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Modest Mouse Doin The Cockroach Guitar Tab

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Tabbed by Payton                
About 95% Correct
Intro
e---------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------
G---7--7--------------------------------------------
D--9--9--9--7----7-----7-------------------------999 x6
A---------------9-----9---9---7------7---7-------999
E-----------------------------------9---9---9-7--777

Chorus
e---------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------- |
G-----8b9r8-------8b9r8----8b9r8-------8b9r8-------- |
D--99-------99999-------99-------99999-------------- |
A--99-------99999-------99-------99999-------------- |
E--77-------77777-------77-------77777-------------- |
|---- x3
e--------------------------------------------------- |
B--------------------------------------------------- |
G--------------------------------------------------- |
D--77777777--555555--------------------------------- |
A--77777777--555555--------------------------------- |
E--55555555--333333--------------------------------- /

Verse
e---------------------------------------------------
B---------------------------------------------------
G---------------------------------------------------
D-------4------4------4-----4------4-----4---------- x3
A-----5------5------5-----5------4----54---54----5-0
E--77-----77-----77-----77-----55-5-5---5-5--5-33---

Guitar part that starts at 2:11
e----------------------------------------------------
B----------------------------------------------------
G-11-xx-7x-9x-77-444-22------------------------------
D-9--xx-7x-9x-77-444-22------------------------------ Do until 3:43 palm mute every other three times
A-9--xx-5x-7x-55-222-00------------------------------
E----------------------------------------------------

Then the Verse with a few bends here and there

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
 
 
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Joonas
Wanna Be
#1 by Joonas Luukkainen at Aug 13, 1977 at 2:08 AM EST
Oh my mind is all made up So I'll have to sleep in it brillliant line
 
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Nathan
Average
#2 by Nathan Delvecchio at Apr 30, 1978 at 1:50 PM EST
I saw Modest Mouse play this song live in August when Jeremiah Green started back up with them, and goll damn he was fuckin A on the drums! Oh yeah, this song is basically about all the negative aspects of the normal, everyday things in life, and the set opinion Isaac "Boop-Doo" Brock has about everything, which is negative.
 
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James
Wanna Be
#3 by James Pigott at Sep 19, 1982 at 3:24 AM EST
with the heaven or hell line, i think isaac is expressing how just because he doesnt believe in something, he still fears the possibility of them being real
 
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Average
#4 by KitCat at May 10, 1983 at 11:36 PM EST
TheoReo: "One year Twenty years Forty years Fifty years Down the road in your life You'll look in the mirror And say, "My parents are still alive." I think it means that even though your parents are dead and gone, and you're aging.. you're turning into your parents. You look in the mirror and your reflection isn't what you thought it would be, you're not different, you're just like everything was before you. Just like the point of the song.. no one is different, we all live the same, do the same things; that's the way it is now and that's the way it's going to be forever. Sorry, kinda wordy...
 
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Chris
Average
#5 by Chris H... at Nov 27, 1984 at 7:27 AM EST
this song. this song!
 
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JUSTIN
Lead Player
#6 by JUSTIN LOCKHART at Jul 9, 1986 at 1:04 PM EST
and yeah I like scalewagjim's interpretation...I didn't think of the cockroach part as anything significant, but now that I think about it it makes a lot of sense. "I was in heaven I was in hell Believe in neither But fear them as well" Those are my favorite lines
 
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LJ
Average
#7 by LJ at Feb 5, 1998 at 3:06 PM EST
hahaha they do sound like Brak sometimes
 
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Jared
Wanna Be
#8 by Jared van Eck at Feb 1, 2004 at 9:38 AM EST
The "please shut up" part makes me think of Brak. I believe I'm seeing a pattern here.