40 Mark Strasse chords by The Shins

Chords with lyrics

As with the a lot of Port of Morrow, I've worked this out in about 20 minutes just
playing and listening to the song. The rhythm is easy enough, and I've tried to line up the
chords as best I can with (what I believe to be) the lyrics. As always, works best
listening to the song! These should all be played in barre chord form. The F# minorF#m should definitely
be played up at the 9th fret, sounds much better that way! I wasn't really sure about
the instrumental break, with the sounds and bass over it, but I think it's Bm, D, E, D.
Hope it all makes sense and helps you play - or at least attain a closer version
of - this song! :D


Intro
C# minorC#m x 4

C# minorC#m
Is it all so very simple
   E MajorE
And horribly complex
 E MajorE
You're suffering the thimble
       D MajorD
And there's nothing coming next

   C# minorC#m
Your mom smokes in the kitchen
   A augmentedA
Her voice a cutting drone
E MajorE
They're creeping out, you pass the bar
    D MajorD
Your father's second home
       E MajorE
That leaves you on your own

C# minorC#m
At nights I'd often watch you
E MajorE
Float across the ground
E MajorE
Out the gate to the motorway
   D MajorD
What secrets have you found?

C# minorC#m
You had to know I wanted
A augmentedA
Something from you then
E MajorE
Too young to know just what it was
      D MajorD
Something more than a friend
     E MajorE
Is that you at the end

      E MajorE)
Well, you play   in the street at night
E MajorE)
You blow like a broken kite
E MajorE)
My girl, you're giving up the fight
   G+G
Are you gonna let these Americans
       E MajorE
Put another dent in your life?

C# minorC#m x2


   C# minorC#m
My mother says your dirty
     E MajorE
They're gonna find you dead
E MajorE
But have you got that final chapter
D MajorD
Written in your head

    C# minorC#m
Cause every single story
   A augmentedA
Is a story about love
E MajorE
Both the overflowing cup
      D MajorD
And the painful lack thereof
       E MajorE
You got the heart of a dove


      E MajorE)
But, you play   in the street at night
E MajorE)
You blow like a broken kite
E MajorE)
My girl, you're giving up the fight
E MajorE)
You have to lose all them childish notions
   G+G
If you're gonna let these American boys
       E MajorE
Put another dent in your life

Instrumental break
D MajorD x4


      E MajorE)
     you play   in the street at night
E MajorE)
You blow like a broken kite
E MajorE)
My girl, you're giving up the fight
E MajorE)
You have to lose all them childish notions
   G+G
Or you're gonna let these Americans
       E MajorE
Put another dent in your life