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/ Modest Mouse / Lonesome Crowded West (1997) / Cowboy Dan bass tab

words and music by isaac brock/modest mouse
standard tuning
tabbed by ben harbin, with help from jonathan green

this is one their great songs, dont kno why there isnt already a tab up.
also this will give all the parts, but putting them in order and getting repetitions right is your job

intro
G|------------|
D|------------|
A|--9*--9--9m-|
E|------------|

verse a
G|----------------------------------------|
D|---11----11-----------11----11----------| sometimes, just let the 12 ring instead of sliding to nine
A|-9-----9----12-12\\9--9-----9----12\\7----| note: the 12\\9 is slow, just listen to the song
E|----------------------------------------|

verse b
G|----------------------------------------|
D|---11----11---------11----11------------| same thing here, just mix it up whether you slide down to 9 or not
A|-9-----9----12\\9--9-----9----12/14\\9----| but always play a then b
E|----------------------------------------| note:14\\9 is a slow slide

verse c (only close to the end)
G|------------------------|
D|---11------11---11-----:|
A|-9-------9----9----12--:|
E|------------------------|

bridge (Where he starts with \"standing, in the tall grass..\")
G|----------------------------------------------|
D|------------------11-------------------------:|
A|-12*--------11*------12--9*---12/14-14/16-12-:|
E|------10-12-----------------------------------|

thats about it, but heres a quick little glossary
* -let note ring
m -mute
: -repeat
/ -slide up
\\ -slide down

later, and please rate this


Modest Mouse albums
2004 Good News for People Who Love Bad News
2001 Sad Sappy Sucker
2000 The Moon & Antarctica
1997 Lonesome Crowded West
1997 The Fruit That Ate Itself
1996 This Is a Long Drive for Someone With Nothing to Think About
Lonesome Crowded West tabs
01Teeth Like God's Shoeshine tabbass tab
02Heart Cooks Brain tabbass tab
03Convenient Parking tabbass tab
04Lounge (Closing Time) tabbass tab
05Jesus Christ Was an Only Child tabbass tab
06Doin' the Cockroach tabbass tab
07Cowboy Dan tabbass tab
08Trailer Trash tabbass tab
09Out of Gas tabbass tab
10Long Distance Drunk tabbass tab
11Shit Luck tabbass tab
12Truckers Atlas tabbass tab
13Polar Opposites tabbass tab
14Bankrupt on Selling tabbass tab

 

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