Know Your Onion! chords by The Shins

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Shut out,
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pimpled and angry
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I quietly tied all my guts into knots
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Gave up on trying to make them
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I figured it'd take them too long to
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Bm 
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look up and besides
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It was undeniably clear to me
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I don't know why
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When every other part of life
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seemed locked behind shutters
A 
I knew what worthless dregs

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Verse 2

we've always been

Lucked out, found my favorite records

Lying in wait at the Birming

ham mall

The songs that I heard

The oc casional book

Were the only fun I ever took

And I got on with making myself

Verse 3
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F# 
Yeah,
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Bb 
the trick is just making yourself
But when they're parking their cars
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on your chest
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You've still got a view of the summer sky
To make it hurt twice when
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your restless body
Bb 
Caves to its whims
And suddenly struggles
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to take flight

Interlude 1

Verse 4
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Three thousand miles north east
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I left all my friends at the morning bus
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stop shaking their heads
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"What kind of life you dream of?
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You're allergic to love"
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Yes, I  know but I  must
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say in my own defense
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Bm 
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F# 
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It's been undeniably dear to me,
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I don't know why
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When every other part of life
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G 
seemed locked behind shutters
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I knew the worthless dregs we are
The selfless, loving saints we are
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The melting, sliding dice we've always been