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Mothers Day Tab

Send "Mothers Day" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

MOTHERS DAY                                    BY: NADA SURF

OPENING CHORD
|------------------|
|-----3~----------|
|-----2~----------|
|-----0~----------|
|-----0~----------|
|-----0~----------|

This is the intro.  The bass actually starts but just listen to the song to get the timing 
and
all that.
INTRO(part 1)
|~~----------------------------------------------------------|
|~~----------------------------------------------------------|
|7--5-7--8--7--5-7--8--7--5-7--8--7--5-7--8--8---------|              Repeat This 4 Times    
|0--0-0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0-0--0--0--0-0--0--0---------|
|~~----------------------------------------------------------|
|~~----------------------------------------------------------|

This is still part of the Intro.  It is like the 2nd intro.
INTRO(part 2)
|----------------------------|---------------------------|     |6--6x6--6x6|6--6x6--6x6|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|     |8--8x8--8x8|8--8x8--8x8|
|----------------------------|---------------------------|     |7--7x7--7x7|7--7x7--7x7|
|----------------------------|~~-------------7--7-7-7-|X2|0-~0x0~0x0|0-~0x0~0x0|
|5--3-5--7--5-3-5-7--7---|5--3-5--7--5--7--7-7-7-|     |--------------|--------------|
|----------------------------|~~-------------5--5-5-5-|     |--------------|--------------|

VERSE
|3-333-33-3333-33|6-666-66-3333-33|     |6--6x6--6x6--|
|3-333-33-3333-33|6-666-66-3333-33|     |6--6x6--6x6--|
|3-333-33-3333-33|6-888-88-5555-55|X4|5--5x5--5x5--|
|3-555-55-5555-55|6-888-88-5555-55|     |8--8x8--8x8--|
|3-555-55-5555-55|6-666-66-3333-33|     |8--8x8--8x8--|
|3-333-33-3333-33|6-666-66-3333-33|     |6--6x6--6x6--|

CHORUS
|~------|~------|~------|~---------------|~---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|~------|~------|~------|~--8--------8--|~--6--------6--|~--8---------8--|---8---------8--|
|2------|5------|5------|--0---0---0---0|--0---0---0---0|~-0---0---0---0|--0---0---0---0|
|3------|5------|6------|5--------5------|5--------5------|5--------5------|5--------5------|
|3------|3------|6------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|~---------------|
|1------|3------|4------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|~---------------|

Then do INTRO(part 2)again
Then do a VERSE again
Then do the CHORUS 2 times
Then do INTRO(part 1) again
Then do INTRO(part 2) again
Then do the CHORUS again except its alot longer with different words and keyboard
effects and stuff.

That is about all.  I saw that no one had this tab so i had to make one.  I would like to give
all the credit to Nada Surf though because its a woderful song that they wrote.  I tried 
to
get everything in here so enjoy.

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Mothers Day Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture THE RONANATOR ( Average	#1 by THE RONANATOR (aka.Ronan) downer at Dec 19, 1980 at 2:41 PM EST
	this song is about rape... its ever so apparent. i remember hearing, back a few years ago, that nada surf's singer's girlfriend had been raped and that is responsible for a change in their music on proximity effect, naturally. that would make sense here... this is obviously a strong, angry, personal song. i can't imagine anyone capturing such aimed anger without having somet type of firsthand experience with rape. if you guys know anything more about this, please post...id really like to find out whats up here.

No Picture Aaron Average	#2 by Aaron Smith at Oct 12, 1991 at 11:42 AM EST
	a friend of mine interviewed matthew from nada surf last year and he said that this song is pretty much a public service announcement. he said that he wrote this song with the idea of "if he had 4 minutes to say something important, this is what he would say". i think he did a pretty good job. as far as the personal nature of this song, i dont know for sure, but i'm sure there is some foundation there because robot also touches on this subject.

No Picture M Average	#3 by M K-O at Mar 27, 2006 at 7:42 PM EST
	this song sends a really powerful message. Im glad there's some bands out there addressing things like rape, because music can be very influentual to kids who get into that stuff.