The Whale Song Tab

Artist: Modest Mouse
Song: Whale Song
Album: Autumn Beds single (I think maybe on multiple albums)
Tuning: EADGBe
 
All the tabs for this song sucked, and I really wanted to learn it, so I
used tabs that had pieces and tried to learn it by ear, which is something
I've never done before, and it sounded good to me.  Here's my version of
the song.  Some parts are different, but it still sounds cool.
 
/ = slide
b = bend
Anything else just listen for.
 
 
0:00-0:33 bass intro
 
 
0:33-1:05
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----13---13--11-11-11-9p8-9p8--9-9-9p8-9p8--9-9-9p8--------|
G|----------------------------------------------------8s10----|  x4
D|---10--10---------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
1:14-1:20
e|----8-6------8-6-6-4----------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
1:22-1:54
e|--8-6-8-6-8-6-6-6--6-4-4-4--4--3--4--3----------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|  x4
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
1:54-2:10
e|-9p6-6b-6b--8p6-6b-6b--6p4-4b-4b--6p4-4b-4b--4p3-3b-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|  x2
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
2:11-2:25
e|--8-6-8-6-8-6-6-6--6-4-4-4--4--3--4--3----------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|  x2
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
2:25-2:56
e|-8/9/8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6/8/6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
 |                                           (whole thing) x4
e|-4/6/4-4-4-4-4-4-4--3/4/3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
 
 
2:56-4:24 (play this over and over while other instruments build around it)
e|------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5--5-5--5-5---------------8--8-8--8-8----------------------|
D|-5--5-5--5-5--6--6-6--6-6--8--8-8--8-8--5--5-5--5-5---------|
A|-3--3-3--3-3--6--6-6--6-6--6--6-6--6-6--5--5-5--5-5---------|
E|--------------4--4-4--4-4---------------3--3-3--3-3---------|
 
 
4:24-4:31
e|--8-6-8-6-8-6-6-6--6-4-4-4--4--3--4--3----------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
4:31-4:38
e|--8-6-8-6-8-6-6-6--6-4-4-4--4--3--4--3-3-3-3-3-3-3----------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
4:38-4:46
e|--8-6-8-6-8-6-6-6--6-4-4-4--4--3--4--3----------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
4:46-5:02
e|-9p6-6b-6b--8p6-6b-6b--6p4-4b-4b--6p4-4b-4b--4p3-3b-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|  x2
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
 
5:02-5:39
e|-8/9/8-8-8-8-8-8-8--6/8/6-6-6-6-6-6-6---|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
 |                                              (play until 5:39
e|-4/6/4-4-4-4-4-4-4--3/4/3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
B|----------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
 
 
5:39-end
   gtr 1
e|--8-6-8-6-8-6-6-6--6-4-4-4--4--3--4--3----------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|  x2
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 |
 | gtr 2 (tremolo picking or w/e)
e|--15--13----12---10-----------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|  x2
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
 
 
Outro (tremolo picking)
e|--17--------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------|  x4
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
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