New Slang tab by The Shins

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               New Slang - The Shins
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Tabbed by: JP Fowler
E-mail: [email protected]

Album: Oh, Inverted World

No real complete version of this tab exists, (i.e. containing all fill-ins, solos,
chord progressions / lyrics, etc.). This tab is intended to be universal, with all
aspects of the song combined into one document; and was tabbed independently by
myself years ago, now with slight revisions to coincide with website regulations.

TABLATURE NOTES:

(1) Any note progressions of the form: ### (e.g.: 555) are 16th notes, and are
  played via tremolo picking on the corresponding string. This notation is to
  avoid confusion with 8th notes, due to the song's rather rapid tempo.

(2) The notation "|---3---|" located above notes within bars is used to indicate
  triplets. The | | symbols indicate where the triplets begin and end, respectively.

(3) The general rhythm (not time signature, mind you) changes very frequently in
  the song, especially during the chord progressions on the solos. Be mindful of
  when to come in for chord changes.

Chord chart for song:

  A minorAm C majorC  FF  G+G
e|-0---0---1---3--|
BB|-1---1---1---3--|
G+G|-2---0---2---0--|
D MajorD|-2---2---3---0--|
A augmentedA|-0---3---3---2--|
E MajorE|-x---x---x---3--|


4/4......................

 Intro:

A minorAm  E minorEm  A minorAm  E minorEm  (First time -- 00:02-00:05)
Ohhhhh...Ohhhhh...


A minorAm  C majorC  FF  C majorC   G+G  C majorC  A minorAm  G+G  (x3 -- 00:05-00:27)
Ohhhhh....Ohhhhh.....Ohhhhh.....Ohhhh.....


A minorAm  C majorC  FF  C majorC   G+G  C majorC  A minorAm  G+G  C majorC  (Last time -- 00:27-00:39)
Ohhhhh....Ohhhhh.....Ohhhhh.....Ohhhh.....

 Lead guitar fill:

 e|-------|-------|
 BB|-------|-------|This is played by
 G+G|-------|-------|the the lead guitar
 D MajorD|-------|-------|before the first verse
 A augmentedA|-3---3-|-3-2-0-|begins.
 E MajorE|---3---|-------|


 Verse I:

A minorAm        C majorC       FF     C majorC     G+G      C majorC      FF
Gold teeth and a curse for this town, were all in my mouth. Only I don't know how

     A minorAm G+G   A minorAm      C majorC    FF   C majorC      G+G     C majorC    FF
they got out dear. Turn me back into the pet I was when we met. I was happier then with

  A minorAm  G......
no mindset.


 Chorus I:

G+G            C majorC      FF  C majorC      G+G               C majorC
And if you'd 'a took to me like a... gull takes to the wind, well, I'd 'a jumped from my tree.

  FF   C majorC      FF      C majorC         FF      C majorC          G......
And I'd 'a danced like king of the eye sores, and the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.


 Lead guitar fill:

 e|-------|
 BB|-------|This is played right
 G+G|-------|before the A minorAm at the
 D MajorD|-------|beginning of the
 A augmentedA|-----0-|second verse.
 E MajorE|-3-0---|


 Verse II:

A minorAm         C majorC     FF       C majorC      G+G        C majorC       FF

New slang when you notice the stripes... the dirt in your fries, hope it's right when you die,

    A minorAm G+G A minorAm         C majorC        FF    C majorC        G+G       C majorC
old and bony. Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall, never should have called. But my heads

    FF      A minorAm  G......
to the wall and I'm lonely.


 Chorus II:

G+G            C majorC      FF   C majorC      G+G               C majorC
And if you'd 'a took to me like a... gull takes to the wind, well, I'd a jumped from my tree.

  FF   C majorC      FF      C majorC         FF      C majorC          G......
And I'd 'a danced like king of the eye sores, and the rest of our lives would 'a fared well.


 Solo I:
                                    Let ring............................

       G+G C majorC FF   C majorC  FF C majorC G+G C majorC   FF C majorC FF    C majorC   FF  C majorC G+G    C majorC A minorAm  G+G  C majorC      A minorAm
 4/4...............                               |-----3-----|
e|-----3-------------|-----3/5-3-----------|---0-3/5-5-555-3-3-|-555-3-0---------------------------|-------|
BB|-3h5---5-3-1-0-1/6-|-5-5-------5\3-1/3/5-|-1-----------------|---------3\1-3/5---0-1---0-3-1-----|-------|
G+G|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------2-----0-----------|-------|
D MajorD|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|------------------------------2p0--|-------|
A augmentedA|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------3-|-3-2-0-|
E MajorE|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|-------|


 Verse III:

A minorAm        C majorC     FF       C majorC       G+G         C majorC
Godspeed all the bakers at dawn, may they all cut their thumbs, and bleed into

   FF       A minorAm  G+G
their buns till they melt away.


 Chorus III:

G+G           C majorC          FF    C majorC    G+G
I'm lookin' in on the good life I might be doomed never to find. Without a trust

    C majorC       FF  C majorC    G+G                C majorC       FF
or flaming fields am I too dumb to refine? And if you'd 'a took to me like, well I'd

  C majorC        FF          C majorC         FF      C majorC
'a danced like the queen of the of the eyesores, and the rest of our lives would 'a

G+G
fared well.


 Solo II:
                                          Let ring.................

     G+G C majorC FF   C majorC   FF  C majorC   G+G  C majorC  FF C majorC  FF     C majorC   FF  C majorC   G+G  C majorC  A minorAm  G+G   C majorC
 4/4...............                                |-------3-------|
e|-----0------------------|--------------|-------------------------|--------------|-----0-------------------|
BB|-0h1----1/3-3/5-5h6-5-5-|-666-8-8/10-8-|-5p3-1h3/5-3/5-6-6-6-5-5-|-666-8-8/10-8-|-1-3---3-1-0---0-1-------|
G+G|------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|--------------|-------------2-----------|
D MajorD|------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|--------------|-------------------2p0---|
A augmentedA|------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|--------------|-----------------------3-|
E MajorE|------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|

 .......

    A minorAm
e|-------|
BB|-------|
G+G|-------|
D MajorD|-------|
A augmentedA|-3-2-0-|
A augmentedA|-------|


 Outro:

A minorAm  C majorC  FF  C majorC   G+G  C majorC  A minorAm  G+G
Ohhhhh....Ohhhhh.....Ohhhhh.....Ohhhh.....

A minorAm  C majorC  FF  C majorC   G+G  C majorC  A minorAm  G+G  C majorC
Ohhhhh....Ohhhhh.....Ohhhhh.....Ohhhh.....


Song structure:

Intro
Verse I
Chorus I
Verse II
Chorus II
Solo I
Verse III
Chorus III
Solo II
Outro


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| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
| b  Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend

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