Modest Mouse- Dramamine
Guitar tab: By: Logan Camsky
Key:
w = use whammy
++ = when two plus symbols are surrounding a number use a natural harmonic
w++w = use whammy after you get a natural harmonic ringing
/ = slide
h = hammer on
p = pull off
~ = let note ring before moving on, listen to song for timing
********ALL of the whammy bends in this song are UP BENDS to a higher note,
Listen to the song to get it right***************
Let it be known I used several other tabs to help create this one, Not exact
replicas but similar. I think it sounds perfect, and if you don’t… well, go write
your own or something. Anyway here you go:
Intro: (Bass)transposed for 6 string electric in standard tuning ( this plays
throughout the entire song)
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----5-------4-------2-----4--------------------------------------------------------|
A|--7---7---5---5--3----3-----5------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------3----------------------------------------------------------|
This Bass line come in around the middle of the song somewhere and continues for
awhile and then go’s back to the first one.
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---5------4------2---5--5--5-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7---7--5---5--3---3---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Cool sound Isaac does with harmonic and tremolo whammy bar, sorry for those of you
without a trem you won’t be able to get this right; by the way he bends up by just
pressing on his floating tremolo bridge, he doesn’t use a whammy bar, but you can
if you’d like.(Listen to song to get the number of whammy bends right with each
note):
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---w+5+w--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------w+5+w----w+5+w---------------------------------------------------|
D|----------w+5+w-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|x7
After every TWO times of that (the harmonic/whammy section above) throw these fast
harmonics in without the whammy:
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----+5+---+5+--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--+5+---+5+-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|x3
Play all of that harmonic section above about 7 or 8 times and then go into main riff
shown below:
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9-7-9/12-9-7-----------9-7-9/12-9-7-9-7---7-5-----------------------------------|
D|---------------9-7-5-7-9-5-----------------5-----5---------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-7-9/12-9-7-------------9-7-9/12-9-7-9-7---7-5-----------------------------------|
D|--------------9-7-5-7-9-5------------------5-----5---9-7-0-7-5--9/7----------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-7-9/12-9-7-------------9-7-9/12-9-7-9-7---7-5-----------------------------------|
D|--------------9-7-5-7-9-5------------------5-----5---------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-7-9/12-9-7--------------9-7-9/12-9-7/12----------------------------------------|
D|---------------9-7-5-7-9-5---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
“Traveling swallowing Dramamine”
“Feelin’ spaced breathin’out Listerine“
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-----7-----9--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-----7-----9--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-----5-----7--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|x7
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-7-9/12-9-7-------------9-7-9/12-9-7-9-7---7-5-----------------------------------|
D|--------------9-7-5-7-9-5------------------5-----5---------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-7-9/12-9-7------------9-7-9/12-9-7-9-7---7-5------------------------------------|
D|-------------9-7-5-7-9-5------------------5-----5-9-7-0-7-5--9/7-------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/modest_mouse/dramamine_tab_ver_10.html ]
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|9-7-9/12-9-7-------------9-7-9/12-9-7/12-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------9-7-5-7-9-5-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
“Traveling swallowing Dramamine”
“Look at your face like you’re killed in a dream”
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-----7-----9--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-----7-----9--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7-----5-----7--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|x7
“But I still can’t focus on anything”……
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-9-9--7-7-7-7--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---------------------------------------|
A|-7-7-7-7--5-5-5-5--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|x7
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9w-----7w------12w------12w---------------------------------------------------|
D|---9w-----7w------12w------12w---------------------------------------------------|
A|---7w-----5w------10w------10w---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9w-----7w-------12------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---9w-----7w-------12------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---7w-----5w-------10------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---12-10------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------12p11-12-11/7-7-5-4-5-7p5-4-5p4p0--------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---12-10-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------12p11-12-11/7-7-5-4-5-4h5-7-5p4p0---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-12-10--12-10--8~h10p8h10---8~h10p8h10---12-10-12-10----8~h10p8h10---------------|
G|------9------9-----------9------------9-------9-----9-------------9~-------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
-Alternate bass line is clear here…..
back to original bass line and at 4:15 begin harmonic whammy section again minus the
additional harmonic part end 4:27
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---w+5+w-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------w+5+w----w+5+w----------------------------------------------------|
D|---------w+5+w-------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|x3
at 4:27 do initial main riff
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-7-9/12-9-7------------9-7-9/12-9-7-9-7---7-5----------------------------------|
D|--------------9-7-5-7-9-5------------------5-----5--------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-7-9/12-9-7-----------9-7-9/12-9-7-9-7---7-5----------------------------------|
D|--------------9-7-5-7-9-5-----------------5-----5---9--7--0--7--5---9/7----------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
then do this :
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---9-7-7-5---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------5---5-9-7-0-7-5-0--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------| x2
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--9-7-7-5----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----5---5-9-7-0-7-5---9/7-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--9/7--------7/9/7-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
I really don’t know about that part at the end that all trippy, so I usually just do
this and use a lot of distortion:
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----14/18--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------|Aprox--|x5
