THE COLD PART
by Modest Mouse
Tab by Devin Miller
Email: irish__nugget@hotmail.com
Tuning: EADGBe
---------------INTRO---------------
The opening riff is most likely played on the bass, but it sounds
good on guitar as well:
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|------11\9-----9\--------2/5---2-4-0---|
A|-------------9---------2---------------|
E|--7--------7---------0-----------------|
This riff is played underneath the whole song.
Guitar 1 comes fades in with this riff:
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4/7--5--4---5-4-----------4--|
A|--------------------------------------------------7---5-7----|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 random part:
e|-------|
B|--6h7--|
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-------|
E|-------|
---------------VERSE---------------
Guitar 2 harmonics riff:
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4+--4+--4+--4+-4+-------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------3+--3+--3+--3+--4+--4+--4+--4+--3+--3+--5+--5+--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
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--4+--4+--4+--4+-4+--------------------------------0----------------|
--------------------3+--3+--3+--3+--4+--4+--4+--4+-------5+---------|
--------------------------------------------------------------------|
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--4+--4+--4+--4+-4+-------------------------------------------------|
--------------------3+--3+--3+--3+--4+--4+--4+--4+--3+--3+--5+--5+--|
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[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/m/modest-mouse/80375.html ]
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--4+--4+--4+--------------------------------------------------------|
---------------3+----4+--5+-----------------------------------------|
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Next come this part:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--6h7-7-6h7-7-/10-7-6----6h7-7-6h7-7-7---6h7-7-6h7-7-/10-7-6-7---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
Then the harmonics again:
(Press the strings behind the bridge to bend them):
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--4+~------------------------------------|
D|-----------3+~----4+~-----5+~-----5+~----|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|
---------------INTERLUDE---------------
("i step down..as president...")
pm........|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-0----2-0----------0-----0-2+-----0-2--2-0-------------------|
D|------4------4--0-2-4-----4--------4----------4----0--4h5p4-----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
note: the harmonic on fret 2 is that really high pitched noise. there
are 2 different ones you can get on second fret, this one can be obtained
by plucking it just before fret 2 (fret "1.9").
---------------OUTRO---------------
A couple of harmonics:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4+----------0--x-----------------------------------------|
D|------3+--4+--------3+--5+--3+---4+--3+---5+--3+--4+--3+---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
The outro consists of messing around with these harmonics, and
this riff:
e|-------------------------------------------|
B|---6h7-7-6h7-7-7---6h7-7-6h7-7-/10-7-6-7---|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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