Artist: The Shins
Song: My Seventh Rib
(Thanks to Shawn for tabbing this.)
G riff A riff
e|--3-3-3-3----5-5-5-5--
B|--3-3-3-3----5-5-5-5--
G|--4-4-4-4----6-6-6-6--
D|--5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7--
A|--5-5-5-5----7-7-7-7--
E|--3-3-0-0----5-5-0-0--
Verse 1
G riff
your silver tounge laughs at the clowns of our age
A riff
a slow production line of cheap shots from
G riff
both sides shot from the hip
A riff
to my seventh rib a spoiled tomato lies in all that you
D C G
say and I was the last of us to know
D-C C-Bb (slide)
G riff
sound the alarm for my
A riff
sentimental ways have come in view we've all got our own
G riff
knives sold to the worst of devils we
A riff
know our mind and tight skin will soon be
D C G
old but this wasn't meant for us to know
D-C C-Bb
G riff slide to Bb three times
G riff
D
Youths open shutters give way to another taken by sleight of
A G C
hand, and every american has the mouth of a pelican
A G E G D
now can I share that pillow with you love?
G riff
they've got us in fits to find a way
A riff
out of this, exploded view of a life once so
G riff
simple first with the curse and my senti-
A riff C C C# D
mental ways are drawing my innocence to a close
C G
but these weren't mean for me to know
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