Good News For People Who Love Bad News Tabs:
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BLACK CADILLACS - Modest Mouse
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Tabbed by: Stefan
Email: jda469@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard EADGBe
Chords:
A5 F5 C G5
EADGBe EADGBe EADGBe EADGBE
577xxx 133xxx x35553 355xxx
Bb5 F(II)5 C(II)
EADGBe E A D G B e E A D G B e
688xxx x 10 8 8 8 10 8 9 10 10 8 8
Verse:
Intro And it's true....
>=hammer off
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And it's true...
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A5
And we were done, done, done
F5 C G5
with all the fuck, fuck, fuckin' around.
A5
You were so true to yourself.
F5
You were true to no one else.
C G5
Well I should put you in the ground.
A5
I've got the time, I got the hours,
F5
I got the days, I got the weeks.
C
I could say to myself
G5
I've got the words but I can't speak.
A5
Well I was done, done, done
F5 C G5
with all the circ, circ, circlin' round.
Bb5
I didn't die and I ain't complainin'
F(II)5 C(II).
I ain't blamin' you.
Bb5
I didn't know that the words you said to me
F(II)5 CII)
meant more to me than they ever could you?
Bb5
I didn't lie and I ain't sayin'
F(II)5 C(II)
I told the whole truth.
Bb5
I didn't know that this game we were playin'
F(II)5 C(II)
even had a set of rules.
--->The rest is the same as before...
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Jared Wanna Be |
#1 by Jared van Eck at Feb 5, 1973 at 12:30 AM EST |
| i agree with most of what you said, 764-mouser, but i didnt agree with "He's supposed to be writing for the FANS not the masses." i think artist should write what they are thinking/feeling, not what anyone else wants | |
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Your account ha Average |
#2 by Your account has been hacked into by Bkid23 Stupid.... at Jul 4, 1973 at 4:05 PM EST |
| I think this song is about arrogance and taking yourself too seriously. "using so many verbs and nouns","named our children..." and "laughing at the stars" and many of the other lines are all criticizing our willingness to think of ourselves as so prolific and so smart, despite the fact that we're all "dumb dumb dumber than the dirt dirt dirt on the ground." He brings up a good point that vanity is our greatest weakness, and that we should take a good look at ourselves ("you should run round yourself right now") and who we really are before making assumptions on how great we are. | |
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Drake Average |
#3 by Drake Bergman at Jan 18, 1977 at 10:04 AM EST |
| the way he sings is incredible. You were so true to yourself You were true to no one else those lines are great, so many good pieces of lyric in their songs.. | |
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connor Average |
#4 by connor gooley at Feb 28, 1978 at 1:03 PM EST |
| Jeez people. Its a word. Fuck is just a word. Have any of you parents group herd of saying "sticks and stones"? Fuck, shit, bitch- its all just ways of expressing yourself. | |
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Erin Rhythm Player |
#5 by Erin at May 18, 1981 at 10:23 PM EST |
| This song is about a failed relationship, and how rediculous some of the rules and run arounds are. Some bitter moments like "well i should put you in the ground." And how often relationships can become such bullshit after awhile. I really like how our schools and society value learning and using our verbs and nouns, but in the end most of the people are just complete dumbfucks. | |
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M Average |
#6 by M K-O at Apr 15, 1982 at 9:53 AM EST |
| hmmm...pitchforkmedia.com reviewed this and said that they sounded a little like the clash in this song...but i am just not seeing the likeness. | |
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Fatty [eats chi Average |
#7 by Fatty [eats children] kid at Sep 5, 1985 at 1:44 PM EST |
| I have to turn this song down when I listen to the Good News For People Who Love Bad News album. He says "fucking around" very prominently in the chorus. I guess they don't bother with the "Parental Advisory" labels anymore, I didn't see one on this album. No, I don't normally care about that or have a pole up my as - just an observation. | |
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Bobby Wanna Be |
#8 by Bobby Warneke at Mar 12, 1993 at 4:18 AM EST |
| I love how the lyrics blend mindless rage with well-thought-out rage. haha. Don't know a word for that besides "brilliant". Modest Mouse didn't sell out, they matured. | |
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birdman Average |
#9 by birdman ethdh at Aug 13, 1993 at 6:27 PM EST |
| "And it's true that the clouds just hung around Like black Cadillacs outside a funeral.." Great imagery. | |
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Angus Rhythm Player |
#10 by Angus Young at Sep 9, 1994 at 8:26 AM EST |
| Great Song Great Band Great Album | |
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Vinnie Rhythm Player |
#11 by Vinnie Valium at Sep 27, 1994 at 3:11 PM EST |
| Okay i'm to lazy to read the 2nd page but first of all the first page, "FUCK" OH MY FUCKING GOD IT'S JUST A FUCKING WORD LIKE WE HAVE BITCH AND ASSWHOLES AND BULLSHIT!!! they all words what do you care? I mean fuck the whole labe warnning that they going to use some bad words fuck that! really come on you going to hear it anyways! and it's unlike you know the word. I mean if you walk down twon most likey you'll hear a word like that! Okay now let's move on, as for the song itself i have to disagree with the top people! IT'S NOT ABOUT THE FUCKING BREAKING UP! you could soo tell they talking about their group, they were going into some hard times and i'm glad they made a song something like that. As for the nones and towns they never been too it's like rules that never make much good for them. As they were laughing and smiling how that all fade away and they'll at a person death for it was unknow and the fact that death is all over the place. Oh my god sometimes i worry about people and how they see lyrics not every song is about breaks up.... | |
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The Crow Rhythm Player |
#12 by The Crow at Apr 19, 2003 at 3:20 PM EST |
| Good song, good song. It's about going to school (which is a waste of life), being 'educated' and still being fucking stupid. Like most people. That's what I think, anyways... | |
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joel Average |
#13 by joel christman at Dec 13, 2004 at 12:10 AM EST |
| This song is all about growing up, hitting 30 and realizing how stupid you were when you were younger. In the past, they thought they were true to themselves, but now they realize they were never true to anybody. They laughed at the stars (Symbolism for the mystical and the apex of creation), while they were stuck going nowhere. | |
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