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SO SAYS I
As recorded by The Shins
(From the 2003 Album CHUTES TOO NARROW)
Words and Music by James Mercer
Arranged by James Mercer
Transcribed by murphy_the_dog
Am D E E5
x 0 2 2 1 0 x x 0 2 3 2 x 7 9 9 9 x x 7 9 x x x
D5 C5 B5 C
x 5 7 x x x x 3 5 x x x x 2 4 x x x 8 10 10 9 8 8
F G A5
13 15 15 14 13 13 x 10 12 12 12 x x 0 2 2 x x
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Lead Guitar - Chingy Clean'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Rhythm Guitar - Clean'
Gtr IV (E A D G B E) - 'Lead Guitar - Overdriven (solo)'
Intro
Q=141(8=s8)
Dm N.C.
4/4 5/4 4/4
Gtr I
>
H +H +H. E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-------------:--------------(0)------|---0---0---------||
|-------------:----------(3)-----(3)--|-3---1-----1-----||
|-7----(7)----:-(7)-------------------|---------2-----2-||
|-7----(7)----:-(7)-------------------|-------------2---||
|-5----(5)----:-(5)-------------------|-----------------||
|-------------:-----------------------|-----------------||
1st and 3rd Verse
$
Am D Am D
Gtr II
Q E Q +E Q Q E Q +E Q Q E Q +E Q Q E Q +E Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
||--------0---------|-------2---------|-------0---------|-------2----------|
||o-------1---1-----|-----3-3---3-----|-------1---1-----|-----3-3---3------|
||------2-------2---|---2---------2---|-----2-------2---|---2---------2----|
||----2-----------2-|-0-------------0-|---2-----------2-|-0-------------0--|
||o-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|------------------|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
Am D E E5 D5 C5 B5
Q E Q +E Q Q E Q +E Q Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------0---------|-------2---------|---------------|------------------||
|-------1---1-----|-----3-3---3-----|------9--9-----|-----------------o||
|-----2-------2---|---2---------2---|-9--9-9--9-9-9-|------------------||
|---2-----------2-|-0-------------0-|-9--9----9-9-9-|-9-9-7-7-5-5-4-4--||
|-0---------------|-----------------|-7--7----7-7-7-|-7---5---3---2---o||
|-----------------|-----------------|---------------|------------------||
Chorus
C F
H +Q Q H +Q Q
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E
|-------3---------|---------------8-------|
|------------5----|---------10------10----|
|-----5--------5--|------10------------10-|
|---5----------5--|---10------------------|
|-3---------------|-8---------------------|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
C F
H +Q Q H +Q Q
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E
|-------3---------|-----------------------|
|------------5----|---------10----10------|
|-----5--------5--|------10-------10------|
|---5----------5--|---10-------------10---|
|-3---------------|-8-------------------8-|
|-----------------|-----------------------|
C D
H +Q Q H +Q Q
| | | | | |
/ / / / / /
E E E Q E Q E E E Q E E E
|-------3---------|------------------|
|------------5----|-------7----------|
|-----5--------5--|-----7-7----7-----|
|---5----------5--|---7---7------7---|
|-3---------------|-5--------------7-|
|-----------------|------------------|
F G
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
H +Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / /
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------8-------------|-----------------------------------|
|--------10----10-------|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
|-----10-10----10-10----|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
|-10--10----------10-10-|-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12--|
|--8---------------8--8-|-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10--|
|-----------------------|-----------------------------------|
2nd Verse
To Coda
G Am
|--3--|
E E E Q H Q E Q +E Q
| | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / /
|--3--|
E E E Q H E E E Q E E E
|-----------------------------||-----------0----------|
|-12-12-12-12-----------------||--------1-------1-----|
|-12-12-12-12-----------------||--------2---------2---|
|-12-12-12-12-----------------||----2---------------2-|
|-10-10-10-10-----------------||--0-------------------|
|-----------------------------||----------------------|
D Am
Q E Q +E Q Q E Q +E Q
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
|-----2-3---2-----|-------0----------|
|-----3-3---3-----|-----1-----1------|
|---2---------2---|-----2-------2----|
|-0-------------0-|---2-----------2--|
|-----------------|-0----------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|
| W W
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
|-----------------|------------------|
D Am
Q E Q +E Q Q E Q +E Q
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
|-----2-3---2-----|-------0---------|
|-----3-3---3-----|-------1---1-----|
|---2---------2---|-----2-------2---|
|-0-------------0-|---2-----------2-|
|-----------------|-0---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|
| W W
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
D E E5 D5 C5 B5
Q E Q +E Q Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / / / /
E E E Q E E E Q E Q E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------2---------|---------------|-----------------||
|-----3-3---3-----|------9--9-----|-----------------||
|---2---------2---|-9--9-9--9-9-9-|-----------------||
|-0-------------0-|-9--9----9-9-9-|-9-9-7-7-5-5-4-4-||
|-----------------|-7--7----7-7-7-|-7---5---3---2---||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|
| Gtr IV
| W W H E E E E
|-----------------|---------------|-----------5-----||
|-----------------|---------------|-------------5-8-||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|---------------|-----------------||
Guitar Break
Am D
Gtr II
Q E Q +E Q Q E Q +E Q
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV
+E E E Q E E E +E E E Q E E E
|-----5-------5-----|-----5---8---5-----|
|-(8)---5-8-----5-7-|-(7)---5-------5-8-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Am D
Q E Q +E Q Q E Q +E Q
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
+E E E Q E E E +E E E Q E E E
|-----5-------5-----|-----5---8---5-----|
|-(8)---5-8-----5-7-|-(7)---5-------5-8-|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
|-------------------|-------------------|
Am D Am
Q E Q +E Q Q E Q +E Q W +W
| | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / /
+E E E Q E E E +E E E Q E Q Q. Q. Q +Q q q q
|-----5-------5-----|-----5---8---5----|-5----------------|-------------------||
|-(8)---5-8-----5-7-|-(7)---5-------5--|--------5---------|-------------------||
|-------------------|------------------|--------------5---|-(5)------------4--||
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------7----7------||
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| W W E E E Q E E E +E E E E +H
|-------------------|------------------|--------5-------5-|-(5)-----5-(5)-----||
|-------------------|------------------|------5-----5-----|-----5-------------||
|-------------------|------------------|----5---------5---|-------5-----------||
|-------------------|------------------|-7----------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|-------------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
Bridge
C
Gtr II
W +W
| |
/ /
Gtr I Gtr I
Q Q. E E E +E E E Q E E E
|----------------8-|-(8)------8---------|
|------------------|-----8-------8----8-|
|------9-------9---|--------------------|
|-----10----10-----|-------10------10---|
|-10--10-----------|--------------------|
|--8---------------|--------------------|
G
W +W
| |
/ /
Q E Q E E E +E Q Q Q.
