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The Best Room by Modest Mouse
The Best Room
This song has a lot of overlayed guitar parts, so forgive the overwhelming structure.
If you're playing this by yourself, you'll probably want to mix and match the parts
you like the best.
This song also uses a lot of octave and power chord shapes that slide up and down the neck,
especially the fills. Oftentimes the bottom note is optional; simply play to your comfort.
[Verse 1]
(Guitar 1)
Let loose with your charms, go reckless, unharmed
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-----10----10----10----10---|-----10----10----10----10---|
A|----(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)--|----(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)--|
E|--8-----8-----8-----8-------|--8-----8-----8-----8-------|
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-----7-----7-----7-----7----|-----7-----7-----7-----7----|
A|----(7)---(7)---(7)---(7)---|----(7)---(7)---(7)-- (7)---|
E|--5-----5-----5-----5-------|--5-----5-----5-----5-------|
To the empty balconies we seranade...
e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--x----12-12----12----12----14-------|--x----12-12----12----12----12------|
A|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
e|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
D|--9--9-----10-10---------------------|--9--10-9-10--10-9--7--5------------|
A|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
(Guitar 2 Fill)
During "All them playgrounds where them kids don't get to play,"
this fill lands on the beat of the word "play."
e|----------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------|----------------------------|
G|--12-9----------|-----------9--12-14-16------|
D|----------------|----------------------------|
A|--10-7----------|-----------7--10-12-14------|
E|----------------|----------------------------|
e|----------------------------|-------------------------|
B|----------------------------|-------------------------|
G|--17----------14-------12---|--14----12-9-----7--5----|
D|----------------------------|-------------------------|
A|--15----------12-------10---|--12----10-7-----5--3----|
E|----------------------------|-------------------------|
[Verse 2]
The same part is played, but with this playing as well:
(Guitar 2, distorted with heavy bending)
e|--------|--------|--------|--------|
B|--------|--------|--------|--------|
G|--------|--------|--------|--------|
D|--------|--------|--------|--------|
A|--------|--------|--------|--------|
E|--8b----|--8b----|--5b----|--5b----|
x2
Some harmonics are played at the end, but I can't figure them out.
[Chorus]
(Only ambient guitar is played here; so here are the approximate chords.)
F Dm Am
These western concerns are all I ever really learned to be concerned with
Fmaj7 Dm
But don't you, don't you know it's hard feeling tired
Am
Every time that you try
F Dm Am
Ain't it hard feeling tired all the time
[Transition with only drums and bass, same chords as verse if you want to play them]
C
The family living upstairs must have a fleet of rider lawnmowers
Am
And the novelist to my right's convinced that every woman's a whore
[Solo]
This solo has 3 guitar parts overlapped. Guitar 1 is the most prominent,
Guitar 2 is fairly in the background, and Guitar 3 comes in on the 5th bar fairly loud.
(Guitar 1)
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|--13-13-13-13-13-13--13h15-17----|--13-13-13-13-13-15-17-15---|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|--10-10-10-10-10-10-13-13---|--10-10-10-10-13-13-8-------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------| x2
(Guitar 2)
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--2/10-------2/10-----------|--2/7--------2/7------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------| x2
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|--3/8--------3/8------------|--3/7--------3/7------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------| x2
(Guitar 3)
-Rest for 4 bars beforehand-
Play with heavy bends
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|--10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10---|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|-9--9--9--9--7--------------|-7--------------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
[Bridge]
(Guitar riff w/ heavy tremolo & delay)
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------1-----------3p1--------1--------------|
G|--------2-------------(2)---------------------------|
D|--0h2-------------(2)-------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------|
This is repeated for a while over the chords until "I'm going to bury my head..."
(no guitar parts for the first set of Ahs)
F Dm C
Ah - ah - ah
(Lightly strummed guitar, starting at the second set of "Ahs")
Simply ad-lib the rhythm, there's no real pattern here.
