Heartworms Chords by The Shins

Heartworms Chords by The Shins

[Intro]
E   G#m   D   A   B   A B
La   la   la  la  la


[Verse 1]
E      B               D                 A
Well I guess I'm just here to test your patience
E     B          G#m                  A
Cause you're so smart my tricks don't work at all
E   G#m   D         A             
Is it my lack of education? 
     B   C#m  A
Just tell me why you never call


[Verse 2]
E            B              D            A
Behind your symmetry lies a fundamental difference
E         B                   G#m                  A
There are those who own their minds and those who crawl
E      G#m      D               A
No offense but, in between the lines I'm reading
E        F#m          G#m       A                      B           A  B
You look out for your own, and you ain't gonna look at me that way


[Pre-Chorus]
A   E     B    A  B
And it's true
   A          E
So what can I do?


[Chorus]
E            B                  F#m
Anything to get some of your affection
A
(What can I do?)
E        B               F#m
Maybe impress you with a song
A
(What can I do?)
E             B            C#m     B                A        B           A  B
I'm trying to minimize the damage done cause there ain't no one like you


[Break]
E   G#m   D   A


[Verse 3]
E             B                  D               A
I found that postcard from that trip you took to Thailand
E           B               G#m                 A
I remember studying all the words writ in your pretty hand
E             G#m            D             A
The little lines the little curves held a sacred meaning
B         C#m  A
Or so I thought, but I had it wrong


[Verse 4]
E                 B                  D                      A
Now I'm trying to figure out when it was you gave me these heartworms
E           B               G#m              A
I feel them wriggling in my blood, you gonna do me harm
E     G#m      D                A
Right now I'd rather lose this losing feeling 
E        F#m           G#m
That came on when you cooled off
 A                           B           A B
Started treating me in this friendly way


[Pre-Chorus]
A   E     B    A  B
And it's true
   A          E
So what can I do?


[Chorus]
E            B               F#m
Oh won't you be still for a moment
A
(What can I do?)
E                B                    F#m
So I can push a feather through your heart
A
(What can I do?)
E             B            C#m     B                A        B           A  B    A B   A B
I'm trying to minimize the damage done cause there ain't no one like you

   A          E
So what can I do?


[Chorus]
E            B          F#m
When I get lonely to distraction
A
(What can I do?)
E        B               F#m
Maybe impress you with a song
A
(What can I do?)
E         B                 
No easy way aound it
C#m         B       A               B           A B
You're the saddest dream that ever came true


[Outro]
E   B   D   A   
La  la  la  la  
E  G#m  D   A    B
La  la  la  la  la