"Those Bold City Girls," by the Shins
tabbed by Larry (drkaufman@go.com) - http://drkaufman.tripod.com/omnibus

I transcribed this from both the KXCI Tucson performance and from the 7" studio recording.  I think there was only, like, one chord I had trouble making out.  It's the one where I notated the bass line.	-Larry


Bm 			  G
You slide out at night to show yourself.
	    E
You mean to hang yourself
		     F#			Bm	
On the wall with the hems you call your friends.

Bm		   G
You've memorized a thousand lines
	     E
And kissed a thousand guys
					F#  G
But none packed more than wood.

	      D		   		C		 G     A	G
And still you wake up, the taste of the night before has grown somehow.
		      D				     C		       G      A
You've memorized your makeup, you're free from their eyes and all they laugh about.

G A  G A  A D

Bm			       G
Sailboats that never float and lids of lead
	       E
That hold your ego down.
		  F#	   Bm
What's it take to bend the lens?

Bm		G	     E
Well as you can see I really know
	      F#	D
But never can amend the trend 
	    A		       G       /G    /F#  /E
Towards the rocks wielding the knives beneath your breast
   /B		D/A		 A		  G
And all the the waves that never break within our sight.
   G   /F#  /E	  Bm A	 	
So come on  treat me right.

Bm G E F#
Bm G E F# G

	     D				 C		    G	   A	G	
If you could keep him you'd dub him "The rock what aced 'em two to one," 
	D		 C		 G			A     G
But the powder from your empty boxes was ground from your whole empty youth.
	      D				C		 G	   A	G
And still you wake up, the taste of the night before has grown somehow.
		      D		     		     C		       G      A
You've memorized your makeup, you're free from their eyes and all they laughed about.

G A  G A  G A D