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September - Shins
Tuning: Standard
Riff 1
e|------------------|
B|-2--2-----0-------|
G|-2-----2-----1----|
D|-2--------------4-|
A|-0----------------|
E|------------------|
Riff 2
e|---------------|
B|---------------|
G|---------------|
D|---------------|
A|--0--2--4------|
E|---------------|
[Verse]
AInto this Cstrange elastic Aworld
Pont us kiCndly gave up a pAearl
His etDernal stone and Gmud
But ain't she lovely Dbone D7and Ablood
Born of the CseaA  
A thousand Emmiles Gaway from Ame
A court of Dangels
Wards of the Gsun
A future forming
A Dcurse D7undonAe
[Chorus]
  Riff 1
F#mUnder our sAoftly burning F#mlamp she takes her Atime
  Riff 1
F#mTelling sAtories of our Epossible lives
And Glove is the ink in the well when her Ebody Awrites
  Riff 2
DI've been sAelfish and full of pDride
And she knows Adeep down there's a little Dchild
But I've got a Agood side to me as F#mwell
And it's that she Eloves in spite of Deverything elseDsus4  D  
[Break]
A C A Em G
[Verse]
AA song in the Ctree has distracted her Amind
Some other cuCrious form of lifeA  
Has made it's Dpresence to her Gknown
And she coos so gently Dsoft D7and lAow
Her shining Cface in a million reAflections
in tiny Emraindrops that Gfall in a Aveil
Over our cDity like notes from aGbove
It overwhelms me! just Daint D7that tAough
[Chorus]
  Riff 1
F#mIt's not that the dAarkness can't touch our F#mlives
I know it will, in Atime
  Riff 1
F#mBut she's no Aordinary Evalentine
And nGow when the sun goes down
she sheds a Edarling Alight.
  Riff 2
DI've been sAelfish and full of pDride
And she knows Adeep down there's a little Dchild
But I've got a Agood side to me as F#mwell
And it's that she Eloves in spite of Deverything elseDsus4  D  
[Outro]
A C A G D A
For example on the A chords he will generally play:
A A/E A
C C/G C
A good example of this is on here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mveay4Ff1BU

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September

by The Shins

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Dsus4

A/E

C/G

September - Shins

Tuning: Standard

Riff 1

e|------------------|

B|-2--2-----0-------|

G|-2-----2-----1----|

D|-2--------------4-|

A|-0----------------|

E|------------------|

Riff 2

e|---------------|

B|---------------|

G|---------------|

D|---------------|

A|--0--2--4------|

E|---------------|

[Verse]

A C A

Into this strange elastic world

C A

Pont us kindly gave up a pearl

D G

His eternal stone and mud

D D7 A

But ain't she lovely bone and blood

C A

Born of the sea

Em G A

A thousand miles away from me

A court of angels

Wards of the sun

A future forming

D D7 A

A curse undone

[Chorus]

Riff 1

F#m A F#m A

Under our softly burning lamp she takes her time

Riff 1

F#m A E

Telling stories of our possible lives

G E A

And love is the ink in the well when her body writes

Riff 2

D A D

I've been selfish and full of pride

A D

And she knows deep down there's a little child

A F#m

But I've got a good side to me as well

E D Dsus4 D

And it's that she loves in spite of everything else

[Break]

A C A Em G

[Verse]

A C A

A song in the tree has distracted her mind

C A

Some other curious form of life

D G

Has made it's presence to her known

D D7 A

And she coos so gently soft and low

C A

Her shining face in a million reflections

Em G A

in tiny raindrops that fall in a veil

D G

Over our city like notes from above

D D7 A

It overwhelms me! just aint that tough

[Chorus]

Riff 1

F#m A F#m

It's not that the darkness can't touch our lives

I know it will, in time

Riff 1

F#m A E

But she's no ordinary valentine

And now when the sun goes down

E A

she sheds a darling light.

Riff 2

D A D

I've been selfish and full of pride

A D

And she knows deep down there's a little child

A F#m

But I've got a good side to me as well

E D Dsus4 D

And it's that she loves in spite of everything else

[Outro]

A C A G D A

For example on the A chords he will generally play:

A A/E A

C C/G C

A good example of this is on here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mveay4Ff1BU

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