Lagu ini diciptakan oleh James Mercer (vokalis) dan merupakan bagian dari debut album pertama band yang bertajuk Oh, Inverted World.
Album tersebut berisikan 12 trek dan dirilis melalui label musik Sub Pop Records.
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu “One by One All Day” dari The Shins:
Verse 1:
E B E A
"howdy, lem," my grandpa said with his eyes closed
E B E A
wiping the eastbound dust from his sunburned brow
A
a life before doubt.
Chorus:
G A G A
i smell the engine grease and mint the wind is blending
G A D F# G A
under the moan of rotting elm in the silo floor
Verse 2:
E B E A
down a hill of pine tree quills we made our way
E B E A
to the bottom and the ferns where thick moss grows
A
beside a stream.
Chorus:
G A G A
under the rocks are snails and we can fill our pockets
G A D F# G A
and let them go one by one all day in a brand new place
Interlude
E B E A x8
Chorus:
G A G A
You were no ordinary drain on her defenses
G A D F# G
and she was no ordinary girl Oh, Inverted World
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