Artist: The Decemberists
Song: Shiny
Album: 5 Songs [EP]
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Notes: Capo on 2nd Fret
This is a fairly easy song to play,
but uses some rather uncommon chords,
complete with long and weird names.
My advise would be to not be thrown
by the odd chords, but just to learn
the shapes of them, where they fit
into the song and keep at it :)
Here are all the chords used in the
song:
Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em D/F
e|--0--| e|--0--| e|-----| e|--0--| e|--2--|
B|--3--| B|--0--| B|--0--| B|--0--| B|--3--|
G|--0--| G|--0--| G|--4--| G|--0--| G|--2--|
D|--2--| D|--2--| D|--4--| D|--2--| D|--0--|
A|--3--| A|--3--| A|--2--| A|--2--| A|--0--|
E|-----| E|-----| E|-----| E|--0--| E|--2--|<-- fret this with your thumb
G Am B7 Em9/D D C
e|--3--| e|--0--| e|--2--| e|--0--| e|--2--| e|--0--|
B|--0--| B|--1--| B|--0--| B|--3--| B|--3--| B|--1--|
G|--0--| G|--2--| G|--2--| G|--0--| G|--2--| G|--0--|
D|--0--| D|--2--| D|--1--| D|--4--| D|--0--| D|--2--|
A|--2--| A|--0--| A|--2--| A|--5--| A|-----| A|--3--|
E|--3--| E|-----| E|-----| E|-----| E|-----| E|-----|
~
Introduction:
Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
Verse 1:
Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
by the bumper cars, in the pretty twining light,
Cadd9 Cmaj7
i may have gone too far,
Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5
i may have gone too much, too long.
Em G Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
i'm a dull and witless boy.
Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
in the after bars, think i was sullied by a dream.
Cadd9 Cmaj7
in the killing jar,
Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5
you and me at war at arms
Em G Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
all falling in embrace.
Em D/F G Am B7
tell me why you lied
Em D Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7
and what it is you do to keep your eyes,
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/decemberists/shiny_crd_ver_2.html ]
Em9/D Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
all shiny
Cadd9 Cmaj7
a tawny gypsy girl
Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
sleeping blanketed by stars
Cadd9 Cmaj7
'neath the tilt-a-whirl
Cadd9 Cmaj7 Bm
where we were coyly caught alone
Em G Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em
all fumbling with your blouse
Em D/F G Am B7
tell me why you lied
Em D Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7
and what it is you do to keep your eyes,
Em9/D
all shiny
D C
and in the rollercoaster din
D C Em
by the parachutes in saddle shoes you break your shin
D C B5 Em B5 Em
but i have never seen two eyes so shiny
Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
D C
and the sullen beery swine
D C Em
try to tangle you in sullen beery balls of twine
D C B5 Em B5 Em
have they ever seen two eyes so shiny?
Cadd 9 Cmaj7
the boys in denim vests
Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em
smoking cigarettes between
Cadd9 Cmaj7
their bootblack fingertips
Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em
sweetly tipsy by the half-light
G Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em
the light and the half-light
Em D/F# G Am B7
tell me why you lied
Em D Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7
and what it is you do to keep your eyes,
Em9/D
all shiny, all shiny
The rest of the song is the norman verse chord
sequence "Cadd9 Cmaj7 Cadd9 Cmaj7 B5 Em B5 Em"
Over Colin singing "All shiny" repeatedly.
The song then finishes with:
Em D/F G Am B7
Thanks for reading and enjoy playing :)
