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Port Of Morrow by The Shins

Chords with lyrics

I've tried to line up the chords as best as possible, as always, listen to the
song for best comparison. I'm sure this is right, then again, I have just spent an
hour I should've spent in bed working this out. I've actually worked out a lot of
the new album, will likely add them soon. The lyrics are makeshift, based on what
I could decipher, will update when the album comes out :D Enjoy! Sounds best
played on open chords!

Intro
Chord diagramFF Chord diagramG+G Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramFF x3
Chord diagramFF Chord diagramE MajorE
Chord diagramFF Chord diagramG+G
Verse

Chord diagramDmDm       Chord diagramA augmentedA
Through the rain and all the clutter
Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramG+G
Under the Freemont bridge I saw a the pigeon fly
Chord diagramDmDm      Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramA augmentedA
Fly in fear from the raptor come to take its life

Chord diagramDmDm       Chord diagramA augmentedA
And as it dove in for the capture
Chord diagramFF   Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramG+G
Funnelled the fear through my ancient eyes

Chord diagramDmDm       Chord diagramFF
Seeing flight, what I know are
   Chord diagramC majorC          Chord diagramA augmentedA
The bitter mechanics of life
Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramFF
Under my hat it breathes the lines are all imagined
Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramFF
Chord diagramA augmentedA fact of life I know to hide from my little girl
Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE MajorE         Chord diagramFF
I know my place amongst the bugs and all the animals
Chord diagramFF           Chord diagramE MajorE
And this from these ordinary people
      Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G
You were longing to be free

Chord diagramDmDm     Chord diagramA augmentedA
My hotel and on the TV
Chord diagramFF  Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramG+G
Chord diagramA augmentedA picture on the stage like a buzzard cries
Chord diagramDmDm       Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramA augmentedA
Our a warning phony sorrow is trying to get a rise

Chord diagramDmDm   Chord diagramA augmentedA
Cyanide of an almond
Chord diagramFF    Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramG+G
Let him look at your hands, get the angles right
Chord diagramDmDm        Chord diagramFF       Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramA augmentedA
Ace of spades, Port of Morrow, life is death is life.
Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramFF
I saw a photograph of Cologne in ‘27
Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE MajorE    Chord diagramFF
Chord diagramA augmentedA then a postcard after the bombs in ‘45
Chord diagramFF         Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramFF
Must have been a world of evil clowns that let it happen
Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramE MajorE
But now I recognise in these eyes
        Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramG+G
That you were there and so was I

Instrumental break
Chord diagramDmDm Chord diagramFF
Chord diagramDmDm Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramA augmentedA
Chord diagramDmDm Chord diagramFF Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramA augmentedA

(whole break x2)

Chord diagramFF     Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramFF
Under my hat it breathes the lines are all imagined
Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramE MajorE          Chord diagramFF
Chord diagramA augmentedA fact of life I must impress on my little girl
Chord diagramFF      Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramE MajorE         Chord diagramFF
I know my place amongst the creatures in the pageant
Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramE MajorE
And there are flowers in the garbage
     Chord diagramFF        Chord diagramG+G
And a skull under your curls


Instrumental break
Chord diagramDmDm Chord diagramFF
Chord diagramDmDm Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramA augmentedA
Chord diagramDmDm Chord diagramFF Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramA augmentedA

Repeat instrumental break until fade.


Note: I initially had the verse second part of the verse chords as
Chord diagramDmDm        Chord diagramA augmentedA       Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramA augmentedA
Ace of spades, Port of Morrow, life is death is life.
 for example, with another Chord diagramA augmentedA in place of the F. It sounded right to me, but I went

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