Well don't you, don't you know it's hard
e|----------------|----------------|-------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|-------|----------------|
G|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--9----|--12----12-9----|
D|----------------|----------------|-------|----------------|
A|--3--3--3--3----|--5--5--5--5----|--7----|--10----10-7----|
E|----------------|----------------|-------|----------------|
Feelin' tired every time that you try
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--9--9--9--9----|--12-9--12-7----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--3--3--3--3----|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--10-7--10-5----|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Ain't it hard feelin' tired all the time Well don't you, don't you know
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--9--9--9--9----|--9--9--9--9----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--3--3--3--3----|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
(Only bass and drums until the fill)
F G C
I'm going to bury my head in the woods right now
(Fill)
e|----------------|-------------|
B|----------------|-------------|
G|--12\9---9\7----|-5-----------|
D|----------------|-------------|
A|--10\7---7\5----|-3-----------|
E|----------------|-------------|
F G C
Scan for some mycelium and bring a little back to town
Well don't you, don't you know it's
(Louder strummed guitar)
hard, feelin' tired every time that you try? Ain't it
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--9--9--9--9----|--9--9--9--9----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--3--3--3--3----|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
hard, feelin' tired all the time
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--9--9--9--9----|--9--9--9--9----|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--3--3--3--3----|--5--5--5--5----|--7--7--7--7----|--7--7--7--7----|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
[Outro]
The guitar from the verse is played again, along with the solo guitar. These are now repeated until
the ending Am chord on "all goin' apeshit."
(Guitar 1)
Go reckless, unharmed...
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-----10----10----10----10---|-----10----10----10----10---|
A|----(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)--|----(10)--(10)--(10)--(10)--|
E|--8-----8-----8-----8-------|--8-----8-----8-----8-------|
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|-----7-----7-----7-----7----|-----7-----7-----7-----7----|
A|----(7)---(7)---(7)---(7)---|----(7)---(7)---(7)-- (7)---|
E|--5-----5-----5-----5-------|--5-----5-----5-----5-------|
Take note that after playing this twice, the bass goes to an F and E in the bass
instead of a C and A. This doesn't change the guitar part but if you're working out
a solo version you should keep this in mind.
(Guitar 2)
Go reckless, unharmed...
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|--13-13-13-13-13-13--13h15-17----|--13-13-13-13-13-15-17-15---|
G|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|----------------------------|
e|----------------------------|----------------------------|
B|--10-10-10-10-10-10-13-13---|--10-10-10-10-13-13-8-------|
G|----------------------------|----------------------------|
D|----------------------------|----------------------------|
A|----------------------------|----------------------------|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
Let loose with your charms
Go reckless, unharmed
We all signed the card
"Get well, but don't you try too hard"
The lessons unlearned
Oh, this meeting is adjourned
Oh, these Western concerns
Hold my place in line while I get your turn
To the empty balconies we serenade
All the playgrounds where them kids don't get to play
Dirty parkies went and chased them all away
To the game consoles to fatten
The best room they have
Is the last room you want
The bathroom's outside
Police tape is tied
To the doorknobs of rooms
Nine through thirty-two
These Western concerns
We beg while we chew
These Western concerns are all I ever really learned to be concerned with
But don't you, don't you know it's hard
Feeling tired every time that you try?
Ain't it hard feeling tired all the time?
The family living upstairs must have a fleet of rider lawn mowers
While the novelist to my right's convinced that every woman's a whore
But he bothers me time and again
To set him up with my very best friends and I say, "What?"
Says he doesn't restate but he will not shut up!
Well don't you, don't you know it's hard
Feeling tired every time that you try?
Ain't it hard feeling tired all the time?
Don't you, don't you know
I ain't goin' to bed
Ring my head in the woods right now
Scan for some mycelium
And bring a little back to town
Well don't you, don't you know it's hard (I ain't goin' to bed)
Feeling tired every time that you try? (Ring my head in the woods right now)
Ain't it hard feeling tired all the time? (Scan for some mycelium and bring a little back to town)
Go reckless, unharmed
Yep, the shut-ins, they're well armed
Well, we all led the charge
'Til we ran aground in our party barge
Every little gift was just one more part of their grift
Oh, yeah, we know it
Oh, yeah, we know it
The best news that we got
Was some dumb hokum we'd all bought
Oh, though reckless, feeling great
We're the sexiest of all primates
Let's let loose with our charms
Shake our ass and wave our arms
All going apeshit
| (n) Ghost note
| x Dead note
| b Bend
| h Hammer-on
| / Slide up
| p Pull-off
| \ Slide down
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