Barnacles Guitar Tab

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tabbed by tripp mims

i'm not entirly certain this is correct. i know it is close though. listen to the cd for 
the timing.

   Em                       D
E|-------------------------------------------------
B|-----3p0-3p0-3p0-3p0-3h5-------------------------
G|-----------------------------2p0-2p0-2p0-2p0-2p0-
D|-2-2---------------------0-0---------------------
A|-------------------------------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------

   Em9             Cmaj7
E|-------2----------0-0-0--------------------------
B|---------3--------0-0-0-3p0----------------------
G|-----------0----0-0-0-0-----3h4------------------
D|-----2--------2-2-2-2-2--------------------------
A|-2-2----------3-3-3-3-3--------------------------
E|-------------------------------------------------

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture David Rhythm Player	#1 by David Bradley at Feb 16, 1970 at 9:30 AM EST
	" yeah isaac designs all the covers and takes the photographs for modest mouse and uc" Sorry, untrue! Although he no doubt usuialy has a hand in it, the only work credited to him entirely is the insert/cover/etc for Sad sappy sucker. Also, Ugly Casanova was a collaboratve effort, not everything was done entirely by Isaac. Look at Holopaw for example, Smoke Like Ribbons? That comes up in one of thier songs too, and lo and behold who the other UC Singer is! Isaac is amazing, dont get me wrong, but no need to give more credit than is deserved. Thinking Isaac became some sXe asshole to "write this album" is ignorant. Think about things like this before you post - a work like Sharpen your teeth isnt something thrown together in a month and a half or something like that. Things like this build up over time, with many influences, chemical, emotional, personal etc.

No Picture rikiscorner Average	#2 by rikiscorner at Oct 22, 1974 at 12:23 AM EST
	this song is really good

No Picture Jimmy "Hoffa" Average	#3 by Jimmy "Hoffa" at Sep 2, 1975 at 4:31 PM EST
	friend and lovers, close or not, they have their life and you yours. the window part refers to situations of life and regrets. you don't have to understand their doings, and most of the time, dont want to get involved -therefore- "bury your head, i'll help you bury your hands." i'll paint my windows black so you can't see in, and hopefully, i won't see out.

No Picture massie Professional Badass	#4 by massie at Mar 25, 1976 at 9:37 PM EST
	I think he might be referencing The Rolling Stones with the line "don't really need to see so i don't need to see so i'll paint i don't know i'll paint it black."

No Picture Senour Average	#5 by Senour Dakota at Dec 11, 1979 at 4:15 PM EST
	Actually, this entire CD was created on a clean period for Isaac. That could be the reason why the lyrics and music differ so greatly between Ugly Casanova and Modest Mouse.

No Picture gabby Professional	#6 by gabby at Oct 27, 1980 at 12:34 PM EST
	Actually, ive read that Issac was drunk and doing drugs of some sort when he wrote the lyrics to this album. We all know there is no Edgar Graham and it was just Issac making someone up, probably because he was on some type of drug(s) at the time.

No Picture Ultra Violet Average	#7 by Ultra Violet at Sep 3, 1981 at 11:29 AM EST
	nah i dont think hes fried hes just acts it

No Picture Spanky Lead Player	#8 by Spanky Man at Aug 15, 1982 at 3:37 AM EST
	i swear, issac brock is fryed, but thats the beauty of it

No Picture Manu Professional Badass	#9 by Manu at Jun 1, 1985 at 8:10 PM EST
	check it out, my sign in name is barnacles. Pretty cool huh.

No Picture Klint Average	#10 by Klint flowers at May 29, 1987 at 4:07 PM EST
	i dont know what this song is about i just had to post something cause its my sign in name and its a kik ass song.

No Picture Max Average	#11 by Max Benton at Dec 26, 1988 at 1:34 AM EST
	such a good song. ill comment on it here just because. I think its about a guy who is in helpless situation where he is shutting off to the people he once cared about and the people who care about him (painting his windows black). Hes been in relationships that end up bad and always sink no matter how hard he holds on to it (even though the ship sinks you know you can't let go). the music is beautiful and mellow itself, but the lyrics are depressing and paint such a sad image, what a good song

No Picture Dustin Wanna Be	#12 by Dustin Cogburn at Sep 20, 1989 at 4:35 AM EST
	I think he might be referencing The Rolling Stones with the line "don't really need to see so i don't need to see so i'll paint i don't know i'll paint it black."

