Never Ending Math Equation Guitar Tab

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Song - NeverEnding Math Equation
Band - Modest Mouse
Album - Building Something out of nothing
Tabbed By - chiba

This is a GREAT song, and its really easy 2 play.

Intro and Verse:
e|-------------------
b|-----1-x-x-----0---
g|-------x-x-------xx  (lightly muted)
d|-2-2-------0-0-----
a|-------------------
E|-------------------

Chorus:
e|-------------------
b|-------------------
g|---0------------0--
d|-2---2p0------0---4
a|--------2p0--------
E|------------3------

Outro:
e|-------------------
b|-------------------
g|-------------------
d|2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0-2-0
a|-------------------
E|-------------------

Order:

Intro and Verse - 20x
Chorus - 12x
Intro and Verse - 20x
Chorus - 12x
Outro - 12x

have fun.

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture tim Lead Player	#1 by tim sears at Apr 6, 1972 at 10:29 PM EST
	-- Kippixin ----------- Did you realize when he said "Oh my God and oh my cat" that God is DOg backwards? Oh my dog and oh my cat. Now that's brilliance! Like this song. Which I have no idea what it means. ------------------------- I was thinking that thought at the age of 8... not that brilliant

No Picture gosh, frickin i Wanna Be	#2 by gosh, frickin idiot! at Dec 8, 1973 at 7:05 AM EST
	nice observation

No Picture Subhash Average	#3 by Subhash Shady at May 18, 1976 at 3:41 PM EST
	theres a movie called Pi, the cover of the movie is all black and just has the greek symboly pi on the cover. but in the movie theres if the never ending math equation is figured, all existance ends and the universe will collape on itself

No Picture Kornowski - Wanna Be	#4 by Kornowski - Im не русский, Бог Черт возьми! at Jan 22, 1980 at 9:08 PM EST
	I think this song's theme is similar to those in a lot of MM songs. The struggle between religion and science. The first verse seems to elude to a "higher" form of life. Correct? He says "Oh my God" several times. He's talking about seeing the lights below like God would. But Issac Brock is an athiest. And so, science comes into the song. The Never Ending Math Equation, which states the theory that life can be put into something as simple (yet, very, very, very complex) as a math equation. No creationism. No big bang theory. (although that may have to do with the math equation. If someone could fill me in on that, it would be much appreciated) And where DO we stand? We're not really sure, are we? No one knows why we were "chosen" or "created" to be humans, smart and brilliant. And the plants and the animals ARE linked. We share the same DNA. And then, we eat each other. I first thought that was about betraying someone you're linked too. How this world was built to make things that are linked go against each other. How the world wouldn't exist it we didn't eat each other. Or it just represents the food chain. The last part baffles me. Here's what I made out of it. I agree with the "oh my dog and oh my cat." As humans, we have what we have and we have what we want. But do we really KNOW what it is that we need? Not really. The last line, is the one that makes me wonder about the whole battle between religion and science. "Where we're going, I'm dead." Whatever comes after this life, you're going to be dead. But what that is, who knows. A religous place? Or no place at all?

No Picture Neal Average	#5 by Neal Breen at Oct 28, 1982 at 8:25 AM EST
	no this song is about how the earth stays under control and the food chains just keep moving like a never ending math equation. To me, I thought since Isaac is smart enough to make the lyrics and meaning to this song, that he would believe there is a god, but o well thats just me

No Picture phil Average	#6 by phil gdfgr at Dec 17, 1982 at 9:43 AM EST
	the song has nothing to do with it but i see the never ending math equation is whyen i think about weed and how much money i have and what stuff costs and who can pitch in, it never ends

No Picture Rene Average	#7 by Rene Salojärvi at Jun 13, 1988 at 5:37 AM EST
	There are lyrics after "where were going Im dead" what are they?

No Picture inaki Wanna Be	#8 by inaki laris at Dec 23, 1998 at 10:41 PM EST
	"To me, I thought since Isaac is smart enough to make the lyrics and meaning to this song, that he would believe there is a god". If he were smart enough he would not believe in god. Science does not support a god and anyone with any sense believes in science. regardless, we are all modest mouse fans here and I thnk that this song means that Issac feels like a speck in the huge universe, be it god looking down or not, and that evolution will soon take over him ,not only the other animals

No Picture Zach Wanna Be	#9 by Zach Honeycutt at Jun 29, 2002 at 11:14 AM EST
	cry of my, I think you got it perfect.

No Picture Justin - MrBlit Rhythm Player	#10 by Justin - MrBlitz - Maletta at May 11, 2003 at 11:08 PM EST
	I think this song is just special to the person who sung and wrote it...we dont always have to find a meaning for every single song we hear. No need in translating and posting our opinions on a website since there are so many interpretations and because you never really know what was going through Isaac's head when he was writing this song. (maybe he was reflecting on his religion and purpose in life? maybe he's talking about a personal experience that only he would understand? maybe he was tripping off on acid haha?) When we just associate the song with our personal experiences, and relate it SOMEHOW- no matter in what way to our lives, then thats when the song really achieves its purpose.

No Picture Average	#11 by Fig at Apr 14, 2004 at 7:21 PM EST
	I think you guys have missed alot of the song. Don't you have to look at the song as a whole to discover the real meaning? idk, but try this on maybe... How were we all when we were 6 years old? I think we were very careless and thought we would never get hurt. So I think he has put himself in a box, and wont accept that there are things in the world that can hurt him. Old people are always saying, I did this and got hurt so dont do it. So he says, O my God! I've been through so much and I feel so old, knowing not to do this and that. Try not to lose me here heh... So he's looking at the world from a bird's eye veiw, and not from his perspective (which was that he cant get hurt). And he see's these people living there lives like they can't get hurt. I have been looking at my freshman class and just be like, do they not relize that they are in a world where it doesnt matter about stupid stuff like what was on TV last night, or childish boyfriend/girlfriend stuff. He is trying to move on to a higher state of mind, because he's sick and tired of living a life where he thinks he can't get hurt, and ends up getting hurt. So he's trying to escape himself/his old ways. Now comes the whole math equation. He is trying to , idk how to say it, "solve the problem of life"? Like he doesnt know how he should live life, what he should beleive in. The world is saying so many different things and they are all imposing there idea's on him, waiting for him to say, I beleive in this (WE ((religions or any certain way of thinking)) are on the tip of its tongue...). But it seems everyone is saying, WE dont know who we are, WE dont know what we need, they all offer different wants and impose on you what you have (wether its you have a destiny or not)... But in the end, he ask's his Dad (which is someone who, a 6 year old looks up to) and his Dad imposes his beleives on his child and says basically, it doesn't matter, we're going we're gonna die... So all in all, it could be the never ending problem of people imposing there beleives on you , and how it seems you have to believe and live by something, and thats the never ending problem... you never know what to beleive... idk, I wasnt sure how to get my idea across, this is my first posting, let me know what u guys think, and wether or not I should shoot myself in the foot for trying heh. cya

No Picture Shredmaster Average	#12 by Shredmaster Will at Oct 2, 2006 at 2:18 PM EST
	This song seems like a confusion of religion and evolution. I don't know where Isaac stands on that issue, but it seems like he's confused on whether to believe in the evolutional theory or the theory of God. This song seems to illustrate the huge contradiction between the two. It's almost as though he's trying to figure it out. In the end it doesn't matter because you will die and the world will keep going. Whatever the hell I just said....... who knows..?