned it
      B (x2444x@1)               F#mThe (244222@1)cleric's fog will recede right before your eyes

E (022100@1)               F#mSo (244222@1)long to this wretched form
E (022100@1)        F#mThem (244222@1)grey eyes on the subway.
E (022100@1)   F#mLong (244222@1)before you were born
           D (xx0232@1)                    EYou (022100@1)were always to be a dagger floating straight to their heart.

B (x2444x@1)                      F#m"Listen (244222@1)now we won't tell anyone
B (x2444x@1)               F#mBut (244222@1)you gonna tell the world
B (x2444x@1)                       F#mThis (244222@1)whole life ain't been any fun.
B (x2444x@1)              F#mNow (244222@1)your viscera unfurls,

E (022100@1)                  F#mas (244222@1)you rise. Rise from your burning fiat and
E (022100@1)             F#mgo. (244222@1)Go get my suitcase, would you?
E (022100@1)                F#m (244222@1)                       DYou've (xx0232@1)thoroughly blown their minds and now I must
                         EHave (022100@1)passage home. Your life. Just two veins from your heart."

B F#m x 3
D (xx0232@1)name="chord_022100@1">E

F#m (244222@1)            AbmYou're (133111@4)not invisible now.
A (x02220@1)              BYou (x2444x@1)just don't exist.
C#m (x13321@4)            DYour (xx0232@1)mother must be so proud.
EYou (022100@1)sublimate yourself granting us a wish

B F#m x 2

B (x2444x@1)          F#mA (244222@1)primitive mural on the wall
B (x2444x@1)            F#mto (244222@1)fortify your grim resolve.
B (x2444x@1)                F#mAmid (244222@1)the glitz of a shopping mall
B (x2444x@1)               F#mAnother (244222@1)grain of indigent salt for the

E (022100@1)                    F#msea. (244222@1)Good night to these wretched forms.
E (022100@1)           F#mAll (244222@1)them grey eyes on the subway.
E (022100@1)       F#m (244222@1)                        DSo (xx0232@1)long before you were born you were always
                  Eto (022100@1)be a dagger floating straight to their heart.

B
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