Modest Mouse – The World At Large (Ukulele)
Capo 1
Key
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Chords
Ok, so I was listening to the radio the other day and that ‘Death Bed Coffee’ song was on, the tik tok one?
Anyway, after hearing it I couldn’t get the melody for this Modest Mouse song out of my head.
Turns out the sample in the song, the coffee part, uses a similar chord progression.
I worked it out on the Uke and thought I’d share the arrangement.
I put a capo on the first fret and strum along with the melody rhythm.
The chords just repeat the same the whole time, and each chord gets 4 beats.
I like to add a C note on beats 2 and 4 for each chord, so that when you strum it should mimic the basic
melody.
[Chords]
F C6 Bbmaj7 Am
A|--0--------0--------0--------0--------| E|--1--------0--------1--------0--------| C|--0--------0--------2--------0--------| G|--2--------0--------3--------2--------|
[Chords with C Variations]
F C Bbmaj7 Am
A|--3--------3--------3--------3--------| E|--1--------0--------1--------0--------| C|--0--------0--------2--------0--------| G|--2--------0--------3--------2--------|
[Verse 1]
F Ice age heat wave, can't complain C6 If the world's at large, why should I remain? Bbmaj7 Walked away to another plan Am Gonna find another place, maybe one I can stand F I move on to another day C6 To a whole new town with a whole new way Bbmaj7 Went to the porch to have a thought Am Got to the door, and again, I couldn't stop F You don't know where and you don't know when C6 But you still got your words and you got your friends Bbmaj7 Walk along to another day Am Work a little harder, work another way F Well uh-uh, baby, I ain't got no plan C6 Well I float on, maybe would you understand? Bbmaj7 Gonna float on, maybe would you understand? Am Well I float on, maybe would you understand?
[Verse 2]
F The days get shorter and the nights get cold C6 I like the autumn but this place is getting old Bbmaj7 I pack up my belongings and I head for the coast Am It might not be a lot, but I feel like I'm making the most F The days get longer and the nights smell green C6 I guess it's not surprising, but it's spring and I should leave
Bbmaj7
Am
F I like songs about drifters, books about the same C6 They both seem to make me feel a little less insane Bbmaj7 Walked on off to another spot C6 I still haven't gotten anywhere that I want Bbmaj7 Did I want love? Did I need to know? Am Why does it always feel like I'm caught in an undertow?
[Verse 3]
F The moths beat themselves to death against the lights C6 Adding their breeze to the summer nights Bbmaj7 Outside, water, like air, was gray Am I didn't know what I had that day F Walk a little farther to another plan C6 You said that you did, but you didn't understand
Bbmaj7
Am
F I know that starting over's not what life's about C6 But my thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth Bbmaj7 My thoughts were so loud I couldn't hear my mouth Am My thoughts were so loud