Wildside tab by Modest Mouse

Tabs

Intro & Chorus Riff 1:

      [palm mute A augmentedA string]            [pinch harmonics]
e]----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB]----------------------------------------------8-8-7--8p7-8p7----------|
G+G]-------------5-5s4---5---5---5h7-----5-5s4----7-7-7-----7---7---------|
D MajorD]-------------5-5s4---5---5---5h7-----5-5s4----------------------------|
A augmentedA]----------0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-------------------------|
E MajorE]--5-6-7-8-------------------------------------------------------------|
                        [Wildside]

Verse Riff 2:
[When waiting for the verse to start, just pick the A augmentedA string open]


e]----------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB]-------------------------------------------------------------8p7-8p7--|
G+G]----------------------------------------------------------------7---7-|
D MajorD]-----9--7---9--7---7--5---9--7-----9--7---9--7---7--5---9--7----------|
A augmentedA]-----7--7---7--7---5--5---7--7-----7--7---7--7---5--5---7--7----------|
E MajorE]----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Bridge Riff 3:

  [only play C majorC power chord when starting riff, do not repeat within loop]
e]--*-------------------------------------------------------------------|
BB]--*-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G+G]--5----5--7---2--2-----7--5---2--2---2--5--2---2--2---2--5--2---2--2--|
D MajorD]--5----5--7---2--2-----7--5---2--2---2--5--2---2--2---2--5--2---2--2--|
A augmentedA]--3----3--5---0--0---0-5--3---0--0---0--3--0---0--0---0--3--0---0--0--|
E MajorE]--*-------------------------------------------------------------------|
     [make sure you slid up and down to get that bluesy feel]

Now lets put it all together!!!

Riff 1

Pick A augmentedA string while waiting for Verse...

Riff 2
Kneel down Ye sinners to streetwise religion
Greed's been crowned the new king

Riff 2
Hollywood dream teens, yesterday's trash queens
Save the blessings for the final ring... AMEN!

Riff 1
Take a ride on the Wildside
Riff 1
Wildside

Pick A augmentedA string

Riff 2
I carry my crucifix under my death list
Forward all my mail to me in Hell

Riff 2
Liars and the martyrs, Lost faith in the father
Long lost in the wishing well... HUH!

Riff 1
Take a ride on the Wildside
Riff 1
Wildside

Riff 3
Fallen angels, so fast to kill, thy kingdom come on the wildside
Riff 3
Our father, who ain't in heaven, be thy name on the wildside
Riff 3
Holy Mary, mother may I, pray for us on the wildside

Riff 1
[play twice]

Pick A augmentedA string

Riff 2
Name dropping no-names, glamorize cocaine, puppets with strings of gold

Riff 2
East L.A. at midnight, papa won't be home tonight
Found dead with his best friend's wife

Riff 1
Take a ride on the wildside
Riff 1
Wildside

Riff 3
Gang fights, Fatal strikes, We lie on the wild side
Riff 3
No escape, Murder rape, Doing time on the wild side
Riff 3
A augmentedA baby cries, A augmentedA cop dies, A augmentedA day's pay on the wild side
Riff 3
Wild side, wild side, Tragic life on the wild side
Riff 3
Wild side, wild side, Kickin ass on the Wild Side