So this is from the 1993 cassete demos "Tube fruit, All smiles and chocolate", they're
impossible to find (physically) but you can listen to them on youtube or there are blogs that have
uploaded them. Bulldozers on a high is really such a great item and it's my favourite
from that "album", so here it is. I'm not going to post the strumming patterns (if
that's even possible) just listen to the recording.
Intro: these are the chords
e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G--7-----9--7------------------|
D--7--7--9--7------------------|
A--6--7--8--6------------------|
E-----6------------------------|
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/modest-mouse/327652.html ]
Verse: the first two are strummed and the third
one is actually played three times, note that usually he just plays the first two and
the third one is only played after them when he's not singing.
Just figure it out or improvise it doesn't really matter:
e-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G-7-----9-9-9-------------|
D-7--7--9-9-9-------------|
A-6--7--8-8-8-------------|
E----6--------------------|
Second part of song:
here's what I think he actually plays (maybe it's actually a bit lower, but sounds okay
to me. Try playing this an octave lower for fun):
e------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|
G-10-12-13-12-10-8-----6-8-9-8-6-4---|
D------------------9---------------6-|
A------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------|
Near the end he plays chord versions of these
e-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G-10-12-13-12-10-8-----6-8-9-8-6-4----|
D-x--x--x--x--x--x-9---x-x-x-x-x-x-6--|
A-8--10-11-10-8--6-x---4-6-7-6-4-3-x--|
E------------------7---------------4--|
Piece of cake. Next mission: decipher the lyrics :P
