A Comet Appears chords by The Shins

Tuning: Standard EBGDAE

(((Capo on 2nd fret)))


INTRO
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Am G F C
Am G C
Am G F C
F G


VERSE
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Am  G      F   C
 One hand on this wily comet
Am    G       C
 Take a drink just to give me some weight
Am   G    F  C
 Some uberman I'd make, I'm
F      G
barely a vapor

Am    G   F     C
 They shone a chlorine light on
Am G      C
 a host of individual sins
Am    G    F   C
 Let's carve my aging face off
G     C
fetch us a knife
G       C
start with my eyes
G      C
down so the lines form a
F     G
grimacing smile


Am      G     F   C
 Close your eyes to corral a virtue
Am  G      C
 Is this fooling anyone else?
Am   G     F    C
 Never worked so long and hard to
F       G
cement a failure


Am    G      F      C
 We can blow on our thumbs and posture
Am    G       C
 but the lonely is such delicate things
Am  G      F      C
 The wind from a wasp could blow them
G     C
into the sea, with
G         C
stones on their feet
G       C     F     G
lost to the light and the loving we need


CHORUS
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F     C
 Still to come
F      C      G
 the worst part and you know it
F      C
 there is a numbness
F    C       G
 in you heart and it's growing

Am G F C
Am G C
Am G F C
F G

Am G F C
Am G C
Am G F C
F G G


VERSE
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Am      G     F     C
 With burnt sage and a forest of bygones
Am      G       C
 I click my heels get the devils in line
Am     G       F     C
 A list of things I could lay the blame on might
F        G
give me a way out


Am       G       F     C
 But with each turn it's this front and center
Am    G     C
 Like a dart stuck square in your eye
Am   G      F      C
 Every post you can hitch your faith on is a
G      C
pie in the sky
G        C
chock full of lies
G      C
a tool we devise to make
F       G
sinking stones fly


CHORUS
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F     C
 Still to come
F      C      G
 the worst part and you know it
F      C
 there is a numbness
F    C       G
 in you heart and it's growing



OUTRO (slow down on the last three chords)
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Am G F C Am G C