40 Mark Strasse chords by The Shins

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Intro 1

Is it

Verse 1

all so very simple

And horribly complex

You're suffering the thimble

And there's nothing coming next

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Verse 2

Your mom smokes in the kitchen

Her voice a cutting drone

They're creeping out,

you pass the bar

Your father's second home

That leaves you on your own

Verse 3
G 
Bm 
Nights I'd often watch you
C 
D 
Am 
Float across the grounds
D 
Out the gate to the motorway
G 
C 
What secrets have you found?

Verse 4
G 
Bm 
You had to know I wanted
C 
G 
Something from you then
Am 
D 
Too young to know just
what it was
G 
C 
Something more than a friend
G 
C 
D 
Is that you at the end

Verse 5
Em 
D 
Am 
Well, you play in the street
C 
D 
Em 
at night
D 
Am 
C 
D 
Em 
You blow like a broken kite
D 
Am 
C 
My girl, you're giving up  the fight
D 
G 
Bm 
F 
Are you gonna let these Americans
D 
Put another dent in your life?
G 
Bm 
G 
Bm 

Verse 6
G 
Bm 
My mother says you're dirty
C 
D 
They're gonna find you dead
Am 
D 
But have you got that final chapter
G 
C 
Written in your head

Verse 7
G 
Bm 
'Cause every single story
C 
G 
Am 
Is a story about love
D 
Both the overflowing cup
G 
C 
And the painful lack thereof
G 
D 
You got the heart of a dove

Verse 8
Em 
D 
Am 
But you play in the street
C 
D 
Em 
at night
D 
Am 
C 
D 
Em 
You blow just like a broken kite
D 
My girl, you're giving
Am 
C 
D 
up  the fight
Em 
D 
Am 
C 
You'll have to lose all them childish notions
G 
Bm 
If you're gonna let
F 
these American boys
D 
Put another dent in your life

Interlude 1

Verse 9
Em 
D 
Am 
C 
D 
Em 
You play in the street at night
D 
Am 
C 
D 
Em 
You blow just like a broken kite
D 
My girl, you're giving
Am 
C 
D 
up  the fight
Em 
D 
Am 
C 
You'll have to lose all them childish notions
D 
G 
Bm 
F 
Are you gonna let these Americans
D 
Put another dent in your life?