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"Lives" by Modest Mouse
    From the Moon & Antartica
      Tabbed by : bbkeen


        * Intro *

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     If you have the cd ( you probably won't get far without it )
     count the number of beats in each pattern and the number of
     times the pattern is repeated.

   Everyone's affraid of their own lives, If you could be anything you want
   I bet you'd be dissapointed, am I right?
   No one really knows the one's they love, If you knew everything
   they thought,I bet you'd wish that they'd just shut up.

   and then it goes...

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 A|-4--4-4-4--2-2222--4--4-4-4--2-2222--------------------------------|
 E|-2--2-2-2----------2--2-2-2----------------------------------------|

   Well you were the dull sound of sharp math when you were alive,
   and no one's gonna play the harp when you die, and if I had a
   nickel for every damn time, I'd have half the time, do you mind?

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   Everyone's affraid of their own lives, If you could be anything you want
   I bet you'd be dissapointed, am I right?
   Am I right, am I right, am I right?

                      It's our lives,
        *Part 2*
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    It's hard to remember, It's hard to remember we're alive for the
    first time
    It's hard to remember, It's hard to remember we're alive from the
    last time
    It's hard to remember, It's hard to remember
    to live before you die
    It's hard to remember, It's hard to remember that our lives, are
    such a short time
    It's hard to remember, It's hard to remember when it takes such a
    long time

         It's hard to remember...
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         It's hard to remember...


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  My moms', god is a woman and my mom she is a witch
  I, like, this
  My hell, comes from in side comes from inside myself
  Why, fight, this

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   Everyone's affraid of their own lives, If you could be anything you want
   I bet you'd be dissapointed, am I right?

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 A|---0-4-----4-2-4/7-4-2-0-------------------------------------------|
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Courtney Wanna Be	#1 by Courtney L. at Jan 29, 1971 at 8:40 AM EST
	it seems to me that brock is saying that life is fucking about challenge...that even though shit sucks that being human is about struggle--if it was just GIVEN to you that what you got wouldn't seem as awesome as you'd imagined. but its not a unidirectional message; it's not a "buck up, asshole" song. its easy to get sucked into living day to day, always thinking that there is time later to do the things that you imagined doing. hell, it IS hard to remember that we die and our lives are short. we give control over to other people: our jobs, families (parents and our own families), what we "can't" do 'cause its doesn't fit to what other people want from us. day to day it seems like we'll live forever and we'll have time later. but we don't--so carpe diem. step out and make it something you're proud of 'cause it you don't get a second chance at it and it'll be gone sooner than you think.

No Picture Alex Average	#2 by Alex P at Mar 14, 1973 at 4:10 PM EST
	to me, it's how people are never satisfied with what they have. They want a new job, but they'll hate that job too. They want to know more about the people they love, but they don't realize that you can never know. Life does not go the way you plan it. So fuck it all and go live your life before you die. You have the chance, and evern though you're not satisfied with how life is, live it to the fullest. Make it as close to perfect as you can by doing the things you want

No Picture Matt Rhythm Player	#3 by Matt at Jan 1, 1974 at 12:05 AM EST
	i believe this song talk about how everyone is such clones and live by the system.. they dont live every day to the fullest and its hard to remember that you can do whatever you want.. so when you die for most of us our lives would have been pretty dull.. and if you could be anything youd still be disapointed bc your life is boring.. you have to loose all hope and live life to the fullest and know that one day your goin to die

No Picture robert Professional	#4 by robert cunningham at Sep 25, 1982 at 10:11 AM EST
	its official... im qouting this song in my senior qoute in my yearbook...so truly deep, so deeply true

No Picture Ryan Average	#5 by Ryan Jones at May 6, 1984 at 8:41 PM EST
	I think this song is about the frustration of everyday life and the singers inability to cope with it all. He finds himself asking "what's the point of anything?" and seems decided that if there is no point then he will try to make the best of it. Or someshit. I don't know, i'm ripped.

No Picture Kornowski - Wanna Be	#6 by Kornowski - Im не русский, Бог Черт возьми! at Oct 28, 1984 at 2:38 AM EST
	I think its pretty obvious that akickz and hftz are right for the most part, but what about the whole "my mom she is a witch?"

No Picture paddy Average	#7 by paddy coscoran at Oct 19, 1986 at 5:13 PM EST
	the chorus i think is the sympathy that brock feels for us all, including himself. because it is hard to remember to live before we die, and sometimes its hard to get off your ass and do something. to me brock is saying, "ya i know that its hard, its hard for me too"

No Picture katie Average	#8 by katie focner at Aug 5, 1987 at 2:10 AM EST
	this song makes me want a modest mouse t-shirt

No Picture brad Average	#9 by brad everett at Apr 27, 1998 at 5:16 PM EST
	theprynce is right about how literal that quote is. his mom, like mine, is 'a witch' because she celebrates the goddess rather than the god, it's almost an explanatory note to his statement. my favorite part of this song is 'if i had a nickel for every damn dime i'd have half the time, do you mind?' it reminds me of a joke proof that my friend did in physics about time being equal to money. and i guess that's part of the message of the song, right? we're so preoccupied with the details of the world, including money, perhaps, and other things material, we forget to live...although, if you believe in reincarnation or you are one who will have but one life, you still agree that you, as a sum of your experiences, are alive for the first and last time. i just...well, i realize that i ramble quite a bit, but i effing love this song.

No Picture jacob Average	#10 by jacob ap at Dec 12, 1999 at 10:18 PM EST
	this is a song to live by. the first and best song i have heard by this band. truly great.

No Picture Jay Dizzle Wanna Be	#11 by Jay Dizzle holden at Jul 10, 2000 at 4:38 PM EST
	one of the songs mm songs that i really like right now

No Picture devon Average	#12 by devon at Oct 19, 2001 at 12:02 PM EST
	simply amazing, but a little pessimistic, a year ago, i probably would have said a little too optimistic, trust me, you wont be disappointed forever

No Picture GonnaKill Average	#13 by GonnaKill YOU at Dec 10, 2003 at 8:29 AM EST
	It's so... inspiring!

No Picture austin Lead Player	#14 by austin at Nov 17, 2005 at 5:42 PM EST
	Great song. Their most straight-forward lyrics. I love the way the song starts out slow and sad as MM complain about how people are never satisfied. But then the song transitions to a more upbeat, hopeful sound as MM tries to get listeners to realize they should try to enjoy life, 'cause its short and non-reentrant. It ends on the downbeat note, though. Reminds me a bit of the Beatles' Day In the Life Of in its transitions between upbeat and downbeat. In general, I think its great the way MM avoids the standard ABACAB song format.

No Picture Basstard Professional	#15 by Basstard at Nov 5, 2006 at 10:57 PM EST
	this song has a good message and some pretty powerful lyrics but i think the melody is a bit annoying. I can't stand listening to it.