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New Slang - The Shins
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Intro and outro bits

2x - Am, Em

Am, C, F, C, G, C, Am, G

Last time end on C


Verse


Am                C              F         C          G
gold teeth and a curse for this town were all in my mouth. 

      C             F           Am    G
only, i don't know how they got out, dear. 

Am            C        F          C          G
turn me back into the pet that i was when we met. 

       C       F            Am   G        G          G
i was happier then with no mind-set. 



G                       C
and if you'd 'a took to me like 

  F      C          G
a gull takes to the wind. 

G                        C
well, i'd 'a jumped from my tree 

    F      C               F           C
and i'd a danced like the king of the eyesores 

        F            C              G
and the rest of our lives would 'a fared well. 




Am                 C           F            C            G
new slang when you notice the stripes, the dirt in your fries. 

          C              F            Am  G
hope it's right when you die, old and bony. 

Am                 C                F      C                 G            
dawn breaks like a bull through the hall, never should have called 

        C            F            Am   G      G        G
but my head's to the wall and i'm lonely. 


G                       C
and if you'd 'a took to me like 

  F      C          G
a gull takes to the wind. 

G                        C
well, i'd 'a jumped from my tree 

    F      C               F           C
and i'd a danced like the king of the eyesores 

        F            C              G
and the rest of our lives would 'a fared well. 



1st solo section

G  C  F  C  F  C  G  C

G  C  F     F  C  F  C  G  C  Am  G  C


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Am                 C        F              C            G
god speed all the bakers at dawn may they all cut their thumbs, 

           C         F                Am   G    G      G
and bleed into their buns 'till they melt away. 

G                       C                 F         C       G
i'm looking in on the good life i might be doomed never to find. 

G                      C              F      C       G
without a trust or flaming fields am i too dumb to refine? 

G                        C
and if you'd 'a took to me like 

      F     C               F             C
well i'd a danced like the queen of the eyesores 

         F            C              G
and the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.

2nd solo section
G  C  F  C  F  C  G  C

G  C  F     F  C  F  C  G  C  Am  G  C

        G   C   F       C       F C G  C
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Am, C, F, C, G, C, Am, G

Last time end on C