“AUSTRALIA” by The Shins

[Verse]
C           Am                     Dm
Born to multiply or born to gaze into night skies,
Dm Em  F            Em  Dm
 all you want's one more Saturday.
C                      Am
But look here, until then
                       Dm
They're gonna buy your life's time
Dm   Em             F                 Em       Dm
 So keep your wick in the air and your feet in the fetters
 
[Chorus]
G                                 C
Til the day, we come in doing cartwheels
                       G                                C
We all crawl out by ourselves, and your shape on the dance floor
                             G
Will have me thinking such filth I'll gouge my eyes.
           Am         F
You'll be damned to be one of us girl
 Am            F
Faced with the dodo's conundrum
C     Dm                      F
      I felt like I could just fly
     Em                          G  F Em Dm
But nothing happened every time I tried.
 
[Verse]
C                Am                                 Dm
Duotone on the wall, the selfless fool who hoped he'd saved us all
Dm  Em    F            Em    Dm
   never dreamt of such sterile hands
C                            Am                      Dm
You keep them folded in your lap, or raise them up to beg for scraps
Dm Em         F                        Em           Dm    G
You know he's holding you down with the tips of his fingers, just the same
 
[Chorus]
                             C                             G
Will you be pulled from the ocean? But just a minute too late?
                  C                                G
Or changed by a potion, and find a handsome young mate for you to love
             Am                         F
you'll be damned to pining through the window panes, you know
Am                                 F     C   Dm                        F
you'll trade your life for any ordinary joe's,    well do it now or grow old
                     Em                         G F Em Dm
Cos your nightmares only need a year or two to unfold
 
[Solo]
C  Am  Dm  Em  F  Em  Dm  x2
 
[Bridge]
G                             C
Been alone since you were 21, you haven't laughed since January
G                                          C
You try and make like this is so much fun, but we know it to be be quite contrary
G
La la la la la la
 
[Chorus]
Am          F                 Am          F
Dare to be one of us, girl, facing the android's conundrum
C   Dm                           F
   I     felt like I should just cry
Em                               F
But nothing happens every time I take one on the chin
        Em                               F
Yeah Himmler in your coat you don't know how long I've been
Em             F           Em           F
Watching the lantern dim, starved of oxygen, oh
    Dm                         F            G
so give me your hand and lets jump out the window
 
[Outro]
C

source: BrokenShins