Here's a tab for Ship in a Bottle by Bright Eyes. It's not an easy one to tab, but I
this is accurate, and it works OK even if it's not entirely right.


Intro: F#m D x4
(use the 2nd fret F#m and the open D, because you need to hit the F# on the high E 
every time you play)

  F#m (244222@1)                     DI (xx0232@1)wanna be the surgeon that cuts you open,
    F#m (244222@1)           DThat (xx0232@1)fixes all of life's mistakes
  F#m (244222@1)                   DI (xx0232@1)wanna be the house that you were raised in
   F#m (244222@1)            DThe (xx0232@1)only place that you feel safe

  F#m (244222@1)              DI (xx0232@1)wanna be a shower in the morning
   F#m (244222@1)              DThat (xx0232@1)wakes you up and makes you clean
  F#m (244222@1)                      DI (xx0232@1)know I'm just the weather against your window
   F#m (244222@1)               D (xx0232@1)          AAs (x02220@1)you sleep through a winter's dream

F#mSomeones (244222@1)churning the earth
                      C#mSomeone's (x13321@4)stirring the sky
E (022100@1)                                F#mEvery (244222@1)color at once in a column of lights
F#m (244222@1)                          C#mBacteria (x13321@4)breeds on a microscope slide
E (022100@1)                         AbThe (xx1114@1)worm in my heart's the apple of your eye

       A (x02220@1)            BDon't (x2444x@1)adore what is impossible
        E (022100@1)                   AbWe (xx1114@1)have built this ship in a wine bottle
                       ABut (x02220@1)if you knew how it worked,
                  AbWe'd (xx1114@1)have to grow old

Bridge: F#m D x12

A (x02220@1)F#m (244222@1)                                        C#mSomeone's (x13321@4)eating at you, wakes you up in the night
E (022100@1)                                              F#mIf (244222@1)you're digging the past, who knows what you'll find
F#m (244222@1)                                       C#mRead (x13321@4)the newspaper print off the microfiche slide
E (022100@1)                                    AbAnd (xx1114@1)you're holding your breath for the rest of your life

          A (x02220@1)             BDon't (x2444x@1)you love what is intangible
       E (022100@1)                  AbI (xx1114@1)have built this ship in a wine bottle
                      ABut (x02220@1)if you knew who I waaaaaas...
                     AbYou (xx1114@1)would never grow old