{"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":947277,"song":"Australia","artist":"The Shins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11615863-australia-chords-by-the-shins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/947277?type=chord","rating":4.7706,"votes":394,"content":"This is the opening riff is like this, the other part is done with la's, but if \r\nyou want to play it too, just play 9 on the G, 11 then 9 on the D string.\r\n\r\nThe intro is just an E chord. It sounds better with a 5th root barre chord, how \r\nJames Mercer plays it. When James does the intro acoustically, he sometimes \r\nremoves all but the barred root while playing, gives a nice sound when played this way.\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\nN.C.\r\n\"Time to put the ear covers on!\"\r\nN.C.\r\n\"No!\"\r\n\r\n[tab]e|---------------------------------------------|\r\nB|---------------------------------------------|\r\nG|---------------------------------------------|\r\nD|------------------------9-----11-------------|\r\nA|-----7-----9-----11--------------------------|\r\nE|---------------------------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]           [ch]C#m[/ch]                     [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBorn to multiply or born to gaze into night skies,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n all you want's one more Saturday.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                      [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nBut look here, until then[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nThey're gonna buy your life's time[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]   [ch]G#m[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]G#m[/ch]       [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n So keep your wick in the air and your feet in the fetters[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nTil the day, we come in doing cartwheels[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]B[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nWe all crawl out by ourselves, and your shape on the dance floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWill have me thinking such filth I'll gouge my eyes.[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C#m[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou'll be damned to be one of us girl[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C#m[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nFaced with the dodo's conundrum[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]     [ch]F#m[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]\r\n      I felt like I could just fly[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G#m[/ch]                          [ch]B[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nBut nothing happened every time I tried.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                [ch]C#m[/ch]                                 [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nDuotone on the wall, the selfless fool who hoped he'd saved us all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]G#m[/ch]    [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\n   never dreamt of such sterile hands[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                            [ch]C#m[/ch]                      [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nYou keep them folded in your lap, or raise them up to beg for scraps[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]G#m[/ch]           [ch]F#m[/ch]    [ch]B[/ch]\r\nYou know he's holding you down with the tips of his fingers, just the same[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]E[/ch]                             [ch]B[/ch]\r\nWill you be pulled from the ocean? But just a minute too late?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]E[/ch]                                [ch]B[/ch]\r\nOr changed by a potion, and find a handsome young mate for you to love[/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]C#m[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nyou'll be damned to pining through the window panes, you know[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nyou'll trade your life for any ordinary joe's,    well do it now or grow old[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G#m[/ch]                         [ch]B[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G#m[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nCos your nightmares only need a year or two to unfold[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]E[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]  [ch]G#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBeen alone since you were 21, you haven't laughed since January[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]                                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nYou try and make like this is so much fun, but we know it to be be quite contrary[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]\r\nLa la la la la la[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]C#m[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDare to be one of us, girl, facing the android's conundrum[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]   [ch]F#m[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   I     felt like I should just cry[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut nothing happens every time I take one on the chin[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G#m[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYeah Himmler in your coat you don't know how long I've been[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G#m[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]G#m[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWatching the lantern dim, starved of oxygen, oh[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F#m[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]B[/ch]\r\nso give me your hand and lets jump out the window[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n(until end)[/tab]","plain_text":"This is the opening riff is like this, the other part is done with la's, but if \nyou want to play it too, just play 9 on the G, 11 then 9 on the D string.\n\nThe intro is just an E chord. It sounds better with a 5th root barre chord, how \nJames Mercer plays it. When James does the intro acoustically, he sometimes \nremoves all but the barred root while playing, gives a nice sound when played this way.\n\n\n[Intro]\nN.C.\n\"Time to put the ear covers on!\"\nN.C.\n\"No!\"\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nE  C#m  F#m  G#m  A  G#m  F#m  x2\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["G","D","E","C","B","A","C#m","F#m","G#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]}}}