New Slang tab by The Shins

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                             New Slang - The Shins
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Tabbed by: JP Fowler
E-mail: starmut92@gmail.com

Tuning: EADGBe (Standard)
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:

   Am  C   F   G
e|-0---0---1---3--|
B|-1---1---1---3--|
G|-2---0---2---0--|
D|-2---2---3---0--|
A|-0---3---3---2--|
E|-x---x---x---3--|


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

 Intro:

Am   Em   Am   Em   (First time -- 00:02-00:05)
Ohhhhh...Ohhhhh...


Am   C    F    C     G    C    Am   G   (x3 -- 00:05-00:27)
Ohhhhh....Ohhhhh.....Ohhhhh.....Ohhhh.....


Am   C    F    C     G    C    Am   G    C   (Last time -- 00:27-00:39)
Ohhhhh....Ohhhhh.....Ohhhhh.....Ohhhh.....


 Lead guitar fill:

 e|-------|-------|
 B|-------|-------|This is played by
 G|-------|-------|the the lead guitar
 D|-------|-------|before the first verse
 A|-3---3-|-3-2-0-|begins.
 E|---3---|-------|



 Verse I:

Am               C              F          C         G           C            F
Gold teeth and a curse for this town, were all in my mouth. Only I don't know how

         Am  G     Am            C       F     C           G          C       F
they got out dear. Turn me back into the pet I was when we met. I was happier then with

   Am   G......
no mindset.



 Chorus I:

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

    F      C           F           C                  F           C                    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|-------|
 B|-------|This is played right
 G|-------|before the Am at the
 D|-------|beginning of the
 A|-----0-|second verse.
 E|-3-0---|



 Verse II:

Am                 C          F              C            G                C              F

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

        Am  G Am                 C                F       C               G              C
old and bony. Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall, never should have called. But my heads

       F            Am   G......
to the wall and I'm lonely.



 Chorus II:

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

    F      C           F           C                  F           C                    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  C  F     C   F  C  G  C      F  C  F       C     F   C G       C Am    G    C           Am
  4/4...............                                                             |-----3-----|
e|-----3-------------|-----3/5-3-----------|---0-3/5-5-555-3-3-|-555-3-0---------------------------|-------|
B|-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|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------2-----0-----------|-------|
D|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|------------------------------2p0--|-------|
A|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|---------------------------------3-|-3-2-0-|
E|-------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------|-------|



 Verse III:

Am               C         F              C             G                 C
Godspeed all the bakers at dawn, may they all cut their thumbs, and bleed into

      F              Am    G
their buns till they melt away.



 Chorus III:

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

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

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

G
fared well.



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

          G  C  F     C     F   C      G   C   F C   F         C     F   C      G   C   Am    G     C
  4/4...............                                                                |-------3-------|
e|-----0------------------|--------------|-------------------------|--------------|-----0-------------------|
B|-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|------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|--------------|-------------2-----------|
D|------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|--------------|-------------------2p0---|
A|------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|--------------|-----------------------3-|
E|------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|--------------|-------------------------|

  .......

       Am
e|-------|
B|-------|
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-3-2-0-|
A|-------|



 Outro:

Am   C    F    C     G    C    Am   G
Ohhhhh....Ohhhhh.....Ohhhhh.....Ohhhh.....

Am   C    F    C     G    C    Am   G    C
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