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Modest Mouse
Make Everyone Happy // Mechanical Birds
This Is A Long Drive For Someone With Nothing To Think About
Track 15, 1996
 
 
GUITAR 1 (0:00 - 2:30)
 
   G        D       C
e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|-4---4-----------------------------------|
D|-5---5----4---4---5---5---5--5-5--5/7-7--|
A|-5---5----5---5---3---3---3--3-3--5/7-5--|
E|----------5---5---3---3---3--3-3---------|
 
VERSE 1
G     D                       C
And I said you shouldn't make facts out of opinions
G  D               C
He said that I was right, You're right I knew that I was
G       D           C
And I'd hate to see anybody thank you
G       D               C
But I'd like to see you fail saying thank you though(?)
G   D              C
I'm not sure who I - am
G   D              C
I'm not sure who I - am, but I know who I've been
 
------------------[INSTRUMENTAL]---------------------
 
VERSE 2
G     D                   C
And I said you can't make everybody happy
G  D                     C
He said you'd like to at least make yourself happy though
G   D              C
I'm not sure who I   am
G   D              C
I'm not sure who I   am but I know who I've been
 
 
GUITAR 2:
 
Riff 1:
e|------10------------------------------|
B|-------8------------------------------|
G|-------0-------4--------5---5---------|
D|---9-------5-7---5--5-7---5---5-5/7-7-|
A|--10----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|                            
 
Riff 2:
e|------10------------------------------------|
B|-------8------------------------------------|
G|-------0--------4---------------------------|
D|---9--------5-7---5-------------------------|
A|--10----------------------------------------|
E|---------------------8\3--8\3--8--10--12\8--|
 
Riff 3:
e|------10-----------------------------------|
B|-------8-----------------------------------|
G|-------0--------4--------5---5----5-7-5-7--|
D|---9--------5-7---5--5-7---5---5-----------|
A|--10---------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
 
Riff 4:
e|-------------------------|------------------------------|
B|------------5------------|------------5-----------------|
G|----4h5--7-----5--7--4---|----4h5--7-----5--7--4--------|
D|-5---------------------5-|-5----------------------7--5--|
A|-------------------------|------------------------------|
E|-------------------------|------------------------------|
 
Riff 5:
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|---4h5-7-5---2h4-5-4-----------4------|
D|-5---------4---------2-2-2/5-7---7-5--|
A|--------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------|
 
IN ORDER OF:
RIFF 1
RIFF 2
RIFF 3
RIFF 2
       REPEAT
RIFF 4
RIFF 2
RIFF 3
RIFF 1
RIFF 5
       THEN INTO TRANSITION
 
 
----------------MANDOLIN RIFFS (Capo 5th Fret)---------------
Transcribed for guitar
 
 
Variation 1 (Beginning of song):
e|---0-2--5h0-0---0-0-2--0-0--0----------------------|
B|-3-----------------------------3------3-3---3---3--|
G|----------------------------------2h4-----4---4----|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|
 
Variation 2 (1:40):
e|--10-------|
B|-----10----|
G|--------7--|
D|-----------|
A|-----------|
E|-----------|
 
Variation 3 (2:00):
e|---0-2-3-2-0-2-0-----|-------------------------------|
B|-3---------------3-3-|-----3-----3-----3-----3--0----|
G|---------------------|-2h4----4-----4-----4-------2--|
D|---------------------|-------------------------------|
A|---------------------|-------------------------------|
E|---------------------|-------------------------------|
 
Variation 4 (2:40):
e|---0-2-3-2-0-----------------------------------------0--|
B|-3-----------3--3--3--3-------3----3----------3---3-----|
G|------------------------2-2h4----4---4-2--2h4---4-------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
----------------------TRANSITION----------------------
 
Part 1:
    G      Em     C    D
e|--10-----7------3----5---|
B|--8------5------1----3---|
G|--0------0------0----0---|       REPEAT X3
D|--9------x------2----4---|
A|--10-----7------3----5---|
E|-------------------------|
 
Part 2:
Played until end of the song
    G      F#     E   F#
e|--10-----9------7-----9---|
B|--8------7------5-----7---|
G|--0------0------x-----x---|
D|--9------8------6-----8---|
A|--10-----9------7-----9---|
E|--------------------------|
 
 
----------------------QUICK-INTERLUDE----------------------
This part's a little messy, but it sounds quite accurate.
 
e|-23h22-23h22-22~~~---21b~~-21b~~--21b~~---x-x-x-x---23------23----|
B|-------------------------------------------------------23------21-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
----------------------OUTRO----------------------
 
 
Continue messing around with this riff:
e|-23h22-23h22-22~~~---21b~~-21b~~--21b~~---x-x-x-x---23------23----|
B|-------------------------------------------------------23------21-|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
GUITAR 2 Harmonics:
e|-7+----7+------7+-----7+--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------|
G|----7+~----7+~----7+~----7+~---7+-7+-7+-7+-7+-7+-5+-5+--|
D|--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------|
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