The Best Room tab by Modest Mouse

Tabs

Verse 1:
(Guitar 1)
  Let loose with your charms, go reckless, unharmed
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D MajorD|-----10----10----10----10---|-----10----10----10----10---|
A augmentedA|----(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)--|----(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)--|
E MajorE|--8-----8-----8-----8-------|--8-----8-----8-----8-------|


e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D MajorD|-----7-----7-----7-----7----|-----7-----7-----7-----7----|
A augmentedA|----(7)---(7)---(7)---(7)---|----(7)---(7)---(7)-- (7)---|
E MajorE|--5-----5-----5-----5-------|--5-----5-----5-----5-------|

                 To the empty balconies we seranade...
e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--x----12-12----12----12----14-------|--x----12-12----12----12----12------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|


e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
BB|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G+G|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D MajorD|--9--9-----10-10---------------------|--9--10-9-10--10-9--7--5------------|
A augmentedA|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E MajorE|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|


(Guitar 2 Fill)
During "All them playgrounds where them kids don't get to play,"
this fill lands on the beat of the word "play."

e|----------------|----------------------------|
BB|----------------|----------------------------|
G+G|--12-9----------|-----------9--12-14-16------|
D MajorD|----------------|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|--10-7----------|-----------7--10-12-14------|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------------------|

e|----------------------------|-------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|-------------------------|
G+G|--17----------14-------12---|--14----12-9-----7--5----|
D MajorD|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A augmentedA|--15----------12-------10---|--12----10-7-----5--3----|
E MajorE|----------------------------|-------------------------|

Verse 2:
The same part is played, but with this playing as well:
(Guitar 2, distorted with heavy bending)
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|
BB|--------|--------|--------|--------|
G+G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D MajorD|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A augmentedA|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E MajorE|--8b----|--8b----|--5b----|--5b----|

x2
Some harmonics are played at the end, but I can't figure them out.

Chorus:
(Only ambient guitar is played here; so here are the approximate chords.)

    FF             DmDm             A minorAm
These western concerns are all I ever really learned to be concerned with
                  Fmaj7Fmaj7     DmDm
But don't you, don't you know it's hard feeling tired
   A minorAm
Every time that you try
     FF      DmDm      A minorAm
Ain't it hard feeling tired all the time

Transition with only drums and bass, same chords as verse if you want to play them:
  C majorC
The family living upstairs must have a fleet of rider lawnmowers
    A minorAm
And the novelist to my right's convinced that every woman's a whore

Solo:
This solo has 3 guitar parts overlapped. Guitar 1 is the most prominent,
Guitar 2 is fairly in the background, and Guitar 3 comes in on the 5th bar fairly loud.

(Guitar 1)
E MajorE|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
BB|--13-13-13-13-13-13--13h15-17----|--13-13-13-13-13-15-17-15---|
G+G|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|----------------------------|

e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
BB|--10-10-10-10-10-10-13-13---|--10-10-10-10-13-13-8-------|
G+G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|----------------------------| x2

(Guitar 2)
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D MajorD|--2/10-------2/10-----------|--2/7--------2/7------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|----------------------------| x2

e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|--3/8--------3/8------------|--3/7--------3/7------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|----------------------------| x2

(Guitar 3)
-Rest for 4 bars beforehand-
Play with heavy bends

e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G+G|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|
D MajorD|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|----------------------------|

e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G+G|-9--9--9--9--7--------------|-7--------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|----------------------------|

Bridge:
(Guitar riff w/ heavy tremolo & delay)

e|----------------------------------------------------|
BB|--------------1-----------3p1--------1--------------|
G+G|--------2-------------(2)---------------------------|
D MajorD|--0h2-------------(2)-------------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------------------------------|

This is repeated for a while over the chords until "I'm going to bury my head..."
(no guitar parts for the first set of Ahs)
FF    DmDm    C majorC
Ah -  ah  -  ah

(Lightly strummed guitar, starting at the second set of "Ahs")
Simply ad-lib the rhythm, there's no real pattern here.

                    Well don't you, don't you know it's hard
e|----------------|----------------|-------|----------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|-------|----------------|
G+G|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--9----|--12----12-9----|
D MajorD|----------------|----------------|-------|----------------|
A augmentedA|--3--3--3--3----|--5--5--5--5----|--7----|--10----10-7----|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|-------|----------------|

       Feelin' tired   every time   that you try
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G+G|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--9--9--9--9----|--12-9--12-7----|
D MajorD|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A augmentedA|--3--3--3--3----|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--10-7--10-5----|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Ain't it hard feelin' tired   all the time     Well don't you, don't you know
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G+G|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--9--9--9--9----|--9--9--9--9----|
D MajorD|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A augmentedA|--3--3--3--3----|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

(Only bass and drums until the fill)
FF          G+G            C majorC
I'm going to bury my head in the woods right now

(Fill)
e|----------------|-------------|
BB|----------------|-------------|
G+G|--12\9---9\7----|-5-----------|
D MajorD|----------------|-------------|
A augmentedA|--10\7---7\5----|-3-----------|
E MajorE|----------------|-------------|

FF             G+G           C majorC
Scan for some mycelium and bring a little back to town
Well don't you, don't you know it's

(Louder strummed guitar)

 hard,   feelin' tired   every time   that you try?   Ain't it
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G+G|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--9--9--9--9----|--9--9--9--9----|
D MajorD|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A augmentedA|--3--3--3--3----|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

 hard,   feelin' tired  all the time
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
BB|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G+G|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--9--9--9--9----|--9--9--9--9----|
D MajorD|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A augmentedA|--3--3--3--3----|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|
E MajorE|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

Outro:
The guitar from the verse is played again, along with the solo guitar. These are now repeated until
the ending A minorAm chord on "all goin' apesh*t."

(Guitar 1)
  Go reckless, unharmed...
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D MajorD|-----10----10----10----10---|-----10----10----10----10---|
A augmentedA|----(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)--|----(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)--|
E MajorE|--8-----8-----8-----8-------|--8-----8-----8-----8-------|

e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
BB|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G+G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D MajorD|-----7-----7-----7-----7----|-----7-----7-----7-----7----|
A augmentedA|----(7)---(7)---(7)---(7)---|----(7)---(7)---(7)-- (7)---|
E MajorE|--5-----5-----5-----5-------|--5-----5-----5-----5-------|

Take note that after playing this twice, the bass goes to an FF and E MajorE in the bass
instead of a C majorC and A. This doesn't change the guitar part but if you're working out
a solo version you should keep this in mind.

(Guitar 2)

  Go reckless, unharmed...
E MajorE|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
BB|--13-13-13-13-13-13--13h15-17----|--13-13-13-13-13-15-17-15---|
G+G|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
D MajorD|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
E MajorE|---------------------------------|----------------------------|

e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
BB|--10-10-10-10-10-10-13-13---|--10-10-10-10-13-13-8-------|
G+G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D MajorD|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A augmentedA|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E MajorE|----------------------------|----------------------------|

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