No Picture Zach Wanna Be	#13 by Zach U haft 2 ask 1st at May 23, 1993 at 10:10 PM EST
	yeah isaac designs all the covers and takes the photographs for modest mouse and uc

No Picture SOCIETY DWELLIN Average	#14 by SOCIETY DWELLIN MOTHER FUCKER! at Jul 13, 1993 at 5:31 PM EST
	The Other singer besides Isaac is the singer from Califone, and if you like UC you will probably like Califone too....Holopaw is another great band and the singer from that band is in UC too... I think he is the main singer on Smoke Like Ribbons-- it is all in the liner notes I guess. The opening line to this song is one of the best verses in all rock music!

No Picture Jimmy Lead Player	#15 by Jimmy Chezz at Jul 25, 1995 at 3:08 AM EST
	i really enjoy this song and how well it goes with the art of the booklet.... yeah i'm weird and think about things liek that..

No Picture Nick Rhythm Player	#16 by Nick Carrasco at Aug 5, 1996 at 7:13 AM EST
	I like the lyrics that Isaac sings, especially "i don't know me & you don't know me & you don't know you, so we fit so good together cuz i knew you like i knew myself. we clung on like barnacles on a boat. even though the ship sinks, you know you can't let go."

No Picture Trevor Average	#17 by Trevor fun with drugs at Feb 26, 1997 at 8:40 PM EST
	this song is about talking to a girl and being completely lost and confused

No Picture dylan Average	#18 by dylan pesino at May 18, 2000 at 12:08 AM EST
	the lyrics in this song baffle me, they're so good

No Picture taris Average	#19 by taris leoncho at Jun 17, 2000 at 5:35 AM EST
	does it matter?

No Picture chris the pirat Lead Player	#20 by chris the pirate. arr at Feb 25, 2002 at 8:51 AM EST
	Lightblueness... clean period. Clean is not drinking yourself into a stupor. He may have stopped doing drugs for it, and maybe completely now, but I've never read anywhere that he wasn't drunk when writing this album.

No Picture floyd Lead Player	#21 by floyd lloyd at Sep 7, 2002 at 1:56 AM EST
	Barnacles are "any of numerous marine crustaceans (subclass Cirripedia) with feathery appendages for gathering food that are free-swimming as larvae but permanently fixed (as to rocks, boat hulls, or whales) as adults " The lines a minute into the song regarding a relationship are the most meaningful and depressing... we fit so good together cos i knew you like i knew myself we clung on like barnacles on a boat even though the ship sinks you know you can't let go

No Picture cody Average	#22 by cody champion at Mar 6, 2003 at 9:00 AM EST
	no he's not, stupid, that's just the way he is

No Picture Connor Rhythm Player	#23 by Connor Fowler at Aug 25, 2004 at 4:38 PM EST
	Isaac Brock is very vocal about promoting hallucinagins and uppers, my dear friend Hindenberg. He's probably fried.

No Picture taris Average	#24 by taris leoncho at Jul 27, 2005 at 1:41 PM EST
	this song makes me think. but the sound and flow of this and many other songs isaac has wrote just give you a good bad feeling in ways i cant eaxplain. like a feeling like as you live threw your life, you relize your living one big memory that is cut up and striped into a million diffrent times of your life you will never see or live threw again but remember like right now as you read this it will soon become a memory of your life wherever you are and you can look back at it but never ever live it again. you only live once so follow your dreams becuase when its over thats it ther is nothing after this life. you got one chance to make a dent like isaac did he made something of the time he has here cause he knows this is all we got one chance!

No Picture Reece Wanna Be	#25 by Reece Brown at May 23, 2006 at 2:56 PM EST
	Although this song is actually by Ugly Casanova, like ModestM said, I'll gladly share what I believe to be the meaning of this song. I feel like it's a huge contridiction. Even at the start-I don't need to see, I don't see how you see out of your window. I don't need to see, I'll paint mine black. There's obviously been some severed ties here, and he wants things back as they were, but at the same time he doesn't. And he knows they can't ever be. This contridiction is especially apparent during the bridge when he says "Black glass (you can't see out of black glass) dirt based soap (don't we wash dirt off with soap? what's the use in washing with soap that's dirt based) tell yourself what you know (tell yourself what you already know!?) problems are what a problem is. And it's true. It's a realization of detachment and useless attempts in resolving.