Modest Mouse - Teeth Like God's Shoeshine bass tab
Modest Mouse - Teeth Like Gods Shine Guitar tab
Teeth Like God’s Shoeshine
OPENING:
e---------------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------5----------------------------------------------
g----------------------x----------------------------------------------
d------------4b-4b-----4---0------5-----------------------------------
a-----------------------------0---5---0---5^0---0---------------------
E---------------------------------3-----------------------------------
b=bend …do not bend it with your finger though, apply pressure to the bridge
or whammy-bar, so that the note is only bent slightly-much of the first part
of the song is played this way (listen to the record to pick it up) as are many
other modest mouse riffs; i.e., this indicative of Issac Brock’s “style.”
VERSE 1:
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------5------------------------------------------5---------------------------
g-----------x------------------------------------------x---------------------------
d-4b-4b-----4---0----5-------------------------4b-4b---4---0---5-----------------0-
a---------------0----5---0---5^0-0-------------------------0---5-------------------
E--------------------3-----------------------------------------3-4-5---------------
this is played throughout the verse, until…
END OF VERSE 1:
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----5-5-5-5-----------------------------------------------------
g-----x-x-x-x--------------------11-11-11-11----------------------
d-----4-4-4-4---5-5-5-5----------x-x-x-x---------7-7-7-7----------
a---------------5-5-5-5----------9-9-9-9---------7-7-7-7----------
E---------------3-3-3-3--------------------------5-5-5-5----------
“OH! If you could compact your conscience…”
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-------------------5----------5----------------------------------
g-------------------x---x------x------7-7-7-7---------------------
d---------4m-4m-4---x----------4------x-x-x-x------7-7-7----------
a-------------------------------------5-5-5-5------5-5-5----------
E--------------------------------------------------7-7-7----------
m=mute…but pretty much all of this is muted except the notes on the “b” string.
This is the only part that I am not too sure about, but it sounds about right,
anyways…just listen to the record to get the rhythm and to figure out when
and when not to mute the strings…
SLOW PART:
e---------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------
g---------------------------------------------------------------
d----------7---------------0-------------5-------------------5/7
a------5--------------4--------------5-------------------5------
E-7--------------5--------------3------------------3------------
play this twice.
“And the television’s gone…”
e-------------------------------------------------------
b-------------------------------------------------------
g-------------------------------------------------------
d------------7------------------------------------------
a------5-------------------------------5---4---------3b-
E-7--------------------------------5--------------------
**very important** these notes are all harmonics!! If you don’t know what
harmonics means,
listen to the record, and if you still don’t get it, ask someone who knows
how to play guitar…also on “3b” play this note right on the metal part of the
fret that separates the 3rd and 4th fret, does that make sense? Also, on that
same note, bend it by pulling up on the bridge of your guitar, i.e. pressing
down your whammy bar.
“Here’s the man with teeth like…”
Just play “SLOW PART” again.
Then it goes into this…
FAST PART #1: (Take ém all for the long ride…)
e-----------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------
g---4-4-4---------------------------------------------------------
d---x-x-x------7-7-7-------5-5-5----------------------------------
a---2-2-2 -----x-x-x-------x-x-x----------------------------------
E---x-x-x------5-5-5-------3-3-3----------------------------------
…and it changes right on “comes from deep down in side”
“Comes From deep down inside…” FAST PART #2:
e-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g-11--9---7---6---7---6---11--9---7---6---7---6---11---9---7---6---7---6------------------
d--x--x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x---x----x---x---x---x---x------------------
a--9--7---5---4---5---4---9---7---5---4---5---4---9----7---5---4---5---4---0-4-5^4-0-4-5^4
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
repeat this twice, then go into…
FAST PART #3 “and it’s all all wrong…”
e----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g-11---11---11---11---12^11---11---11---11---12^11---11---11---11---12^11---11---11----11
d-x-----x----x----x----x--x----x----x----x----x--x----x----x----x----x--x----x----x-----x
a-9-----9----9----9---10^ 9----9----9----9---10^ 9----9----9----9---10^ 9----9----9-----9
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
play this for awhile-listen to the record-then go back into FAST PART #2(but
only play it
once)…then it goes back into the “slow part”of the song again, and I’ve tabbed
out everything for
that already, so I trust that you can figure out the pattern yourself…then
it goes back in to the
fast part of the song again, which you can also figure out, then it ends on
this:
OUTRO PART 1:
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g---11----11---11----9---9---9---7---7---12---11---11----11---9---9---9---7---7---7---7b---7b---7b--
d----x-----x----x----x---x---x---x---x----x----x----x-----x---x---x---x---x---x---x-----------------
a----9-----9----9----7---7---7---5---5---10----9----9-----9---7---7---7---5---5---5-----------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
OUTRO PART 2:
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
b---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g----9----7----5----9----7----5-----9----7----5^^^^^^^^^^^------------------------------------------
d---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
a---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
**again, it is very important to understand that all of these notes are HARMONICS**
^^^^^^^^^^^^=bend this note up and down with your bridge or whammy-bar.
Play this several times-I’m not sure how many.
FINAL OUTRO:
e---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
d---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
g------11---------9-------7/////12------------------------------------------------------------------
d-------x---------x-------x/////x-------------------------------------------------------------------
a-------9---------7-------5/////10------------------------------------------------------------------
E---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
let ring.
Fin
