So Says I chords by The Shins (Official Version)

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Dsus2
Am
D
E
C
F
G
Am/B

Intro 1

Dsus2

Verse 1
Am 
D 
Am 
An address to the golden door
D 
Am 
I was strumming on a stone again
D 
Pulling teeth from the pimps of gore
E 
When hatched
Am 
A tragic opera in my mind
D 
Am 
And it told of a new design
D 
Am 
in which every soul is duty bound
D 
E 
To uphold all the statutes of boredom

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Verse 2
Therein lies the fatal flaw of the red
C 
F 
(age) 'Cause it was nothing like
C 
we'd ever dreamt
F 
Our lust for life had gone away
C 
with the rent we hated
D 
'Cause it made no money,
F 
G 
nobody saved no one's life this time
Am 
D 
Am 
So we burned all our uniforms
D 
Am 
And let nature take its course again
D 
E 
And the big ones just eat all the little ones
That sends us back to the

Solo 1

(drawing board)

Am/B

In our

Bridge 1
C 
darkest hours
G 
We have all asked for some
F 
Angel to come
C 
G 
Sprinkle his dust all around
C 
But all our crying voices
G 
they can't turn it around
F 
And you've had some crazy conversations
Am 
D 
Am 
E 
of your own
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Verse 3
Am 
D 
We've got rules and maps
Am 
and guns in our backs
D 
Am 
But we still can't just behave ourselves
D 
E 
Even if to save our own lives
So says I
We are a brutal
Am 
D 
Am 
D 
kind
Am 
D 
E 
E 
Whoa

Verse 4
C 
F 
C 
'Cause this is nothing like we'd ever dreamt
F 
Tell Sir Thomas More
C 
we've got another failed attempt
D 
'Cause if it makes them money
F 
G 
They might just give you life this time
Am 
D 
Am 
D 
Am 
D 
E 
E 
Am 

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Dsus2
Am
D
E
C
F
G
Am/B

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: A minorBPM: 147

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Dsus2: x-x-0-2-3-0
Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
D: x-x-0-2-3-2
E: 0-2-2-1-0-0
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
Am/B: x-0-2-2-1-0

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This is the definitive original version of So Says I by The Shins, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of A minor. It suits players who want to learn So Says I the way The Shins intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.