Pink Bullets Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays525

Pink Bullets by The Shins is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, D, A, G, F, C, Dsus4 and Dsus2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
Em
Text
16
Speed
  			Standard Tuning 
 
  
Verse (Acoustic Strumming) 
     Em   D    A 
E||--0----2----0----| 
B||--0----3----2----| 
G||--0----2----2----| 
D||--2----0----2----| 
A||--2---------0----| 
E||--0--------------| 
  
  
  
Verse (Electric Clean)	My best guess: 
     Em 		  A	 D					   
E||--7-------5--|---------2------2--------| 
B||-----5s3-----|--3s2s3----3-0----3s5----| 
G||-------------|-------------------------| 
D||-------------|-------------------------| 
A||-------------|-------------------------| 
E||-------------|-------------------------| 
  
  
  
Chorus (Acoustic, picking here and there) 
     G	  D		 F    C 
E||--3----2----|       |-1----0----|				       
B||--3----3----|       |-1----1----|				   
G||--0----2----| (x3)  |-2----0----|					 
D||--0----0----|       |-3----2----|  
A||--2---------|       |-3----3----|					 
E||--3---------|       |-1---------|	    
  
(x1 first & second Chorus, x3 last Chorus) 
  
  
 
Chorus ends with:     
     D Dsus4	  
E||--2^×-3--2h3p2p0-| 
B||--3--3--3-------| 
G||--2--2--2-------| 
D||--0--0--0-------| 
A||----------------| 
E||----------------| 
  
  
  
Interlude (2:12)  
     G	      C 	     D		       
E||------------------0----|-----------2h3p2p0--| 
B||--------------1h3------|--------3-----------| 
G||-----------------------|-----2--------------| 
D||-----0--0--2-----------|--0-----------------| 
A||-----0--2--3-----------|--------------------| 
E||--3--------------------|--------------------| 
  
  F									    
  
|-----1--------|--------3---| 
|-------1------|--------3---| 
|---------2----|------------|  (x 2) 
|--------------|------------|  
|-3------------|----2-------| 
|-1------------|--3---------| 
  
Third repetition of interlude: 
     G	      C 	    D		       
E||------------------0----|-----------2h3p2p0--| 
B||--------------1h3------|--------3-----------| 
G||-----------------------|-----2--------------| 
D||-----0--0--2-----------|--0-----------------| 
A||-----0--2--3-----------|--------------------| 
E||--3--------------------|--------------------| 
  
   G			  C  
|--3-------------------|---------0----0---|--2--3^×2h3p3p0-| 
|--3-------------------|----1h3-------1---|--3--3---------| 
|--0-------------------|--------------0---|--2--2---------| 
|--0---------0----0----|--2-----------2---|--0--0---------| 
|--2----2----0----2----|--3-----------3---|---------------| 
|--3----3--------------|------------------|---------------| 
  
  
  
Last Chorus ends with: 
    Dsus2 
E||--0h2--| 
B||--3----| 
G||--2----| 
D||--0----| 
A||-------| 
E||-------| 
 

    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante