The Shins - A Comet Appears

0Intro:
    Bm0 A1 G2 D3
    Bm4 A5 D6
    Bm7 A8 G9 D10
    G11  A12
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2Verse:
Bm13    A14            G15     D16
3  One hand on this wily comet
Bm17       A18             D19
4  Take a drink just to give me some weight
Bm20     A21        G22    D23
5  Some uberman I'd make, I'm
G24            A25
6barely a vapor
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8
Bm26       A27     G28         D29
9  They shone a chlorine light on
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10  a host of individual sins
Bm33        A34       G35     D36
11  Let's carve my aging face off
A37          D38
12fetch us a knife
A39              D40
13start with my eyes
A41            D42
14down so the lines form a
G43         A44
15grimacing smile
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17
Bm45           A46          G47      D48
18  Close your eyes to corral a virtue
Bm49   A50            D51
19  Is this fooling anyone else?
Bm52      A53          G54       D55
20  Never worked so long and hard to
G56              A57
21cement a failure
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23
Bm58       A59           G60            D61
24  We can blow on our thumbs and posture
Bm62        A63              D64
25  but the lonely is such delicate things
Bm65    A66            G67           D68
26  The wind from a wasp could blow them
A69         D70
27into the sea, with
A71                 D72
28stones on their feet
A73              D74          G75         A76
29lost to the light and the loving we need
30
31Chorus:
G77          D78
32  Still to come
G79           D80            A81
33  the worst part and you know it
G82            D83
34  there is a numbness
G84        D85              A86
35  in you heart and it's growing
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37Interlude:
    Bm87 A88 G89 D90
    Bm91 A92 D93
    Bm94 A95 G96 D97
    G98  A99
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    Bm100 A101 G102 D103
    Bm104 A105 D106
    Bm107 A108 G109 D110
    G111  A112 A113
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40Verse:
Bm114           A115          G116          D117
41  With burnt sage and a forest of bygones
Bm118           A119              D120
42  I click my heels get the devils in line
Bm121          A122              G123         D124
  A125 list of things I could lay the blame on might
G126                A127
43give me a way out
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45
Bm128              A129              G130         D131
46  But with each turn it's this front and center
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47  Like a dart stuck square in your eye
Bm135      A136            G137           D138
48  Every post you can hitch your faith on is a
A139            D140
49pie in the sky
A141               D142
50chock full of lies
A143            D144
51a tool we devise to make
G145              A146
52sinking stones fly
53
54Chorus:
G147          D148
55  Still to come
G149           D150            A151
56  the worst part and you know it
G152            D153
57  there is a numbness
G154        D155              A156
58  in you heart and it's growing
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Outro: Bm157 A158 G159 D160 Bm161 A162 D163
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