Mildenhall Chords
by The Shins
Mildenhall by The Shins is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, F, G7 and F7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C
At fifteen we had to leave the States again
F
Dad was stationed at an RAF base they called Mildenhall
C
Black moss on a busted wall
C
The cobblestones made it hard to skate
C
I thought my flattop was so new wave
F C
Until it melted away in the Suffolk rain
G7 C
Well god damn, you miss the USA
F C
Then a kid in class passed me a tape
F C G7
An invitation, not the hand of fate
C
I guess my shoes said I might relate
F
Somehow she knew I'd like to stay up waiting with her in the cold
C
For cheap beer and rock 'n' roll
G7 C
Which in time put lots of things in my mind
F C
A kid in class passed me a tape
F C G7
We saw some bands down at the Corn Exchange
C
I wonder where my sister was that night
Back at home under the tanning bed lights
F
I can still see the glow
C
Strange rays from her window
G7 C
Each night, as I was skating home
C
Started messing with my dad's guitar
C
Taught me some chords just to start me off
F C
Whittling away on those rainy days
G7 C
And that's how we get to where we are now
F C
A kid in class passed me a tape
F C G7
A band called The Jesus and the Mary Chain
C
I started messing with my dad's guitar
He taught me some chords just to start me off
F C
Whittling away on all of those rainy days
G7 C
And that's how we get to where we are now
G7 F7
That's how we get to where we are now