“Pressed in a Book” by The Shins
Tabbed by Nell (BruceyLucy1@aol.com) - http://nellmedia.com/mercer

I based this tab on a live acoustic recording. I’m just giving the chords, not the way to play them. I’m pretty sure I’m right, though. I can’t figure out the intro, but it’s some slidey thing based on E. The part where the keyboard stops building up and meets the guitar is on A.

A                        E                        C
   Doted on like seeds planted in rows
       G                D           A
The untied shoelaces of your life
                     C#m                               E
Nurtured all year then pressed in a book
            D                   C#m           A
Or displayed in bad taste at the table
                 E                                G
Problems arise and you fan the fire
                          D                                         A
While there’s a wild pack of dogs loose in your house tonight
                     E                                C
You’re from bad cloth, soiled like socks
                       D                                    C
Add it up and basically, people never change

C                                      G
They just talk and make plans in the dark
               C                                          G                      D                C
Or make haste with ideas that can’t help but creep good people out
                     G                                     C
As you talk to me, too much you’re assuming
                            G                   D          E
We don’t always want what’s right

E  C#m

*VERSE*
*CHORUS*

E  C#m

A E G D  x3

        C
Nice try