I Came As A Rat Chords & Tabs
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
I Came as a Rat - Modest Mouse
Tabbed by:CMM
Email: no.
Tuning:Standard
1st Guitar (Intro)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------5-----------------------------------5------------------------|
D|-----7------5---5------5--------3--------7------5---5------5--------3------|
A|---7---7--3----------5---5----3---3----7---7--3----------5---5----3---3----|
E|-5-----------------3--------1--------5-----------------3--------1----------|
|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_|
2nd Guitar (Intro)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7~---------------------------------7~-------------------------------------|
D|-x----------------------------------x--------------------------------------|
A|-5~---------------------------------5~-------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
o (tied) o o (tied) o
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-7~------9~--------12~--9~-----7~------------------------------------------|
D|-x-------x----------x---x------x-------------------------------------------|
A|-5~------7~--------10~--7~-----5~------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
o| o | | o
The second guitar tab should be alligned with the first guitar (above) for the
timing. It may be a little off, but I'm sure you get the idea. Also, the first
guitar part ends by playing the F5 chord twice instead of picking it, on it's
last time through.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/modest_mouse/i_came_as_a_rat_tab_ver_5.html ]
Verse (played 4 times)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------5-5-x-x-x-x--------------------------------------------------|
D|-7-7-x-x-x-x--5-5-x-x-x-x--5-5-x-x-x-x--3-3-x-x-x-x------------------------|
A|-7-7-x-x-x-x--3-3-x-x-x-x--5-5-x-x-x-x--3-3-x-x-x-x------------------------|
E|-5-5-x-x-x-x---------------3-3-x-x-x-x--1-1-x-x-x-x------------------------|
| | |_| |_| | | |_| |_| | | |_| |_| | | |_| |_|
Again the verse ends in the F5 chord being hit twice for the last time through.
(Chorus)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-6-5-6-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------7--5\4--4-5-4-5---------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------7--5\2-2----5----2-2-5-2-5-2-0-2-(repeat)---------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|_| |_| | |_| |_| |_| | |_| o| o| |_| |_| |_| |_|
2nd Guitar (comes in second time through at the 5\2 slide)
e|---------------------3-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-5-6-5-6-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------7--5\4--4-5-------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|_| |_| | |_| | |_|
Back to verse. Then chorus is repeated once again.Then into outro jam at the end.
1st Guitar (General idea of what is played. Too many variations to tab)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9--9-9-7-9--9--9--9-10-9-10-9---------------------------------------------|
D|-x--x-x-x-x--x--x--x--x-x--x-x---------------------------------------------|
A|-7--7-7-5-7--7--7--7--8-7--8-7---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| |_| |_| | | | |_| |_|
2nd Guitar (Played every so often)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---2-3---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-4-----2-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------4-0-2--2-5-2------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------2----------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| | | | | |_| | |_| |
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
===============================================================================