Modest Mouse – The Whale Song (Guitar Tab)
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Artist: Modest Mouse
Song: Whale Song
Album: Autumn Beds single (I think maybe on multiple albums)
All the tabs for this song sucked, and I really wanted to learn it, so I
used tabs that had pieces and tried to learn it by ear, which is something
I've never done before, and it sounded good to me. Here's my version of
the song. Some parts are different, but it still sounds cool.
/ = slide
b = bend
Anything else just listen for.
0:00-0:33 bass intro
0:33-1:05 e|------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----13---13--11-11-11-9p8-9p8--9-9-9p8-9p8--9-9-9p8--------| G|----------------------------------------------------8s10----| x4 D|---10--10---------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| 1:14-1:20 e|----8-6------8-6-6-4----------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| 1:22-1:54 e|--8-6-8-6-8-6-6-6--6-4-4-4--4--3--4--3----------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| x4 A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| 1:54-2:10 e|-9p6-6b-6b--8p6-6b-6b--6p4-4b-4b--6p4-4b-4b--4p3-3b-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| x2 D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| 2:11-2:25 e|--8-6-8-6-8-6-6-6--6-4-4-4--4--3--4--3----------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| x2 A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| 2:25-2:56 e|-8/9/8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6/8/6-6-6-6-6-6-6---| B|----------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------| | (whole thing) x4 e|-4/6/4-4-4-4-4-4-4--3/4/3-3-3-3-3-3-3---| B|----------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------| 2:56-4:24 (play this over and over while other instruments build around it) e|------------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|-5--5-5--5-5---------------8--8-8--8-8----------------------| D|-5--5-5--5-5--6--6-6--6-6--8--8-8--8-8--5--5-5--5-5---------| A|-3--3-3--3-3--6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--5--5-5--5-5---------| E|--------------4--4-4--4-4---------------3--3-3--3-3---------| 4:24-4:31 e|--8-6-8-6-8-6-6-6--6-4-4-4--4--3--4--3----------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| 4:31-4:38 e|--8-6-8-6-8-6-6-6--6-4-4-4--4--3--4--3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| 4:38-4:46 e|--8-6-8-6-8-6-6-6--6-4-4-4--4--3--4--3----------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| 4:46-5:02 e|-9p6-6b-6b--8p6-6b-6b--6p4-4b-4b--6p4-4b-4b--4p3-3b-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-| B|------------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------------| x2 D|------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------| 5:02-5:39 e|-8/9/8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6/8/6-6-6-6-6-6-6---| B|----------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------| | (play until 5:39 e|-4/6/4-4-4-4-4-4-4--3/4/3-3-3-3-3-3-3---| B|----------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------| 5:39-end gtr 1 e|--8-6-8-6-8-6-6-6--6-4-4-4--4--3--4--3----------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| x2 A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------|
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| gtr 2 (tremolo picking or w/e) e|--15--13----12---10-----------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| x2 A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------| Outro (tremolo picking) e|--17--------------------------------------------------------| B|------------------------------------------------------------| G|------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------| x4 A|------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------|