Pressed In A Book chords by The Shins

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
Doted on like seeds
Bb 
planted in rows
F 
C 
G 
The untied shoelaces of your life
Bm 
D 
Nurtured all year, then pressed in a book
C 
Bm 
Or displayed in bad taste
G 
at the table
D 
F 
Problems arise and you fan the fire
C 
While there's a wild pack of dogs loose
G 
in your house tonight
Bm 
Cut you from bad cloth or
G 
Bb 
soiled like socks
C 
Add it up and basically
people never change
Bb 
They just talk and make plans

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Verse 2
Am 
in the dark
F 
Bb 
Or make haste with ideas
F 
Am 
that can't help
C 
F 
Bb 
But creep good people out
F 
Am 
As you talk to me too much,
F 
Bb 
you're assuming
F 
Am 
We don't al ways want what's
C 
D 
right
Bm 

Verse 3
G 
D 
Did I strike the right set
of chords? You're annoyed
Bb 
F 
C 
The goal is to ignite
G 
you, then move on
Bm 
You feel ill at ease, you
D 
got no squeeze
C 
G 
And the wise cracks won't
Bm 
G 
make you more stable
D 
You've learned you lines
F 
to scale and to time
C 
Why must I remind you now
G 
I'm only less able
Bm 
Cut from bad cloth or
Bb 
soiled like socks
C 
We're ordinary people,
we can't help but to change
Bb 
As we walk

Verse 4
F 
Am 
and make plans in the dark
F 
Bb 
Or make haste with the boy
F 
who can't help
Am 
F 
Bb 
But creep good people out
F 
Am 
F 
As you talk to me  too much,
Bb 
you're assuming
F 
Am 
We don't always want
C 
what's right
D 

Verse 5
G 
D 
F 
Two fallen saplings in an open field
C 
G 
Snow padding gently on an empty bench
D 
An old woman's jewelry lying unadorned
F 
C 
Coal nesting robins allied
G 
for the first time
D 
I know when you hear these sappy lines
F 
C 
You'll roll your eyes and say, "nice try"