The Shins - A Comet Appears Note: This song has had many attempts before it, and let's all face it, the best thing found so far is to play it Baunitdabaun's way with a capo on the second in the key of Am. same tab into its native key. Please note that in order to get the song sounding as as possible it's probably wise for you to use the following fingerings for the chords song less of an authentic feel, so the best thing to do is use barre chords throughout. Chords used: Bm [ x 2 4 4 3 2 ] A [ 5 7 7 6 5 5 ] G [ 3 5 5 4 3 3 ] D [ x 5 7 7 7 5 ] Maybe there's another way to play the chords to make them sound like the song, but I find it. The truth is that changing to an open chord ruins the transition from Bm -> else. It kills the fluidity of the sound of the song, which is definitely there otherwise. INTRO ----- VERSE ----- One hand on this wily comet Take a drink just to give me some weight Some uberman I'd make, I'm barely a vapor They shone a chlorine light on a host of individual sins Let's carve my aging face off fetch us a knife start with my eyes down so the lines form a grimacing smile Close your eyes to corral a virtue Is this fooling anyone else? Never worked so long and hard to cement a failure We can blow on our thumbs and posture but the lonely is such delicate things The wind from a wasp could blow them into the sea, with stones on their feet lost to the light and the loving we need CHORUS ------ Still to come the worst part and you know it there is a numbness in you heart and it's growing VERSE ----- With burnt sage and a forest of bygones I click my heels get the devils in line A list of things I could lay the blame on might give me a way out But with each turn it's this front and center Like a dart stuck square in your eye Every post you can hitch your faith on is a pie in the sky chock full of lies a tool we devise to make sinking stones fly CHORUS ------ Still to come the worst part and you know it there is a numbness in you heart and it's growing OUTRO (slow down on the last three chords) -----