{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":280974,"song":"So Says I","artist":"The Shins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11221093-so-says-i-chords-by-the-shins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/280974?type=chord","rating":4.96654,"votes":100,"content":"'So Says I' from the 2003 album 'Chutes Too Narrow' by The Shins\r\n\r\nThanks to other poster - made a few alterations\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]* (x57755)\r\ne|-5----(5)----------------|\r\nB|-5-----(5)------5-5-5-5--|\r\nG|-7---(7)-(7)---7-5-------|\r\nD|-7-----------------7-----|\r\nA|-5-------------------7---|\r\nE|-------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        An address to the golden door[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        I was strumming on a stone again[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]               \r\n        pulling teeth from the pimps of gore when hatched[/tab]\r\n[tab](run*)\r\nD|-----------------\r\nA|--7--5-----------\r\nE|--------8--7-----\r\n        a tragic opera in my mind...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        and it told of a new design[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch] \r\n        in which every soul is duty bound[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\n        to uphold all the statues of boredom therein lies[/tab]\r\n(run*)                C      \r\n        the fatal flaw of the red age\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]               [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]          \r\nBecause it was nothing like we'd ever dreamt[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]             \r\nour lust for life had gone away with the rent we hated[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]          \r\nand because it made no money nobody saved no one's life this time[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        So we burned all our uniforms [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        and let nature take its course again [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\n        and the big ones just eat all the little ones [/tab]\r\n(run*)\r\n        that send us back to the drawing board.\r\n\r\n[Break]\r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  \r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  \r\n[ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  \r\n[ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nIn our darkest hours [/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nwe have all asked for some  [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                                \r\nangel to come                             [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] \r\nsprinkle his dust all around                                 [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]                             \r\nbut all our crying voices they can't turn it around                [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]Am[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]        \r\nyou've had some crazy conversations of your own.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-----(5)----------------|\r\nB|------(5)------5-5-5-5--|\r\nG|----(7)-(7)---7-5-------|\r\nD|------------------7-----|\r\nA|--------------------7---|\r\nE|------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        We've got rules and maps [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n        and guns in our backs but we still can't just [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]   \r\n        behave ourselves even if to save our own lives so, says I, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n        We are a brutal kiiiiiiiiiiindd.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\n     Cuz this is nothing like we'd ever dreamt[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTell Sir Thomas More we've got another failed attempt[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCuz if it makes them money they might just give you life this time. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWooo-ooo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWooo-ooo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWooo-ooo[/tab]\r\n\r\nEnd on Am","plain_text":"'So Says I' from the 2003 album 'Chutes Too Narrow' by The Shins\n\nThanks to other poster - made a few alterations\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(run*)                C      \n        the fatal flaw of the red age\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n(run*)\n        that send us back to the drawing board.\n\n[Break]\nAm  D  \nAm  D  \nAm  D  \nAm\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nE E E D\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nEnd on Am","chords":["D","B","G","A","E","Am","C","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}