Shiny Chords by Decemberists, www.Ultimate-Guitar.Com

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:



  Em7/C      Em/C       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: 

Em7/C   Em/C   Em7/C   Em/C   B5  Em  B5  Em

Verse 1:

Em7/C  Em/C         Em7/C  Em/C           B5    Em  B5  Em
by the bumper cars, in the pretty twining light, 

Em7/C        Em/C        
  i may have gone too far, 

Em7/C        Em/C               B5  
  i may have gone too much, too long. 

  Em  G                 Em7/C   Em/C   Em7/C   Em/C   B5  Em  B5  Em
i'm a dull and witless boy. 

Em7/C   Em/C        Em7/C       Em/C         B5  Em  B5  Em
 in the after bars, think i was sullied by a dream.

Em7/C   Em/C
 in the killing jar, 
 
Em7/C    Em/C         B5
 you and me at war at arms 

 Em G            Em7/C   Em/C   Em7/C   Em/C   B5  Em  B5  Em
all falling in embrace. 

Em   D/F   G   Am  B7
tell me    why you lied 

    Em             D               Em7/C   Em/C  Em7/C  Em/C 
and what it is you do to keep your eyes,

     Em9/D   Em7/C   Em/C  Em7/C  Em/C  B5  Em  B5  Em
 all shiny 

Em7/C    Em/C
 a tawny gypsy girl 

Em7/C     Em/C         B5  Em  B5  Em
 sleeping blanketed by stars 

Em7/C       Em/C
 'neath the tilt-a-whirl 

Em7/C          Em/C         Bm          
 where we were coyly caught alone 

 Em  G                  Em7/C   Em/C  Em7/C  Em/C  B5  Em
all  fumbling with your blouse 

Em   D/F  G   Am  B7
tell me   why you lied 

    Em             D               Em7/C   Em/C  Em7/C  Em/C 
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

Em7/C  Em/C  Em7/C  Em/C  B5  Em  B5  Em

Em7/C  Em/C  Em7/C  Em/C  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? 

Em7/C        Em/C      
 the boys in denim vests 

Em7/C    Em/C       B5   Em  B5  Em
 smoking cigarettes between 

Em7/C            Em/C
 their bootblack fingertips 

Em7/C    Em/C         B5     Em
 sweetly tipsy by the half-light 

    G                Em7/C  Em/C  Em7/C  Em/C  B5  Em
the light and the half-light 


Em   D/F# G   Am  B7
tell me   why you lied 

    Em             D               Em7/C  Em/C  Em7/C  Em/C
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 "Em7/C  Em/C  Em7/C  Em/C  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 :)