|------------------10-|-(10)---------------|
|--------12-----------|------12------------|
|-----12-----12-------|----------12--------|
|---------------12----|--------------12----|
|-10------------------|--------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|
F C G
W +W W W
| | | |
/ / / /
Q E Q E E E +E Q Q Q. Q E Q Q. E E E Q Q.
|-----------------8-|-(8)---------8----|--------------|--------------10----|
|-------10----------|-----10-----------|------8-------|----------12--------|
|-----------10------|---------10-------|----9----9----|-------12-----------|
|----10--------10---|------------------|--------------|----12--------------|
|-8-----------------|------------------|--------------|-10-----------------|
|-------------------|------------------|-8------------|--------------------|
C
W +W
| |
/ /
Q Q. E E E +E E E Q E E E
|-------------------8-|-(8)------8-----------|
|---------------------|-----8---------8----8-|
|------9----------9---|----------------------|
|-----10------10------|-------10--------10---|
|-10--10--------------|----------------------|
|--8------------------|----------------------|
G
W +W
| |
/ /
Q E Q E E E +E Q Q Q.
|--------------------10-|-(10)---------------------|
|--------12-------------|------12------------------|
|-----12-------12-------|------------12------------|
|-----------------12----|------------------12------|
|-10--------------------|--------------------------|
|-----------------------|--------------------------|
F
W +W
| |
/ /
Q E Q E E E +E Q Q Q.
|--------------------8-|-(8)-------------8------|
|--------10------------|-----10-----------------|
|--------------10------|-----------10-----------|
|-----10----------10---|------------------------|
|--8-------------------|------------------------|
|----------------------|------------------------|
Am D
W W
| |
/ /
Q E Q Q E Q E E Q Q
|------5---------|------5-------|
|----------5-----|--------7-----|
|----5---------5-|----7------7--|
|----7---------7-|-----------7--|
|----------------|-5------------|
|-5--------------|--------------|
D.S. al Coda
Am
W W W W
|
/
Gtr I
|-3-|
Q E Q Q E Q Q Q H +W E E E E E E E E
|------5---------|-7-7-7----------|------------------|---0---0-----------||
|----------5-----|-x-x-x----------|------------------|-3---1-----1-------||
|----5---------5-|-9-9-9-7--------|-(7)--------------|---------2-----2---||
|----7---------7-|-9-9-9-7--------|-(7)--------------|-------------2-----||
|----------------|-7-7-7-5--------|-(5)--------------|-------------------||
|-5--------------|----------------|------------------|-------------------||
|
| Gtr II
| < > <
| |-3-|
| q q q q Q Q Q E E E E +E E E Q E E E E E E Q E E E
|----------------|-7-7-7-------5--|-(5)-----5------5-|-5-----5-------5---||
|----------------|-x-x-x---5------|-----5------5-----|---5-------5-------||
|----------------|-9-9-9-7---7----|-------7------7---|-----7-------7-----||
|----------------|-9-9-9----------|------------------|-------------------||
|----------------|-7-7-7----------|------------------|-------------------||
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-------------------||
Outro
&
Am D
Q E Q +E Q Q E Q +E Q
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
Gtr IV
Q +E Q +E Q Q +E Q +E Q
|--5-------(5)--5-------(5)--5-----|-5------(5)--5------(5)--5-----|
|--8b10====(8)r-8b10====(8)r-8b10--|-8b10===(8)r-8b10===(8)r-8b10--|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Am D
Q E Q +E Q Q E Q +E Q
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
Q +E Q +E Q Q +E Q +E Q
|-5------(5)--5------(5)--5-----|-5------(5)--5------(5)--5-----|
|-8b10===(8)r-8b10===(8)r-8b10--|-8b10===(8)r-8b10===(8)r-8b10--|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|
| W W
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Am D
Q E Q +E Q Q E Q +E Q
| | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / /
Q +E Q +E Q Q +E Q +E Q
|-5------(5)--5------(5)--5-----|-5------(5)--5------(5)--5-----|
|-8b10===(8)r-8b10===(8)r-8b10--|-8b10===(8)r-8b10===(8)r-8b10--|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E E5 D5 C5 B5 A5
|--3---| |-3-|
Q E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q H Q
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
/ / / / / / / / / / / / /
Q. Q. Q +Q E E E E E E Q H Q
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------*|
|-5---------------------|-------------------|------------*|
|---------4-------------|-------------------|------------*|
|-----------------6-----|-(6)S==2---0-------|------------*|
|-----------------------|---------------3---|-0----------*|
|-----------------------|-------------------|------------*|
Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low
melody durations appear below the staff
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
<n> - natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
Tempo markers - <E/E./Q/Q./H/H.> = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths
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