Bait And Switch Uke tab by The Shins

5 Chords used in the song: B, A, E, D, F#7

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Year:  2012
Difficulty: 
6.3
(Intermediate)
Key: unknownChords
B chordB         A chordA           E chordE          B chordB   A chordA   E chordE
I finally had all my ducks in a row
B chordB A chordA E chordE B chordB A chordA E chordE
Peace and quiet, the means of subtraction
B chordB A chordA E chordE B chordB A chordA E chordE
And how she got in, I'm not sure that I know
B chordB A chordA E chordE B chordB A chordA E chordE
Two weeks on and my spine was in traction, my eyes in a basket

B chordB A chordA E chordE
B chordB A chordA E chordE

B chordB A chordA E chordE B chordB A chordA E chordE
Well, god in my heart is so out of phase
B chordB A chordA E chordE B chordB A chordA E chordE
And that kind of girl she ain't nobody's daughter
B chordB A chordA E chordE B chordB A chordA E chordE
I'm just not used to these powerful waves
B chordB A chordA E chordE B chordB
She shallows the breath and I'm taking on water
A chordA E chordE
What am I to do now?


D chordD E chordE D chordD E chordE
I call on a beautiful wish with a moral compass
B chordB A chordA E chordE (X2)
I better swim

#B chordB A chordA E chordE...#

Hide from my psychic derailleur
Drive this car to the sea
Spend the night as high as a cannon in a towering hemlock

But it's no use you can always be found
A chordA creature of habit has no real protection

I'll tell her I leave if she don't settle down
She sees it's a lie on closer inspection
Like everyone else does

D chordD E chordE
The running, a terrible chomp
D chordD E chordE
All this smoke in

F#7 chordF#7 B chordB
my eyes
F#7 chordF#7 B chordB
I'm just a simple man
F#7 chordF#7 B chordB
Cursed with an honest heart
D chordD E chordE B chordB A chordA E chordE
Why'd she go and tear it all apart?

#14-BAR TAB SOLO IN RANGE OF B A E#

D chordD E chordE
The running, a terrible chomp
D chordD E chordE
All this smoke in

F#7 chordF#7 B chordB
my eyes
F#7 chordF#7 B chordB
I'm just a simple man
F#7 chordF#7 B chordB
Cursed with an honest heart
D chordD E chordE B chordB
Why'd she go and tear it all apart?

Uke tab by , 09 Feb 2020

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About this song: Bait And Switch

This breezy rocker with musical nods to frontman James Mercer's Hawaiian birth is about a girl messing with an older man's head. The vocalist explained to The Sun that the song is, "a hypothetical situation where a man has got in over his head with a young woman."Read more on Last.fm.

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