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Modest Mouse
Willful Suspension Of Disbelief
off the album Everywhere And His Nasty Parlor Tricks
tabbed by: esco
One of my favorite Modest Mouse songs. I tried my best to tab the whole song and i got
all of the parts. I'm pretty certain of all of them, except for the scratchy guitar
sliding noise that you can hear right at the beginning. I couldn't tell whether Isaac's
bending the strings or using a whammy bar. Unfortunately i don't have a whammy bar but
im pretty sure i got the notes right. The tuning im uncertain of too. im really sure
it's standard, which is what i based the tab off of, but i dont know. i'm still
experimenting with the tab. but for now, it's standard. There's a lot of effects in this
song that make the guitar sound a certain way. I'm not sure which effects he uses but i
know the notes are right. Make sure you look at the time counter for parts of the song.
Enjoy :)
questions/corrections: sleepyfishstick@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
Intro 1x (0:00)
e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--//3---5--3--2h3-----------------------------|
D|------------------4---------------------------|
A|--------------------3/6-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
The notes sound right. I'm not sure.
Bend the notes to try to get the same sound.
(0:07) pick with your fingers
e|----4-------------------------4------------------------|
B|--------5---4---------------------5---4---7---4h5------|
G|----------------6--------------------------------------|
D|--6---6---6---6---6/5/6-----6---6---6---6---6----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|
^^^^^
that part is tricky. listen closely
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------11~~~~--11h9h11h9--8----------------|
D|--11h13------------------------11--13--9~----|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
Played at various parts of the song.
e|-----------------------------|
B|-------4--2------------------|
G|--//3--------3//-------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
You hear this throughout the song. Similar to the intro.
Try bending the notes.
(1:17) All of these parts are in order. Just repeat them when necessary.
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-------------6-----------6-----------6------|
D|--6-x-x-x-6-----x-x-x-6-----x-x-x-6---------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
^ ^ ^
bend them or use a whammy bar
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--x-6--6h4h6--8--6/4---------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
again, just bend the notes and try to get the sound right.
e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--x-6--6h4/3h4h3-------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
(2:18) the little echoey solo. Bend the notes.
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--11-12~~-14-14~~~-12-14-12-11~~-9~-11~-7~~~~------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
Then just repeat everything else until the song ends.
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Brennan Wanna Be |
#1 by Brennan unknown at Mar 19, 1981 at 8:53 PM EST |
| wow, this zouyan guy knows his shit. :o | |
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Joan Average |
#2 by Joan Rius at Jun 22, 1989 at 3:36 AM EST |
| It's not really an athiest point-of-view. Athiest just means that person doesn't believe in a god. They might still believe in some sort of divine. The "willful suspension of disbelief" could either be refering to something like pete said. But he is willfully stopping his disbelief in religion, maybe to continue searching or because not being able to reach Heaven or Hell is because of a divine barrier so humans can't find it. | |
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Badass |
#3 by Nirvana at Jan 16, 1991 at 2:45 PM EST |
| Ya, this song has White Lies Yellow Teeth lyrics.(another mm song not released) I reccomend downloading it! My favorite song by mm right now, a better version.. | |
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edwin Wanna Be |
#4 by edwin henrriquez at Apr 16, 2000 at 6:28 AM EST |
| i beleive there was a philosopher named descartes that published an essay about "willful suspension of beleif/judgement" or something along those lines where he talked about how he chose not to beleive anything because there was no reason to think that anything was what it seemed, and this song seems to be about how people do the exact opposite of this. | |
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Grunge Hamster Lead Player |
#5 by Grunge Hamster at Jan 31, 2002 at 6:03 AM EST |
| what a rad song im not to sure what its about but it seems like its saying you can look for something and spend your whole life looking for it but that if its something unatainable something that you cant really get that one thing you want but cant have it just seems like your going in circles | |
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tim Average |
#6 by tim martin at Oct 13, 2006 at 12:45 PM EST |
| That's what atheist means; someone who doesn't believe in heaven and hell and all that stuff. That's what this song is saying; that you're not going to find heaven or hell no matter how far you dig or how high you go up because they don't exist. And even though Isaac says that he's atheist I dont think it's entirely true. From what I got from some of his other songs, it would seem like sometimes he would like to believe that there is a heaven, cause it's a pretty depressing thought that there will be no afterlife after you die. I'm the same way. | |
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