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40 Mark Strasse by Shins
40 Mark Strasse
These should all be played in barre chord form. The F#m should definitely
be played up at the 9th fret, sounds much better that way! I wasn't really sure about
the instrumental break, with the sounds and bass over it.
Hope it all makes sense and helps you play - or at least attain a closer version
of - this song! :D
UPDATE: Watching it live, there are a few changes. A Bm in the chorus, and it
appears that James Mercer only plays Bm and E throughout the break.
Intro
A C#m x 4
A C#m
Is it all so very simple
D E
And horribly complex?
Bm E
You suffer in a thimble
A D
And there's nothing coming next
A C#m
Your mom smokes in the kitchen
D A
Her voice a cutting drone
Bm E
So creeping out, you pass the bar
A D
Your father's second home
A D - E
That leaves you on your own
A C#m
Nights I'd often watch you
D E
Float across the grounds
Bm E
Out the gate to the motorway
A D
What secrets have you found?
A C#m
You had to know I wanted
D A
Something from you then
Bm E
Too young to know just what it was
A D
Something more than a friend
A D - E
Is that you at the end
F#m - E Bm D (D - E)
Where you play in the street at night
F#m - E Bm D (D - E)
Blown like a broken kite
F#m - E Bm D (D - E)
My girl, you're giving up the fight
A C#m G
Are you gonna let these Americans
E
Put another dent in your life?
A C#m x2
A C#m
My mother says your dirty
D E
They're gonna find you dead
Bm E
But have you got that final chapter
A D
Written in your head?
A C#m
Cause every single story
D A
Is a story about love
Bm E
Both the over flowing cup
A D
And the painful lack thereof
A D - E
You got the heart of a dove
F#m - E Bm D (D - E)
But, you play in the street at night
F#m - E Bm D (D - E)
Blown like a broken kite
F#m - E Bm D (D - E)
My girl, you're giving up the fight
F#m E Bm D (D - E)
You'll have to lose all them childish notions
A C#m G
If you're gonna let these American boys
E
Put another dent in your life
Instrumental break
Bm E x4
F#m - E Bm D (D - E)
you play in the street at night
F#m - E Bm D (D - E)
Blown like a broken kite
F#m - E Bm D (D - E)
My girl, you're giving up the fight
F#m E Bm D (D - E)
You'll have to lose all them childish notions
A C#m G
Or you're gonna let these Americans
E
Put another dent in your life
A C#m x 7
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