“Girl on the Wing” by The Shins
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Bm
One wound up punch of intuition
                             D       E     Bm
Lays flat my whole take on us
Bm
You’re the girl on the wing of a barnstormer
                           D              E
The tidal rabbit who came of age 
                 Bm
Before her time


Bm   Bbm   A


A                               G
We could have been so good-natured
  D                          A                   Bm
If I’d relented when you’d insisted
                        G
But we’ve been backed against 
                  D                A      Bm
All nature’s walls far too long
             G
You felt abandoned by me
  D                          A                          Bm
I recall the sunshine as you were melting
                        G                           D
And though the comedy softens the fall
                      A                    G
They still hear us with their ears to the wall


Bm
I sold all my evil motives
                  D      E              Bm
No icicles stuck in my hide
Bm
I’m through with riddles, I know we’re little
                             D       E
Just help me feel warm inside

E                               G
Before we take this ride and let it slide
                                     D
Into the cracks where fall and winter collide
      G                                                          D
I surrender all my gall in the song of modern love
   G                                                           D
Remember you’re the one who summoned me above any other kind
                 A
(Any other kind)


Bm    D    E    Bm    D    E    Bm

Bm   Bbm   A


A                               G
We could have been so good-natured
   D                             A                 Bm
If you’d relented when I’d insisted
                G                                  D
We take a week off, let the garden grow
             A        Bm
By       itself
                 G
And let the gluttons fill themselves
         D                    A                    Bm
With all the worst of the gory nineties
                        G                           D
And though the comedy softens the fall
                  A
We still fall short

A                               G
Before we take this ride and let it slide
                                    D
Into the cracks where fall and winter collide
      G                                                          D
I surrender all my gall in the song of modern love
   G                                                           D
Remember you’re the one who summoned me above any other kind
                   A         G
(Any other kind)   La la la....
G   G   G   B