Australia The Shins
Tabbed by: Ryan A. Simon with credit to Matthew Lundin
Email: simon454@d.umn.edu
Tuning: regular
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Repeat 4x
Intro: E
[E]Born to mult[C#m]iply, born to gaze into [F#m]night skies,
All you w[A]ant's one more[F#m] Saturday[E].
But look here, until t[C#m]hen
They're gonna buy your [F#m]nice time
So keep your [A]wick in the air and your [F#m]feet in the fetters
[B]To the day.
You come in doing [E]cartwheels
We all go ou[B]t by ourselves
And your shape on the [E]dance floor
Will have me thinking such [B]filth and gauge my eyes.
You'd be da[C#m]mned to be o[A]ne of us girl
Faced with[C#m] a dodo's co[A]nundrum
[E]Ah, I [F#m]felt like I could jus[A]t fly
But n[G#m]othing'll happen every time I[B] try.
Woo ooo, Woo ooo
[E]A dual tone under wall[C#m], selfish fool and hoped you'd[F#m] save us all
Never dre[A]amt of such st[F#m]erile hands,[E]
You keep them folded in your [C#m]lap,
And raise them up to [F#m]beg for scraps,
You know, he's [A]holding you down, With the [F#m]tips of his fingers
[B]just the same,
You'll be pulled from the [E]ocean,
But just a minute too [B]late,
Or changed by a [E]potion,
We'll find a handsome young [B]mate, For you to love.
You'll be [C#m]damned to [A]pining through the windowpanes,
You know y[C#m]ou'll change your life for any [A]ordinary Joe,
[E]And th[F#m]ough your night will go [A]on,
Your nightmares [G#m]only need a year or two to u[B]nfold.
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( Tab from: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/shins/australia_tab.html )
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[E]Been in love since you were twenty-one,[B]
[E]You haven't laughed since January,[B]
[E]You try and make this up this is so much fun,[B]
[E]But we know it to be quite contrary.[B]
[E]lalalala, la la la la[B]
[C#m]Dare to be [A]one of us, girl,
[C#m]Facing the [A]Andrum's conundrum,
[E]Ah, I [F#m]feel like I should just [A]cry,
But n[G#m]othing happens every time I [B/A]take one on the chin,
You'r[G#m]e humoring your cote, you don't know [B/A]how long I've been,
Watch[G#m]ing the lantern dim,[B/A]
[G#m]Starved of oxygen[B/A],
So [A]give me your hand, and let's [F#m]jump out the window.[E]
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Repeat Intro 4x
THIS IS MY FIRST TAB SO SUGGESTIONS AND COMMENTS ARE WELCOME!!
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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