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
any thing 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
|-4/6/4-4-4-4-4-4-4--3/4/3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/modest_mouse/whale_song_tab.html ]
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|------------------------------------------------------------| x1
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|------------------------------------------------------------| x1
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|------------------------------------------------------------| x1
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
|-4/6/4-4-4-4-4-4-4--3/4/3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
5:39-end
gtr1
e|--8-6-8-6-8-6-6-6--6-4-4-4--4--3--4--3----------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------| x2
A|------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------|
|
|gtr2 (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|------------------------------------------------------------|
