Australia by Shins

Tabbed by Skamando, with the help of previous tabbers: Smobrian and Ryan A. Simon

All previous tabs were either incomplete or incorrect. Here is a revised, complete version.

Tuning: standard

“Time to put the ear covers on. NO!”

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Intro: E

E                     C#m                     F#m   
(Born to) Born to multiply, born to gaze into night skies,
         A             F#m      E
All you want's one more Saturday.
                      C#m
But look here, until then
                       F#m
They're gonna buy your nice time
             A                        F#m 
So keep your wick in the air and your feet in the fetters
B
To the day.
                  E
You come in doing cartwheels
                    B
We all crawl out by ourselves
                      E
And your shape on the dance floor
                           B
Will have me thinking such filth and gouge my eyes.
           C#m         A
You'd be damned to be one of us girl
C#m          A
Faced with a dodo's conundrum
E  F#m                        A
I   felt like I could just fly
     G#m                          B
But nothing happened every time I tried.
         E
Wooh Ooooh

                  C#m
A dual tone on the wall
                                 F#m
The selfless fool who hoped he’d save us all
        A              F#m            E
Never dreamt of such sterile hands
                             C#m
You keep them folded in your lap
                    F#m
And raise them up to   beg for scraps
              A                         F#m   
You know he's holding you down with the tips of his fingers
B
Just the same
                        E
Will you be pulled from the ocean
                  B
But just a minute too late
                E
Or changed by a potion
                         B
And find a handsome young mate for you to love

          C#m                          A
You'll be damned to pining through the window panes, you know
C#m                             A        E   F#m
You'll change your life for any ordinary Joe
                         A
Well do it now or grow old
                G#m                          B
Your nightmares only need a year or two to unfold

E | C#m | F#m | A | G#m | E
E | C#m | F#m | E | B



Solo
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B                                      
Been alone since you were twenty-one,
E                                 
You haven't laughed since January,
B                                            
You try and think of this as so much fun,
E                                   
But we know it to be quite contrary.
B                     
lalalala, la la la la

C#m        A
Dare to be one of us, girl,
C#m        A
Facing the Android's conundrum,
E  F#m                       A
I   feel like I should just cry,
     G#m                          B
But nothing happens every time I take one on the chin,
     G#m                                  B
You're humor in your coat, you don't know how long I've been,
     G#m                 B
Watching the lantern dim,
G#m              B
Starved of oxygen,
   A                            F#m                 E
So give me your hand, and let's jump out the window.

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Repeat until End.


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