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Saint Simon Tab

by The Shins
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Author onlymodestmouse [pro] 2,372. Last edit on Feb 13, 2014
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SAINT SIMON
by the Shins
 
tab by Devin Miller
email irish__nugget@hotmail.com
 
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
 
Legend:
| s  slide to
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| x  dead note
 
 
VERSE
 
   Cm    G     A#    F      D#    F      A#
e|----3-----3-----6-------------------------6-----6----6---|
B|----4-----3-----6-----10-----8-----10-----6-----6----6---|
G|----5-----4-----7-----10-----8-----10-----7-----7----7---|
D|----5-----5-----8-----10-----8-----10-----8-----8----8---|
A|-3--------5-----8--8------6-----8---------8-----8----8---|
E|-------3-----6-------------------------6----------6------| x 2
 
 
PRE-CHORUS 1
 
   G#            F             G#            F      G
e|-----4------4------1------1------4------4------1--3----|
B|-----4------4------1------1------4------4------1--3----|
G|-----5------5------2------2------5------5------2--4----|
D|-----6------6------3------3------6------6------3--5----|
A|-----6------6------3------3------6------6------3--5----|
E|-4-4----4-4----1-1----1-1----4-4----4-4----1-1----3----| x 1
 
 
BACK TO VERSE
 
   Cm    G     A#    F      D#    F      A#
e|----3-----3-----6-------------------------6-----6----6---|
B|----4-----3-----6-----10-----8-----10-----6-----6----6---|
G|----5-----4-----7-----10-----8-----10-----7-----7----7---|
D|----5-----5-----8-----10-----8-----10-----8-----8----8---|
A|-3--------5-----8--8------6-----8---------8-----8----8---|
E|-------3-----6-------------------------6----------6------| x 2
 
 
THEN PRE-CHORUS 2
 
   G#            F             G#            F      G
e|-----4------4------1------1------4------4------1--3----|
B|-----4------4------1------1------4------4------1--3----|
G|-----5------5------2------2------5------5------2--4----|
D|-----6------6------3------3------6------6------3--5----|
A|-----6------6------3------3------6------6------3--5----|
E|-4-4----4-4----1-1----1-1----4-4----4-4----1-1----3----| x 2
 
   Cm      G       D#      F            G5
e|---------------------6--------------------------------------------------|
B|-4-4-4-4---------8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10------------------------------------|
G|-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10--12--12--12--12--12--12--12-12-x-x-|
D|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10--12--12--12--12--12--12--12-12-x-x-|
A|-3-3-3-3-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-8--8--8--8---10--10--10--10--10--10--10-10-x-x-|
E|---------3-3-3-3--------------------------------------------------------|
 
e|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|
A|--10-8-6--5-----10-8-6--5---|
E|----------------------------| x 1
 
 
CHORUS
 
   D#    A#    Fm     G#   A#
e|----------6-----8------4---6--|
B|----8-----6-----9------4---6--|
G|----8-----7-----10-----5---7--|
D|----8-----8-----10-----6---8--|
A|-6--------8--8---------6---8--|
E|-------6------------4----6----| x 5
 
e|----4----------|
B|----4------8---|
G|----5------8---|
D|----6------8---|
A|----6---6------|
E|-4-------------| x 3
 
   C#              A#      G
e|------------------------------|
B|------------------------------|
G|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-4----|
D|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-8-5----|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-8-8-8-8-5----|
E|-----------------6-6-6-6-3----| x 1
 
 
GUITAR SOLO
 
(guitar 2):
 
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-8-7--5--4--4s5--5-5s7--7s3--3-3s5--5s3--3-3s5--5s3---|
D|------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------| x 2
 
(ending for 2nd time round)
 
e|-------------------|
B|-------------------|
G|--3h5-3--3h5-3s1---|
D|-------------------|
A|-------------------|
E|-------------------|
 
guitar 1 riff behind solo (same as verse riff):
 
   Cm    G     A#    F      D#    F      A#
e|----3-----3-----6-------------------------6-----6----6---|
B|----4-----3-----6-----10-----8-----10-----6-----6----6---|
G|----5-----4-----7-----10-----8-----10-----7-----7----7---|
D|----5-----5-----8-----10-----8-----10-----8-----8----8---|
A|-3--------5-----8--8------6-----8---------8-----8----8---|
E|-------3-----6-------------------------6----------6------| x 2
 
 
REPEAT PRE-CHORUS 2
 
REPEAT CHORUS
(Chorus leads to fade out outro)
 
 
guitar 2 riff during outro:
 
e|------------------------11h13p11h13-------------|
B|-----------11h13p11h13---------------11h13p11---|
G|-12h13p12---------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------|
 
final guitar solo heard:
 
e|-6-------------------------|
B|----8----------------------|
G|-------8--7-7h8-7s-3-3s5---|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
 
 
Feb. 25, 2007
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3 comments
karlkvale0
Whoops, went to edit, and garbled it all up. e|----------------------------------------------------| B|-8-6--4--3--3s4--4-4s6--3--3-3s4--4-4--4-4-4--4-3---| G|-8-7--5--4--4s5--5-5s7--3--3-3s5--5-3--3-3h5--5-3---| D|----------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------| B|-8-6--4--3—-3s4--4-4s6—-3--3-3s4--4-4--4-4-4--4-3-----| G|-8-7--5--4--4s5--5-5s7--3--3-3s5--5-3--3-3s5--5-3-----| D|------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------| B|--3s4s3--3s4s3s1---| G|--3s5s3--3s5s3s1---| D|-------------------| A|-------------------| E|-------------------|
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DeathRamps
hey thanks for this tab happy new year :)
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karlkvale0
Excellent work! I do think the solo is a little more complex:e|----------------------------------------------------|B|-8-6--4--3--3s4--4-4s6--3--3-3s4--4-4--4-4-4--4-3---|G|-8-7--5--4--4s5--5-5s7--3--3-3s5--5-3--3-3h5--5-3---|D|----------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------|B|-8-6--4--3—-3s4--4-4s6—-3--3-3s4--4-4--4-4-4--4-3-----|G|-8-7--5--4--4s5--5-5s7--3--3-3s5--5-3--3-3s5--5-3-----|D|------------------------------------------------------|A|------------------------------------------------------|E|------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------|B|--3s4s3--3s4s3s1---|G|--3s5s3--3s5s3s1---|D|-------------------|A|-------------------|E|-------------------|
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