Songbook

Caring is Creepy

By The Shins

Key of D Spotify

The source chorded one line of each section; the rest run the same changes, placed by phrase.

[Verse 1] Bm A G Em D A G I think I'll go home and mull this over, before I cram it down my throat Bm A G Em D A G At long last it's crashed, its colossal mass, is broken up into bits in my moat
[Chorus] Em D Em D Em D A G Lift the mattress off the floor, walk the cramps off, meander in the cold Em D Em D Em D A G Hail to your dark skin, hiding the fact you're dead again Em D Em D Em D A G Underneath the power lines seeking shade
[Bridge] D/F# G D/F# G D/F# G D/F# G Far a - bove our heads are the icy heights that contain all reason
[Verse 2] Bm A G Em D A G It's a luscious mix of words and tricks, that let us bet when you know we should fold Bm A G Em D A G On rocks I dreamt of where we'd stepped, and of the whole mess of roads we're now on
[Chorus] Em D Em D Em D A G Hold your glass up, hold it in, never betray the way you've always known it is Em D Em D Em D A G One day I'll be wondering how, I got so old just wondering how Em D Em D Em D A G I never got cold wearing nothing in the snow Em D Em D Em D A G This is way beyond my remote concern of being condescending
[Post-Chorus] Bm A G D/F# Em D/F# G Oh these squawking birds won't quit Bm A G D/F# Em D/F# G Building nothing laying bricks
[Bridge] D/F# G G D/F# Em D D D D D D
[Interlude] Bm A G Em D A G
[Chorus] Em D Em D Em D A G Hold your glass up, hold it in, never betray the way you've always known it is Em D Em D Em D A G One day I'll be wondering how, I got so old just wondering how Em D Em D Em D A G I never got cold wearing nothing in the snow Em D Em D Em D A G This is way beyond my remote concern of being condescending
[Post-Chorus] Bm A G D/F# Em D/F# G Oh these squawking birds won't quit Bm A G D/F# Em D/F# G Building nothing laying bricks