Pressing Flowers Tab

by The Civil Wars
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Difficulty: intermediate
Capo: 5th fret
Author noahendo [a] 41. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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                             PRESSING FLOWERS - The Civil Wars
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Tabbed by: Noah Henderson
 
E-mail: hendo95@comcast.net (or noahhendo16@gmail.com)
 
Tuning: Standard - Capo 5
 
                          From: Poison & Wine EP
 
Okie dokie, the whole song is fairly simple. Everything with the guitar repeats so I
absolutely will not do this tab note for note the whole song. I have labeled each part so
hopefully it makes sense. Standard tuning Capo 5, the rhythms are a bit odd but not too
bad. The only difficulty you should have is if you try and sing along with it. Send me an
email if you have questions. I will gladly make a youtube video upon request. Enjoy, everyone!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 Intro (and verse)       REMEMBER: CAPO 5!!!
 
e|----2-2---2---2---2-2---2---2---2-2---2---2---0-0---0---0------------------|
B|----5-5---5---5---2-2---2---2---1-1---1---1---0-0---0---0------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0-----0---0---0-----0---0--------------------|
"Meet me in the garden..."
"I've got a secret......."
 
   Chorus: Starts with Am, and walks up to C, then an odd Em formation I am       not
familiar with...
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----1-1---1---1---1-1---1---1----------------------------------------------|
G|----2-2---2---0---0-0---0---0----------------------------------------------|
D|----2-2---2----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--0-----0---2---3-----3---3------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
"Oooooo..."
 
 
    Now the "odd Em formation" part.     ^These two parts are hard to fit^
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----2---0----0---0---2---0---0---0-----------------------------------------|
D|----0---0----4---0---0---0---4---0-----------------------------------------|
A|-------------------2---2---2---2-------------------------------------------|
E|--0---0----0---0-----------------------------------------------------------|
"Whatever you do..."
 
 
   Play the Am to C a second time after that, then this...
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----2---0---0---0---2---0---0---0------------------------------------------|
D|----0---0---4---0---0---0---4---0------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--3---3---3---3---2---2---2---2--------------------------------------------|
"Keep it with you..."
 
        Chorus #2 I guess? Oh well...
 
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----0-0---0---0------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0-0---0---0------------------0-0---0---0-------------------------------|
D|--4-----4---4--------------------4-4---4---4-------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------2-2---2---2-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------0-----0---0---------------------------------|
"You and I......"          "......pressing flowers"
 
 
Then this x2
 
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----0-0----0---0--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----0-0----0---0--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---3------3---3------------------------------------------------------------E|--|
"They're ours..."
 
  And finally this x2 ( A regular Em fits as well )
 
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----0-0---0---0-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----4-4---4---4-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--0-----0---0---------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Hopefully you figure out how to play this great song by a great duo! Thanks!
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5 comments
tigers1535
The "You and I are pressing flowers" part is called the bridge of the song. :I
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eddy171
What about the part "they're dying, but" right before "they're ours". There seems to be a few measures of tab missing.
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brokenstrings97
i understand what you mean when you say its difficult when you try and sing to it, cause i cant quite make it fit, the wahtever you do part seems like it has an extra part in it so it doesnt match up with the next bit :P tbf the actual tab sounds the same, if you want to sing to it, just find a way to make it work :P any civil wars song is hard to play cause that guy has mad guitar skills :'D
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