• Song:

    Pressed In A Book

  • Artist:

    Shins

  • Album:

    2001-11-15: Rudyards, H...

Tabbed by: getupkid203

Thought I'd tab my version of this song as I'm 99.99% sure that it's 100% correct haha.
The other tabs for this songs on this site are pretty darn accurate too I just think 
there's 1 or 2
chords out of place.

Tuning Standard E

Chords played in song:
(I like to use a variation of open and barred chords throughout the song).

         E1  D1  A5   G5   C5   C#5  D5  B5   E5  C5  G5
          |         |     |     |     |     |      |     |     |     |         | 
e- | --0---2---5---3---3---4----5---7---7---0---3------- | 
B- | --0---3---5---3---5---5----7---7---(b9)--1---3------- | 
G- | --1---2---6---4---5---6----7---8---(b9)--0---0------- | 
D- | --2---0---7---5---5---6----7---(b9)--(b9)--2---0------- | 
A- | --2---x---7---5---3---4----5---(b9)--7---3---2------- | 
E- | --0---x---5---3---x---x----x---7---x---x---3------- | 


Intro: E1 - D1 - E1 - D1 - E1 - D1 - E1 - D1 - E1 - D1 - A (let ring)

A5               E5               C5
  Doted on like seeds planted in rows
    G5          D5           A5
The untied shoelaces of your life
                 C#5                    E5
Nurtured all year then pressed in a book
      D5         C#5               A5
Or displayed in bad taste at the table
              E5                    G5
Problems arise and you fan the fire
                         D5                         A5
While there's a wild pack of dogs loose in your house tonight.
            C#5                    C5
Cut from bad cloth or soiled like socks
                   D5                     C5
Add it up and basically people never change.

                        G5           D1
They just talk and make plans in the dark
         C5                          G5
Or make haste with ideas that can't help
                  D1              C5
But creep good people out
                  G5   D1               C5
As you talk to me too much you're assuming
                G5          D1       E5 x3 counts then C#5 x1 count.
We don't always want what's right.


A5                  E5                                 C5
  Did I strike the right set of chords? you're annoyed.
    G5            D5             A5
The goal is to ignite you then move on.
                    C#5               E5
You feel ill at ease. you got no squeeze.
              D5                C#5            A5
And the wise cracks won't make you more stable.
                            E5                    G5
You've learned your lines to scale and to time.
             D5                         A5
Why must I remind you now i'm only less able.
            C#5                   C5
Cut from bad cloth or soiled like socks
                       D5                            C5
We're ordinary people we can't help but to change

                    G5           D1
As we walk and make plans in the dark
            C5                           G5
Or make haste with the boy who can't help
                  D1               C5
But creep good people out.
                  G5   D1                C5
As you talk to me too much you're assuming
                G5          D1       E5 x3 counts then C#5 x1 count.
We don't always want what's right.

A5             E5                    G5
   Two fallen saplings in an open field.
              D5                    A5
Snow padding gently on an empty bench.
                     E5                 G5
An old woman's jewelry lying unadorned.
                     D5                     A5
Cold nesting robins allied for the first time.
                      E5                   G5
I know when you hear these sappy lines
                         D5                  C5
You'll roll your eyes and say "nice try".
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