Girl Inform Me The Shins
GIRL INFORM ME - The Shins
Tuning: Standard
Chords: 577655 - A (A lot of these are sus chords, but James uses them because
779977 - E they make it easier to slide around on the fretboard, you
557755 - D could just use regular barre chords, whatever works for you).
[244222] [-] [F#m]
[446654] [-] [C#m]
[355433]x9777x [-]- [G]E
8101098 - C
x79989 - Em
022100 - E
320033 - G
x02220 - A
x00232 - D
VERSE:
Guitar 1: ("Girl inform me all my senses warn me...")
e|-------5--------7--------5--------5--------2--------4--------3--------5----| B|-------5--------7--------5--------5--------2--------5--------3--------5----| G|-------6--------9--------7--------6--------2--------6--------4--------7----| D|--7--------9--------7--------7--------4--------6--------5--------7---------| A|--7--------7--------5--------7--------4--------4--------5--------5---------| E|--5--------7--------5--------5--------2--------4--------3--------5---------|
Guitar 2:
e|--------5-------7-----5--------5-------2------4------3------5--------------| B|--2h3/5---5/7/9---9\7---7\3/5----5---2---2/5----5--3---3--7---7-5----------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 1: |-strum----|
e|-------5--------7--------5--------5--------2--------4--------7-------------| B|-------5--------7--------5--------5--------2--------5--------7----7-7-7-7-7| G|-------6--------9--------7--------6--------2--------6--------9----7-7-7-7-7| D|--7--------9--------7--------7--------4--------6--------7---------7-7-7-7-7| A|--7--------7--------5--------7--------4--------4--------5---------9-9-9-9-9| E|--5--------7--------5--------5--------2--------4--------5------------------|
Guitar 2:
e|--5-------7-----5--------5-------2-----4------5-------7---7----7h9-7-------| B|----5/7/9---9\7---7\3/5----5---2---2/5---5--3---3-5/9---9----9--------9----| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------7-----7--------------------------------------------------------------| B|--7h9---7h9---7/9/10-------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
CHORUS: ("But your lips when we speak are the valleys and peaks...")
Guitar 1 (Staccato strums)
e|--------8------8-----------5------5-----------8------8---------5------5----| B|--------8------8-----------5------5-----------8------8---------5------5----| G|------------9-----------------6-------------------9---------------6--------| D|--10-------10--------7--------7---------10-------10-------7-------7--------| A|--10-------10--------7--------7---------10-------10-------7-------7--------| E|--8------------------5-------------------8----------------5----------------| (cont.) |---regular-strumming|-pattern-not-shown----------------| e|--------8------8---------7---7----------5----5-----------------------------| B|--------8------8---------8---8----------5----5-----play--------------------| G|------------9------9--9--9---9--9-9-----7----6----these two----------------| D|--10-------10------9--9--9---9--9-9-----7----7-----alternately-------------| A|--10-------10------7--7--7---7--7-7-----5----7----until you hear-----------| E|--8-------------------------------------5----5------the change-------------| e|------2-2-----2-2-----0-0----3-3-------------------------------------------| B|------2-2-----2-2-----0-0----3-3-------------------------------------------| G|------2-2-----2-2-----1-1----0-0-------------------------------------------| D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----2-2----0-0-------------------------------------------| A|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-----2-2----2-2-------------------------------------------| E|--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--0--0-0-3--3-3-------------------------------------------|
Repeat all parts until the bridge:
BRIDGE: ("Like whats this morning's paper got to say...") Repeat. Not the walkdown.
e|--7--7-------2-----------0-0-----2-2---------------------------------------| B|--9--8---------3---------0-0-----2-2---------------------------------------| G|-----------------2-------1-1-----2-2---------------------------------------| D|----------0--------------2-2-----4-4---------------------------------------| A|-------------------------2-2-----4-4---------------------------------------| E|----------------------0--0-0--2--2-2---------------------------------------|
POST-BRIDGE ("Into the wind, but before we begin...) Repeat
e|--2-2-2-2--0-0-0-0---------------------------------------------------------| B|--3-3-3-3--2-2-2-2---------------------------------------------------------| G|--2-2-2-2--2-2-2-2---------------------------------------------------------| D|--0-0-0-0--2-2-2-2---------------------------------------------------------| A|--0-0-0-0--0-0-0-0--------------------------------2-2-4-4---------2-2-4-4--| E|------------------------------------------0-0-4-4---------0-0-4-4----------|
SOLO: Guitar 1 turn down the volume a bit, Guitar 2 play the verse riff.
Repeat everything else, end on a D chord.
Congrats, you can now play another Shins song :)
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