Quick word on the chords: pluck the bass note on the first beat and strum down and then
on the third and fourth beats respectively, with maybe a light strum up on the second
Can strum all the notes but I find if you just strum the top three (the G,B and e
it sounds more like the real thing). And when you strum the G and F for two bars in the
strum up instead of plucking the bass note for the second bar. Before the chorus just
up.
INTRO
Am Am/E Am Am/E (i.E. play Am but pluck A, E, A, E bass note)
Am C F C/E G C Am/E G (x4)
C C/G C
A|--3-2-
VERSE
Am Am/E C F F
Gold teeth and a curse for this town
C G G
were all in my mouth
C F F
only I don't know how
Am G
they got out dear
Am Am/E C F F
Turn me back into the pet
C G G
I was when we met
C F
I was happier then
Am G G G G
with no mind-set
CHORUS
G C
And if you took to me like
F C G G
a gull takes to the wind
G C
then I'd-a jumped from my tree
F C F C
and I'd have danced like the king of the eyesores
F C G G
and the rest of our lives would have fared well
E|--3-0-
VERSE
Am Am/E C F F
New slang when you notice the stripes
C G G
the dirt in your fries
C F F
hope it's right when you die
Am G
old and bo---ny
Am Am/E C F F
Dawn breaks like a bull through the hall
C G G
never should have called
C F
but my head's to the wall
Am G G G
and I'm lo---nely
REPEAT CHORUS exactly as above
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/shins/new_slang_tab_ver_3.html ]
(Other versions of the solo aren't quite right, so this is the best
I could come up with, I think it's pretty much there. I've tried to
get the timing right, but you'll need to listen hard to the song if
you want to play it perfect.)
[1/3 means pluck with first fret held down and slide to 3; 2p0 means
pluck with second fret down and pull off to open string]
1st solo (2:09)
e|-----3p0-----------------3/5-3--------------0-3/5--5--|
B|--3/5---3/1-0-1-/6--55---------5/3--1-3/5--1----------|
G|------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
e|-555-3--555-3-p0--------------------------------------|
B|-----------------3/1-3/5----0-1---0-3-1---------------|
G|--------------------------2-----0---------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------2p0------|
A|------------------------------------------------3-----|
E|------------------------------------------------------|
A|--3-2-
VERSE
Am Am/E C F F
God speed all the bakers at dawn
C G G
may all cut their thumbs
C F
and bleed into their buns
Am G G G
'til they melt away
CHORUS
G C
I'm looking in at the good life
F C G
I might be doomed never to find
G C
Without a trust or flaming fields
F C G
am I too dumb to refine
G C
and if you took to me like
F C F C
well I'd have danced like the queen of the eyesores
F C G
and the rest of our lives would have fared well
2nd solo (3:08)
e|------0-------------------------------------------------|
B|--0h1---1/3-3/5-6~-5-5--666-8-10-8---5/3--1/3-5-3/5-6-6-|
G|--------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-6--5-5--666-8-10-8----1-3/5-3-1-0---0-1-------------|
G|-----------------------------------2-----------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------2p0---|
G|--------------------------------------------------3--|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|--3-2-
OUTRO
Am C F C G C Am G (x2)
end on C
Brilliant song, hope this helps you recreate the magic.
