Understanding Salesmen by the Eels, from the album Blinking Lights.

Tabbed by James Fennell (aka Eliot Rosewater) 9-Nov-09.
Corrections to jamespfennell@gmail.com

A tab is given for the introduction and the first line. Throughout the rest
of the song plucking and strumming go hand in hand. Just emphasize the 
lower strings more so than the higher strings. The only part of this tab 
that may sound somewhat askew is the D minor, however I attribute this to 
the presence of strings in the original recording from Blinking Lights.

Tab:

  Am (x02210@1)             Ame|-------0---------|-------0---------| (x02210@1)B|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|
G|---2---------1---|---2---------1---|
D|-2---------------|-2---------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|

  Am (x02210@1)              Ce|-------0---------|-------0---------| (x32010@1)B|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|
G|---2---------2---|---0---------0---|
D|-2---------------|-2---------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|
         Aknock... (x02220@1) door means
       
  F (133211@1)               C (x32010@1)               Ge|-------1---------|-------0---------|-------------3---| (320003@1)B|-----1-----1-----|-----1-----1-----|-------0---------|
G|---2---------2---|---0---------1---|-----0-----0-----|
D|-3---------------|-2---------------|-0---------------|
A|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
        Hello        Jesus            calls

Full chords:

Am Am

Am (x02210@1)             C (x32010@1) A knock on the door means
F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)   G (320003@1) Hello jesus calls
Am (x02210@1)            C (x32010@1) A ring on the phone means
F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)     G (320003@1) A trip to niagara falls

Dm (xx0231@1)          C (x32010@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)      
  Daddy don't let me down this time
           C (x32010@1)            Dm (xx0231@1) I'm all alone inside my mind
              Am (x02210@1) And it's no small thing
  F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1) That i must prove to you


Am C F C G


Am (x02210@1)           C (x32010@1) A late night card game
F (133211@1)        C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1) With the guys is alright
Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1) But i would rather 
F (133211@1)      C (x32010@1)        GTake (320003@1)you for a test drive

Dm (xx0231@1)          C (x32010@1)              Dm (xx0231@1)      
  Daddy don't let me down this time
           C (x32010@1)            Dm (xx0231@1) I'm all alone inside my mind
              Am (x02210@1) And it's no small thing
  F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)      G (320003@1) That i must prove to you



F (133211@1)     C (x32010@1)        G (320003@1) While I look out on the passing fields
F (133211@1)   C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1) The sun through the bugs on the windshield
         F (133211@1) 
Makes me feel
     CLike (x32010@1)I
      GDon't (320003@1)matter


Am C F C G


Repeat the "knock on the door" first verse, finishing the song on G.