------------------------------------------------------------------------------- IN THE FLOWERS - Animal Collective ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: Standard (E A G D B e) Intro: (slight reverb & increasing volume) e|----------| B|----6-----| G|------5---| x 28 D|--7-------| A|----------| E|----------| Then: (slight reverb) e|---------------------------------------| |---------| B|----6-----6-----7-----7-----6-----6----| |----7----| G|------5-----5-----7-----7-----5-----5--| |------7--| x 8 D|--7-----7-----9-----9-----7-----7------| |--9------| A|---------------------------------------| |---------| E|---------------------------------------| |---------| Verse: (slight reverb) "Met a dancer..." e|------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----7-----7-----7-----7-----8-----8-----8-----8-----10-----10-----| G|------7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7-----7------7------7---| D|--9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9------9--------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|----10-----10------12-------12-------12-------12-------13-------13-------| G|-------7------7-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12-------12----| D|--9------9------14-------14-------14-------14-------14-------14----------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|--------------------------------------------| B|-----13-------13------8-----8-----8-----8---| After this they just play G|--------12-------12-----7-----7-----7-----7-| variations on this riff, D|--14-------14-------9-----9-----9-----9-----| which are easy to figure out A|--------------------------------------------| once you know these chords. E|--------------------------------------------| The next bit is quite hard to make it sound good on a guitar, but use a lot of reverb a bit of distortion. Epic explosion at 2:30 : "Then we could be dancing..." Follow the rhythm with these chords: e|---------------------| B|---6----8---13---6---| G|---5----7---12---5---| D|---7----9---14---7---| A|---8---10---15---8---| E|---------------------| Then for the next part: "To hold you in time..." e|-----------| B|---8---6---| G|---7---5---| D|---9---7---| A|--10---8---| E|-----------| After return to the verse part. This should give you the key parts to the song. Honestly, I think this is the best Animal Collective song ever, except maybe "Purple Bottle". It's definitely their best on "Merriweather Post Pavillion". Buy it, it's worth every penny. -V | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note ===============================================================================