Artist: The Decemberists
Album: 5 Songs EP
Song: Shiny
Tab by Andy Bouwman (with help from Evil Adam) from http://www.decemberists.com/orate/
Capo 2
C9: 032030
Cmaj7: 032000
Em: 022000
B: 024400
(intro):
C9 Cmaj7 C9 Cmaj7 B Em B Em
Intro/Verse:
C9 Cmaj7 C9 Cmaj7
E|-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
B|-3---3---(3)-3-3-0-|--0-0---0-0-0-0-|3---3---(3)-3-3-0-|--0-0---0-0-0-0-|
G|-0---0---(0)-0-0-0-|--0-0---0-0-0-0-|0---0---(0)-0-0-0-|--0-0---0-0-0-0-|
D|-2---2---(2)-2-2-2-|----2---2---2-2-|2---2---(2)-2-2-2-|----2---2---2-2-|
A|-3---3-------3---3-|----3---3-----3-|3---3-------3---3-|----3---3-----3-|
E|-------------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
B Em B Em
E|-----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|-0---0---0-0-0-0-|--0-0---0-0-0-0-|0---0---0-0-0-0-|--0-0---0-0-0-0-|
G|-4---4---4-4-4-0-|--0-0---0-0-0-0-|4---4---4-4-4-0-|--0-0---0-0-0-0-|
D|-4---4---4-4-4-2-|--2-2---2-2-2-2-|4---4---4-4-4-2-|--2-2---2-2-2-2-|
A|-2---2---2-2-2-2-|--2-2---2-2-2-2-|2---2---2-2-2-2-|--2-2---2-2-2-2-|
E|-0---0---0---0-0-|--0-0---0-0-0-0-|0---0---0---0-0-|--0-0---0-0-0-0-|
C9 Cmaj7 C9 Cmaj7 B Em B Em
By the bumper cars, in the pretty twining light,
C9 Cmaj7 C9 Cmaj7 B Em G
I may have gone too far, I may have gone too much, too long, I'm a dull and
C9 Cmaj7
witless boy
C9 Cmaj7 B Em B Em
C9 Cmaj7 C9 Cmaj7 B Em B Em
In the after bars, think I was sullied by a dream
C9 Cmaj7 C9 Cmaj7 B Em G C9 Cmaj7
In the killing jar, you and me at war at arms, all falling in embrace
C9 Cmaj7 Em2 Em
Tell me why you lied....
E|-----------------|----------------|----2-----2-x-2-|----2-----2-2-2-|
B|-----0-0-----0-0-|----0-0-----0-0-|----0-----0-x-0-|----0-----0-0-0-|
G|-----0-0-----0-0-|----0-0-----0-0-|2---2-----2-x-2-|----2-----2-2-2-|
D|-----2-2-2---2-2-|----0-0-2---2-2-|1---1---1-1-x-1-|----1-----1-1-1-|
A|-2---2-2-0---0-0-|2---2-2-0---0-0-|2---2---2-2-x-2-|----2-----2-2-2-|
E|-0---0-0-2-------|3---3-3---------|----------------|----------------|
E|-----0-----0-0-2-|----2-----2-2-2-|
B|-----0-----0-0-3-|----3-----3-3-3-|
G|-----0-----0-0-2-|----2-----2-2-2-|
D|-2---2-----2-2-0-|----0-----0-0-0-|
A|-2---2-----2-2---|----------------|
E|-0---0-----0-0---|----------------|
Em D G Am B Am G C D C Em
Tell me why you lied, and what it is you do to keep your eyes all shiny
A tawny gypsy girl, sleeping blanketed by stars
Beneath the tilt-a-whirl, where we were coyly caught alone
All fumbling with your blouse
C9 Cmaj7 C9 Cmaj7 B Em B Em
Tell me why you lied, and what it is you do to keep your eyes all shiny
D C
And in the rollercoaster din
D C Em
By the parachutes in saddle shoes you break your shin
D C B Em B Em
But I have never seen two eyes so shiny
C9 Cmaj7 C9 Cmaj7 B Em B Em x2
And the sullen beery swine
Try to tangle you in sullen beery balls of twine
Have they ever seen two eyes so shiny
The boys in denim vests, smoking cigarettes between
Their bootblack fingertips, sweetly tipsy by the half-light
The light and the half-light
C9 Cmaj7 C9 Cmaj7 B Em B Em
Tell me why you lied and what it is you do to keep your eyes so shiny
C9 Cmaj7 C9 Cmaj7 B Em B Em
Oh, shiny... (repeat and fade)
End on: Em D G Am B
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