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The Best Room Tab by Modest Mouse

The Best Room tab by Modest Mouse

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


e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-----7-----7-----7-----7----|-----7-----7-----7-----7----|
A|----(7)---(7)---(7)---(7)---|----(7)---(7)---(7)-- (7)---|
E|--5-----5-----5-----5-------|--5-----5-----5-----5-------|
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                                  To the empty balconies we seranade...
e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--x----12-12----12----12----14-------|--x----12-12----12----12----12------|
A|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|


e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--9--9-----10-10---------------------|--9--10-9-10--10-9--7--5------------|
A|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|


(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|----------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------|----------------------------|
G|--12-9----------|-----------9--12-14-16------|
D|----------------|----------------------------|
A|--10-7----------|-----------7--10-12-14------|
E|----------------|----------------------------|

e|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--17----------14-------12---|--14----12-9-----7--5----|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|--15----------12-------10---|--12----10-7-----5--3----|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------|

Verse 2:
The same part is played, but with this playing as well:
(Guitar 2, distorted with heavy bending)
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|--------|--------|--------|--------|
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E|--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.)

       F                         Dm                          Am
These western concerns are all I ever really learned to be concerned with
                                   Fmaj7         Dm
But don't you, don't you know it's hard feeling tired
      Am
Every time that you try
         F            Dm            Am
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
The family living upstairs must have a fleet of rider lawnmowers
        Am
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|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|--13-13-13-13-13-13--13h15-17----|--13-13-13-13-13-15-17-15---|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------|

e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|--10-10-10-10-10-10-13-13---|--10-10-10-10-13-13-8-------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------| x2

(Guitar 2)
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--2/10-------2/10-----------|--2/7--------2/7------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------| x2

e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|--3/8--------3/8------------|--3/7--------3/7------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------| x2

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

e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|

e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|-9--9--9--9--7--------------|-7--------------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|

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

e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------1-----------3p1--------1--------------|
G|--------2-------------(2)---------------------------|
D|--0h2-------------(2)-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

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)
F       Dm       C
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|----------------|----------------|-------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|-------|----------------|
G|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--9----|--12----12-9----|
D|----------------|----------------|-------|----------------|
A|--3--3--3--3----|--5--5--5--5----|--7----|--10----10-7----|
E|----------------|----------------|-------|----------------|

              Feelin' tired     every time     that you try
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--9--9--9--9----|--12-9--12-7----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--3--3--3--3----|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--10-7--10-5----|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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

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

(Fill)
e|----------------|-------------|
B|----------------|-------------|
G|--12\9---9\7----|-5-----------|
D|----------------|-------------|
A|--10\7---7\5----|-3-----------|
E|----------------|-------------|

F                          G                      C
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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--9--9--9--9----|--9--9--9--9----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--3--3--3--3----|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

  hard,     feelin' tired    all the time
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--9--9--9--9----|--9--9--9--9----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--3--3--3--3----|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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

(Guitar 1)
   Go reckless, unharmed...
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-----10----10----10----10---|-----10----10----10----10---|
A|----(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)--|----(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)--|
E|--8-----8-----8-----8-------|--8-----8-----8-----8-------|

e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-----7-----7-----7-----7----|-----7-----7-----7-----7----|
A|----(7)---(7)---(7)---(7)---|----(7)---(7)---(7)-- (7)---|
E|--5-----5-----5-----5-------|--5-----5-----5-----5-------|

Take note that after playing this twice, the bass goes to an F and E in the bass
instead of a C 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|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|--13-13-13-13-13-13--13h15-17----|--13-13-13-13-13-15-17-15---|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------|

e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|--10-10-10-10-10-10-13-13---|--10-10-10-10-13-13-8-------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|

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