New Slang The Shins
Quick word on the chords: pluck the bass note on the first beat and strum down and then
on the third and fourth beats respectively, with maybe a light strum up on the second
Can strum all the notes but I find if you just strum the top three (the G,B and e
it sounds more like the real thing). And when you strum the G and F for two bars in the
strum up instead of plucking the bass note for the second bar. Before the chorus just
up.
INTRO
Am Am/E Am Am/E (i.E. play Am but pluck A, E, A, E bass note)
Am C F C/E G C Am/E G (x4)
[C]A|[C/G]--3-[C]2-
VERSE
[Am]Gold [Am/E]teeth and a [C]curse for this [F]town[F]
[C]were all in my [G]mouth[G]
only [C]I don't know [F]how[F]
they got [Am]out dear[G]
[Am]Turn [Am/E]me back [C]into the [F]pet[F]
[C]I was when we [G]met[G]
I was [C]happier [F]then
with no [Am]mind-[G]set[G] [G] [G]
CHORUS
And if you [G]took to [C]me like
a[F] gull [C]takes to the [G]wind[G]
then I'd-a [G]jumped from [C]my tree
[F]and I'd have [C]danced like the [F]king of the [C]eyesores
and the[F] rest of our [C]lives would have [G]fared well[G]
E|--3-0-
VERSE
[Am]New [Am/E]slang when you [C]notice the [F]stripes[F]
the [C]dirt in your [G]fries[G]
hope it's [C]right when you [F]die[F]
old and [Am]bo---[G]ny
[Am]Dawn [Am/E]breaks like a [C]bull through the [F]hall[F]
nev[C]er should have [G]called[G]
but my [C]head's to the [F]wall
and I'm [Am]lo---[G]nely[G] [G]
REPEAT CHORUS exactly as above
(Other versions of the solo aren't quite right, so this is the best
I could come up with, I think it's pretty much there. I've tried to
get the timing right, but you'll need to listen hard to the song if
you want to play it perfect.)
(1/3 means pluck with first fret held down and slide to 3; 2p0 means
pluck with second fret down and pull off to open string)
1st solo (2:09)
e|-----3p0-----------------3/5-3--------------0-3/5--5--| B|--3/5---3/1-0-1-/6--55---------5/3--1-3/5--1----------| G|------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| e|-555-3--555-3-p0--------------------------------------| B|-----------------3/1-3/5----0-1---0-3-1---------------| G|--------------------------2-----0---------------------| D|---------------------------------------------2p0------| A|------------------------------------------------3-----| E|------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3-2-
VERSE
[Am]God [Am/E]speed all the [C]bakers at [F]dawn[F]
may [C]all cut their [G]thumbs[G]
and bleed [C]into their [F]buns
'til they [Am]melt [G]away[G] [G]
CHORUS
I'm looking [G]in at the [C]good life
I might be [F]doomed [C]never to [G]find
Without a [G]trust or flam[C]ing fields
am I[F] too [C]dumb to [G]refine
and if you [G]took to me[C] like
well[F] I'd have [C]danced like the [F]queen of the [C]eyesores
and the [F]rest of our [C]lives would have [G]fared well
2nd solo (3:08)
e|------0-------------------------------------------------| B|--0h1---1/3-3/5-6~-5-5--666-8-10-8---5/3--1/3-5-3/5-6-6-| G|--------------------------------------------------------| D|--------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------------------------------| e|-----------------------------------------------------| B|-6--5-5--666-8-10-8----1-3/5-3-1-0---0-1-------------| G|-----------------------------------2-----------------| D|-----------------------------------------------2p0---| G|--------------------------------------------------3--| E|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|--3-2-
OUTRO
Am C F C G C Am G (x2)
end on C
Brilliant song, hope this helps you recreate the magic.
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