September
The ShinsVersion1
90
Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
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D|-2--------------4-|
A|-0----------------|
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Into this strange elastic world
Pont us kindly gave up a pearl
His eternal stone and mud
But ain't she lovely bone and blood
Born of the sea
A thousand miles away from me
A court of angels
Wards of the sun
A future forming
A curse undone
Riff 1
Under our softly burning lamp she takes her time
Riff 1
Telling stories of our possible lives
And love is the ink in the well when her body writes
Riff 2
I've been selfish and full of pride
And she knows deep down there's a little child
But I've got a good side to me as well
And it's that she loves in spite of everything else
A song in the tree has distracted her mind
Some other curious form of life
Has made it's presence to her known
And she coos so gently soft and low
Her shining face in a million reflections
in tiny raindrops that fall in a veil
Over our city like notes from above
It overwhelms me! just aint that tough
Riff 1
It's not that the darkness can't touch our lives
I know it will, in time
Riff 1
But she's no ordinary valentine
And now when the sun goes down
she sheds a darling light.
Riff 2
I've been selfish and full of pride
And she knows deep down there's a little child
But I've got a good side to me as well
And it's that she loves in spite of everything else
Notes: Watching James Mercer play it live on youtube. He does little embellishments
which add a fair bit to the song a little. But they aren't really necessary if you just want
to bash it out.
For example on the A chords he will generally play:
likewise on the C:
Corrections welcome.
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Readable chord sheet for September by The Shins
e|------------------| B|-2--2-----0-------| G|-2-----2-----2----| D|-2--------------4-| A|-0----------------| E|------------------| e|---------------| B|---------------| G|---------------| D|---------------| A|--0--2--4------| E|---------------| [A]Into this [C]strange elastic [A]world Pont us ki[C]ndly gave up a p[A]earl His et[D]ernal stone and [G]mud But ain't she lovely [D]bone [D7]and [A]blood Born of the [C]sea [A] A thousand [Em]miles [G]away from [A]me A court of [D]angels Wards of the [G]sun A future forming A [D]curse [D7]undon[A]e Riff 1 [F#m]Under our s[A]oftly burning [F#m]lamp she takes her [A]time Riff 1 [F#m]Telling s[A]tories of our [E]possible lives And [G]love is the ink in the well when her [E]body [A]writes Riff 2 [D]I've been s[A]elfish and full of p[D]ride And she knows [A]deep down there's a little [D]child But I've got a [A]good side to me as [F#m]well And it's that she [E]loves in spite of [D]everything else [Dsus4] [D] [A] [C] [A] [Em] [G] [A]A song in the [C]tree has distracted her [A]mind Some other cu[C]rious form of life [A] Has made it's [D]presence to her [G]known And she coos so gently [D]soft [D7]and l[A]ow Her shining [C]face in a million re[A]flections in tiny [Em]raindrops that [G]fall in a [A]veil Over our c[D]ity like notes from a[G]bove It overwhelms me! just [D]aint [D7]that t[A]ough Riff 1 [F#m]It's not that the d[A]arkness can't touch our [F#m]lives I know it will, in [A]time Riff 1 [F#m]But she's no [A]ordinary [E]valentine And n[G]ow when the sun goes down she sheds a [E]darling [A]light. Riff 2 [D]I've been s[A]elfish and full of p[D]ride And she knows [A]deep down there's a little [D]child But I've got a [A]good side to me as [F#m]well And it's that she [E]loves in spite of [D]everything else [Dsus4] [D] [A] [C] [A] [G] [D] [A] Notes: Watching James Mercer play it live on youtube. He does little embellishments which add a fair bit to the song a little. But they aren't really necessary if you just want to bash it out. For example on the A chords he will generally play: [A] [A/G] [A] likewise on the C: [C] [C/G] [C] Corrections welcome.