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Eating Styes From Elephants Eyes by The Shins
Eating Styes From Elephants Eyes
I worked this out by listening to the song from Nature Bears a Vacuum, and listening to
an old concert by The Shins circa 2002. The lyrics are just taken from the internet with
a couple of my own ideas thrown in. This song should be played with barre chords, using
7th fret B as a starting point. The "Where I'm meant to be" section and the following E
F# run up should be played with open chords, certainly sounds like that's how it's done!
B Bb E
They want trash, they want you batting a lash
B Ebm E
I'll eat styes from elephants' eyes
B Bb E
They're in touch with their inner crutch
B Ebm
They wont stab but they'll grab
E F#
And that's just like the other
B Bb E
We get news and we drown it in booze
B Ebm E
We take lives from elephants' eyes
B Bb E
They're in bed with the crowd eating lead
B Ebm
It wont stop if you shop
E F#
With the lovers of bloodshed
E B
I went to school, and saw slides
A E - B
Of where I'm meant to be
E - B
Where I'm meant to be
E - G#
Were I'm meant to be
E F#
B Bb E
We need time like a kid eating limes
B Ebm E
We're in town when bees are let out
B Bb E
We get laughs through an osmotic patch
B Ebm
We're attached to the past
E F#
'Cause our future's a bleak one
E B
I went to school and saw slides
A E - B
Of where I'm meant to be
E - B
I'm meant to be
(Repeat the I'm meant to be line)
then end with
E G#
E F# x 3
End on B
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version 2
Riff 1
e|---6----|
b|----6---|
g|-----7--|
d|--------|
a|--------|
E|-6------|
B
They want trash
Bb G
They want you batting a lash
B Bb (Riff 1.....)
They eat styes from elephants' eyes
B
They're in touch
Bb G
With there inner crutch
B Eb
They wont stab but they'll grab
E F#
And that's just like the other
B
We got news
Bb G
And we drown it in booze
B Bb (Riff 1.....)
We take lives from elephants' eyes
B
They're in bed
Bb G
With their kids eating lead
B Eb
It wont stop if you shop
E F#
With the lovers of bloodshed
E B A
I went to school, and saw slides
E E
Of where I'm meant to be
A E
Meant to be...
A E
Meant to be...
A E F#
Meant to be...
B
We read time
Bb G
Like a kid eating limes
B Bb (Riff 1......)
We're in town we bees are let out
B
We get laughs
Bb G
From an orgasmic plant
B Eb
We're attached to the past
E F#
Cause our future's a bleak one
E B A
I went to school, and saw slides
E E
Of where I'm meant to be
A E
Meant to be...
A E
Meant to be...
A E F#
Meant to be...
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