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Sleeping Lessons
The Shins
Wincing The Night Away
Official release by Sub Pop Records on January 23, 2007.
The album's out there ... this is the first track.
The pattern is played with some strange delay.  The actual guitar strum comes in at 
the chorus and the whole band kicks in after the second verse at about 2 minutes and a half in.
pattern for chords:
e|--E-----------------|--A-----------------|-B------------------|
B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
G|-------------------|-------------------|--------1-4-1------|
D|-------------------|--------4-6-4------|----1-4-------4-1--|
A|--------4-6-4------|--0-4-7-------7-4--|--2----------------|
E|--0-4-7-------7-4--|-------------------|-------------------|
[Intro]
E 4x
EGo without 'til the need seeps in
you're low anyAmore; collect your novel petals for the stEem
Eand glow, glow; melt and flow
[Verse]
Eeviserate your fragile frame
spilled it all in ragged forAm; a thousand different versions of yoursEelf
  and if the oBld gaurd still offend; you got nAothing left on which you depend
sAo enlist every ounce of your bright blood and off with their heads
[Chorus]
  EJump from the book; you're not obliged to swallow anything you despiseA  
[Verse]
See those unrepenting buzzards want your lEife
when they got no rAight; as sure as you have eyes
they got no righEtB  A  
[Verse]
E       A
EJust put yourself in my new shoes; and see that I do what I do
because the oBld gods still offend; we got nAothing left on which we depend
sAo we waste every ounce of your bright blood and off with their heads
[Chorus]
  EJump from the book; you're not obliged to swallow anything you despise
Plays out like this:
[Intro]
E 10x A 4x E 6x
[Verse]
E 4x A 4x E 4x B 4x A 4x
[Chorus]
E 4x A 4x
[Verse]
E 4x A 4x E 4x B 4x A 4x
[Verse]
E 4x A 4x E 4x B 4x A 4x
[Chorus]
E till the end

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Sleeping Lessons

by The Shins

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Sleeping Lessons

The Shins

Wincing The Night Away

Official release by Sub Pop Records on January 23, 2007.

The album's out there ... this is the first track.

The pattern is played with some strange delay. The actual guitar strum comes in at

the chorus and the whole band kicks in after the second verse at about 2 minutes and a half in.

pattern for chords:

E A B

e|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

B|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|

G|-------------------|-------------------|--------1-4-1------|

D|-------------------|--------4-6-4------|----1-4-------4-1--|

A|--------4-6-4------|--0-4-7-------7-4--|--2----------------|

E|--0-4-7-------7-4--|-------------------|-------------------|

[Intro]

E 4x

Go without 'til the need seeps in

A E

you're low anymore; collect your novel petals for the stem

and glow, glow; melt and flow

[Verse]

eviserate your fragile frame

A E

spilled it all in ragged form; a thousand different versions of yourself

B A

and if the old gaurd still offend; you got nothing left on which you depend

so enlist every ounce of your bright blood and off with their heads

[Chorus]

E A

Jump from the book; you're not obliged to swallow anything you despise

[Verse]

See those unrepenting buzzards want your life

when they got no right; as sure as you have eyes

E B A

they got no right

[Verse]

E A

Just put yourself in my new shoes; and see that I do what I do

B A

because the old gods still offend; we got nothing left on which we depend

so we waste every ounce of your bright blood and off with their heads

[Chorus]

Jump from the book; you're not obliged to swallow anything you despise

Plays out like this:

[Intro]

E 10x A 4x E 6x

[Verse]

E 4x A 4x E 4x B 4x A 4x

[Chorus]

E 4x A 4x

[Verse]

E 4x A 4x E 4x B 4x A 4x

[Verse]

E 4x A 4x E 4x B 4x A 4x

[Chorus]

E till the end

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