Kunci Gitar Shins - Know Your Onion

the ground work for this comes from the previous tab , but i’ve fixed some bits and
addEd little touches here and there that were left out . it should be noted that
james mercer plays this song high up on the neck , so he uses A 5th root E barre
chord and the B on the same fret . it also sounds much better this way .

intro :
E – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G – 8 – 6 – 4 – 2 – 1 – – |
D – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – 7 – 5 – 3 – 1 – 0 – – |

then

E B x4

E B E B
shut out , pimpled and angry
E B A B
i quietly tied all my guts into knots
E B E B
gave up on trying to make them
E B A B
i figured it’d take them too long to look up

C#m G# A E
and besides , it was undeniably clear to me , i don’t know why
A E D A
when every other part of life seemed locked behind shutters
B
i knew the worthless dregs we’ve always been

E B E B
lucked out , found my favourite record
E B A B
lying in wait at the birmingham mall
E B E B E
the songs that i heard , the occasional book
B A B G#
were the only fun i ever took
A B E
and i got on with making myself

( instrumental , listen for timing to change from E to A , easy to see when mercer plays it live )

E A B

E A B

G# A B C
now the trick is just making yourself
C G
but when they’re parking their cars on your chest
G C
you’ve still got a view of the summer sky
C G C
to make it hurt twice when your restless body caves to it’s whim
C B
and suddenly struggles to take flight

rundown :
E – – – – – – – – – – – – |
B – – – – – – – – – – – – |
G – 8 – 6 – 4 – 2 – 1 – – |
D – – – – – – – – – – – – |
A – – – – – – – – – – – – |
E – 7 – 5 – 3 – 1 – 0 – – |

E B E
three thousand miles north – east
B E B A B E
i left all my friends at the morning bus stop shaking their heads
E B E B E
“what kind of life you dream of? you’re allergic to love”
B A B C#m
yes i know but i must say in my own defense
G# A E
it’s been undeniably dear to me , i don’t know why
A E D A
when every other part of life seemed locked behind shutters
B
i knew the worthless dregs we are
the selfless , loving saints we are
E
the melting , sliding dice we’ve always been

i hope this helps . it took me a while to find out which chord the a was in the
“when every other part” section , but i watched a few live performances to get it .
it sounded odd at first , but most definitely right .
note : during the break ( C and G , when they’re parking their cars on your chest ) ,
during live performances james uses open chords for the C and G and plays the
bottom strings for the B . it gives a different tone and sounds much better .
alternatively , for the intro and rundown , you can simply play B A G F E , and while
not being entirely accurate , still sounds good enough to play .