Whenever You Breathe Out I Breathe In Chords & Tabs
Whenever You Breathe Out I Breathe In Tab
Whenever You Breath Out I Breathe In (Positive/Negative)
from Building Nothing Out of Something
by Modest Mouse
tabbed by TheApathy
Reading Tabs:
/ slide up \slide down <> harmonic b bend/tremolo bar
This tab has pretty much everything in the song, down to all of the bends, so its
pretty long, so if you'd rather just learn with the song a quick skim should be
enough for most decent guitarists who are familiar with the song.
Intro
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D|---5----------------(0)-(0)-0--0-0-0--0-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|
A|-------3p2----------(2)-(2)-2--2-2-2--2-2-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3----------|
E|-------------3------(3)-(3)-3--3-3-3--3-3------------------------------------------|
You can't really hear the () notes but they're played in live versions
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D|---5----------------0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-2---2-2-2-2-2-2--2--2-2-2-2-2-2-2------------|
A|-------3p2---2------2-2-2--2-2-2--2-2-3---3-3-3-3-3-3--3--3-3-3-3-3-3--------------|
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Verse 1 (0:39)
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Chorus/Jam (1:28)
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Bridge (2:10)
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Chorus/Jam 2 (2:42)
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[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/modest_mouse/whenever_you_breathe_out_i_breathe_in_tab_ver_2.html ]
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Yes! Harmonic bends(/tremolo bar action, lets be real).
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Bridge 2 (3:30)
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Chorus/Jam 3 (4:02)
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These next two you pretty much never lay of the whammy.
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Final Verse (4:49)
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E|---3---3--/10--10--\5---5----------------------------------------------------------| x3