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Make Everyone Happy Mechanical Birds tab by Modest Mouse

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Modest Mouse
Make Everyone Happy // Mechanical Birds
This Is Chord diagramA augmentedA Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About
Track 15, 1996


GUITAR 1 (0:00 - 2:30)

   Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramC majorC
e|-----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-4---4-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-5---5----4---4---5---5---5--5-5--5/7-7--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-5---5----5---5---3---3---3--3-3--5/7-5--|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------5---5---3---3---3--3-3---------|

VERSE 1
Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD                       Chord diagramC majorC
And I said you shouldn't make facts out of opinions
Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramC majorC
He said that I was right, You're right I knew that I was
Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramC majorC
And I'd hate to see anybody thank you
Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD MajorD               Chord diagramC majorC
But I'd like to see you fail saying thank you though( )
Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramC majorC
I'm not sure who I - am
Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramC majorC
I'm not sure who I - am, but I know who I've been

------------------[INSTRUMENTAL]---------------------

VERSE 2
Chord diagramG+G     Chord diagramD MajorD                   Chord diagramC majorC
And I said you can't make everybody happy
Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramD MajorD                     Chord diagramC majorC
He said you'd like to at least make yourself happy though
Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramC majorC
I'm not sure who I   am
Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramD MajorD              Chord diagramC majorC
I'm not sure who I   am but I know who I've been


GUITAR 2:

Riff 1:
e|-----3-------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----3-------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----0--------4--------5---5---------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------5-7---5--5-7---5---5-5/7-7-|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-2-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-3-----------------------------------|

Riff 2:
e|-----3-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----3-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----0--------4--------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------5-7---5------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-2---------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-3----------------8\3--8\3--8--10--12\8--|

Riff 3:
e|-----3-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-----3-----------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|-----0--------4--------5---5----5-7-5-7--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|----------5-7---5--5-7---5---5-----------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-2---------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-3---------------------------------------|

Riff 4:
e|-------------------------|------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|------------5------------|------------5-----------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----4h5--7-----5--7--4---|----4h5--7-----5--7--4--------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-5---------------------5-|-5----------------------7--5--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-------------------------|------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-------------------------|------------------------------|

Riff 5:
e|--------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|---4h5-7-5---2h4-5-4-----------4------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-5---------4---------2-2-2/5-7---7-5--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------------------------|

IN ORDER OF:
RIFF 1
RIFF 2
RIFF 3
RIFF 2
       REPEAT
RIFF 4
RIFF 2
RIFF 3
RIFF 1
RIFF 5
       THEN INTO TRANSITION
----------------MANDOLIN RIFFS (Capo 5th Fret)---------------
Transcribed for guitar


Variation 1 (Beginning of song):
e|---0-2--5h0-0---0-0-2--0-0--0----------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-3-----------------------------3------3-3---3---3--|
Chord diagramG+G|----------------------------------2h4-----4---4----|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------------------------------------|

Variation 2 (1:40):
e|--10-------|
Chord diagramBB|-----10----|
Chord diagramG+G|--------7--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-----------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-----------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------|

Variation 3 (2:00):
e|---0-2-3-2-0-2-0-----|-------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|-3---------------3-3-|-----3-----3-----3-----3--0----|
Chord diagramG+G|---------------------|-2h4----4-----4-----4-------2--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|---------------------|-------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|---------------------|-------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|---------------------|-------------------------------|

Variation 4 (2:40):
e|---0-2-3-2-0-----------------------------------------0--|
Chord diagramBB|-3-----------3--3--3--3-------3----3----------3---3-----|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------2-2h4----4---4-2--2h4---4-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|--------------------------------------------------------|


----------------------TRANSITION----------------------

Part 1:
    Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramBB     Chord diagramC majorC    Chord diagramD MajorD
e|--10-----7------7-----8----10---|
Chord diagramBB|--12-----8------7-----8----10---|
Chord diagramG+G|--12-----9------7-----9----11---|       REPEAT X3
Chord diagramD MajorD|--12-----9------9-----10---12---|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--10-----7------9-----10---12---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|----------------7-----8----10---|

Part 2:
Played until end of the song
   Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramF# minorF#m    Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramF# minorF#m
e|-10-----9------7---9---|
Chord diagramBB|-12-----10-----8---10--|
Chord diagramG+G|-12-----11-----9---11--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|-12-----11-----9---11--|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|-10-----9------7---9---|
Chord diagramE MajorE|-----------------------|


----------------------QUICK-INTERLUDE----------------------
This part's a little messy, but it sounds quite accurate.

e|-23h22-23h22-22~~~---21b~~-21b~~--21b~~---x-x-x-x---23------23----|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------23------21-|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------|


----------------------OUTRO----------------------


Continue messing around with this riff:
e|-23h22-23h22-22~~~---21b~~-21b~~--21b~~---x-x-x-x---23------23----|
Chord diagramBB|-------------------------------------------------------23------21-|
Chord diagramG+G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|------------------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE|------------------------------------------------------------------|


GUITAR 2 Harmonics:
e|-7+----7+------7+-----7+--------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB|--------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramG+G|----7+~----7+~----7+~----7+~---7+-7+-7+-7+-7+-7+-5+-5+--|
Chord diagramD MajorD|--------------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA|--------------------------------------------------------|

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