e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------9-----11-----------------------------------------| A|-----7-----9-----11------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| This is the opening riff is like this, the other part is done with la's, but if you want to play it too, just play 9 on the G, 11 then 9 on the D string. The intro is just an E chord. It sounds better with a 5th root barre chord, how James Mercer plays it. When James does the intro acoustically, he sometimes removes all but the barred root while playing, gives a nice sound when played this way.

^EBorn to mult^C#miply or born to gaze int^F#mo night skies, ^F#m all^G#m you ^Awant's one mo^G#mre Sa^F#mturday. ^EBut look here, until th^C#men They're gonna buy your ^F#mlife's time ^F#m So

ke^G#mep your wick in ^Athe air and your f^G#meet in the^F#m fetters

^BTil the day, we come in doing cart^Ewheels We all crawl out by our^Bselves, and your shape on the dan^Ece floor Will have me thinking such fi^Blth I'll gouge my eyes. You'll be d^C#mamned to be ^Aone of us girl F^C#maced with the d^Aodo's conundrum ^E ^F#mI felt like I could just ^Afly But n^G#mothing happened every time I ^Btri^Aed^G#m. ^F#m

^EDuotone on the wa^C#mll, the selfless fool who hoped he'd^F#m saved us all ^F#m ne^G#mver dre^Aamt of such s^G#mterile ^F#mhands ^EYou keep them folded in your ^C#mlap, or raise them up to ^F#mbeg for scraps ^F#mYou ^G#mknow he's ho^Alding you down with the t^G#mips of his fin^F#mgers, j^Bust the same

Will you be pulled from the o^Ecean? But just a minute too la^Bte? Or changed by a po^Etion, and find a handsome young m^Bate for you to love you'll be dam^C#mned to pining through the wi^Andow panes, you know ^C#myou'll trade your life for any ordin^Aary jo^Ee'

s,^F#m well do it now or grow ^Aold

Cos your nightmares o^G#mnly need a year or two to un^Bfo^Ald^G#m ^F#m Solo (Verse chords x2) E, C#m, F#m, G#m, A, G#m, F#m E, C#m, F#m, G#m, A, G#m, F#m

^BBeen alone since you were 21, ^Eyou haven't laughed since January ^BYou try and make like this is so much fun, ^Ebut we know it to be be quite contrary ^BLa la la la la la

^C#mDare to be on^Ae of us, girl, fac^C#ming the andro^Aid's conundrum ^E

I^F#m felt like I should just c^Ary

^G#mBut nothing happens every time I t^Aake one on the chin Yeah Him^G#mmler in your coat you don't know h^Aow long I've been ^G#mWatching the lan^Atern dim, st^G#marved of oxyge^An, oh so g^F#mive me your hand and lets ju^Amp out the wi^Bndow

E until end. I've put in all the bits that were missing from previous versions, for instance, I put in the rundown of the chords at the end of the verses etc. It looks quite confusing, but if you listen to the song, you'll get the timing and it'll sound great! Hope you enjoy! Please rate! Been playing guitar for less than a year and only made a few tabs before. Hope this helps you achieve pure shins goodness!

Shins - Australia