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The Ground Walks With Time In A Box by Modest Mouse
The Ground Walks With Time In A Box
Bm C D Em G
e|-7---3---5---7---3-|
B|-7---5---7---8---3-|
G|-7---5---7---9---4-|
D|-9---5---7---9---5-|
A|-9---3---5---7---5-|
E|-7---x---x---x---3-|
[INTRO]
G C Em D
[VERSE 1]
G
Open up a window
C Em
All the air, all the air is falling out
D
Eyes vacuum up light
Sound gets trapped by the mouth
G
What to do with the remainder
C
When the dents
Em
The dents get hammered out
D
Then we'll travel through time
[VERSE 2]
G C
The world's an inventor with its work
Em
Crawling, running, squirming 'round
D
Trees drop colorful fruits
Directly into our mouths
G
The world's an inventor
C Em
We're the dirtiest thing its thought about
D
And we really don't mind
G C Em D
[VERSE 3]
G
We'll probably never get there
C Em
Bring your sight seers, school teachers down
There's a water color weekend
D
All the trees are turning colors now
G
We'll probably never get there
C Em
Bring your candy taster, time wasters around
D
And we'll fuck with their minds
[VERSE 4]
G
The world composes with his
C
Shirt tails wrinkled hanging out
Em D
Bang us together see what sort
Of sounds we make right now
G
The world plays music
C Em
Playing skin on teeth inside of the mouth
D
What sort of sounds?
What lovely sounds come about
G Em G Bm
[CHORUS
G C
We stole the road
Em Bm
We floated in the light
G C
We're gonna break these bones
Em Bm
We're gonna travel time
G C
We stole the road
Em Bm
We floated in the light
G C
We're gonna break these bones
Em Bm
We're gonna travel time
[VERSE 5]
G
We're gonna throw a party
C Em
All the ghosts of trees are coming out
Don't the open the directions
D
Wait until the light's inside of the cloud
G
You're gonna wanna see this
C
Don't bring your camera around
Em D
Watch sun and sawdust align
[CHORUS]
G C
We stole the road
Em Bm
We floated in the light
G C
We're gonna break these bones
Em Bm
We're gonna travel time
G C
We stole the road
Em Bm
We floated in the light
G C
We're gonna break these bones
Em Bm
We're gonna travel time
[VERSE 6]
G
Close up the window
C Em
All the air all the air is falling out
D
Eyes vacuum up light
Sound gets trapped by the mouth
G C
Our predecessor left this box
Em
And something's clawing around
D
I think it really wants out
[OUTRO]
G C Em D
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version 2
Tuning: Standard :D
{INTRO PART ONE}
Rhythm Guitar (Riff 1a)
e|----------------------|----------------------|
B|----10--------12--12--|-----10--------12--12-|
G|-12----12--9----------|--9-----12-9----------| <-- Continue throughout whole intro
D|----------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|
I wasn't able to tab out the very first lead thingie that plays over the rhythm part due
to it
being so quiet, I might add that in later.
LEAD GUITAR (Riff 2a)
e|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-12----12----10---10--------------------|-12----12----10---10----------------------|
G|----12----12----9----9-7-7/11-12-12-12--|----12----12----9----9-7/12-12121212-9-10-|
D|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|-12----12----10---10--------------------|-12----12----10---10----------------------|
G|----12----12----9----9-7-7/11-12-12-12--|----12----12----9----9-7/12-12-12-9-9-10--|
D|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
{INTRO PART TWO / solo 1}
LEAD GUITAR (Riff 2b)
e|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|-1212121212-12-------------------------|-1212121212-12-------------------9----|
D|---------------12-12-12-121212-10-10---|---------------12-12-12-12121212---12-|
A|-------------------------------------10|--------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
G|-1212121212-12-------------------------|--------------------------------------|
D|---------------12-12-12-121212-10-10---|--------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------10|-10-10-10-10-10--12-10----------------|
E|---------------------------------------|----------------------12b-(brb)-------|
``````````````````````````````````````VERSE``````````````````````````````````
Rhythm Guitar (Riff 1a)
e|----------------------|----------------------|
B|----10--------12--12--|-----10--------12--12-|
G|-12----12--9----------|--9-----12-9----------| <-- Continue throughout whole verse
D|----------------------|----------------------|
A|----------------------|----------------------|
E|----------------------|----------------------|
LEAD GUITAR (Riff 2c)
e|-12-10--------------|-12-10-------------|
B|----------12-10-----|----------12-10----|
G|-------12--------12-|-------12-------12-|
D|--------------------|-------------------| Again, play throughout verse
A|--------------------|-------------------|
E|--------------------|-------------------|
``````````````````````````````GUITAR SOLO ONE (or 2?)``````````````````````````
__________________________________________________
RHYTHM GUITAR: Just continue playing (Riff 1a)
LEAD GUITAR: Play the solo from the intro (Riff 2b)
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``````````````````````````SECOND VERSE (Repeat verse)``````````````````````````
`````````````````````````````````HORN BREAK````````````````````````````````````
There aren't any guitars in this... :/
``````````````````````````````````CHORUS```````````````````````````````````````
RHYTHM GUITAR: Play (Riff 1a)
LEAD GUITAR (Riff 2d)
e|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
B|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
G|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
D|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------| x2
A|--10-10-12-9-10--|--10-10-12-9-5--|--10-10-12-9-10--|--10-10-12-9-5--|
E|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
````````VERSE (3), CHORUS, VERSE (4 (No guitars)), REPEAT GUTAR SOLO``````````
Repeat all those thingies
`````````````````````CRAZY ELEPHANT HARMONIC MESS`````````````````````````````
LEAD HARMONICS
e|-12+-|
B|-12+-|
G|-12+-|
D|-12+-| I don't know the full order of these so you'll have to figure that one out
A|-12+-|
E|-12+-|
````````````````````````````````````OUTRO``````````````````````````````````````
RHYTHM GUITAR: Stay quiet.
LEAD GUITAR SOLO 2 (Riff 2e)
e|---------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
B|---------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
G|---------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
D|-10--12-10-9----12--12-10-9------|-10--12-10-9----12---------|-10-12-10-9------------|
A|-------------10---7---------7-10-|-------------10----9-8-7-5-|------------10-9-8-7-5-|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------|
e|---------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
B|---------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
G|---------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
D|-10-12-10-9----------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
A|------------10-9-7-5-|-10-10-12-9-10--|-10-10-12-9-7-|-10-10-12-9-7-|
E|---------------------|----------------|--------------|--------------|
Then you just repeat the chorus riffies
Open up a window
All the air, all the air is falling out
Eyes vacuum up light
Sound gets trapped by the mouth
What to do with the remainder
When the dents, the dents get hammered out
Then we'll travel through time
The world's an inventor
With its work crawling, running, squirming 'round
Trees drop colorful fruits
Directly into our mouths
The world's an inventor
We're the dirtiest thing it's thought about
And we really don't mind
We'll probably never get there
Bring your sightseers, schoolteachers down
It's a watercolor weekend
All the trees are turning colors now
We'll probably never get there
Bring your candy taster time wasters around
And we'll fuck with their minds
The world composes
With his shirttails wrinkled, hanging out
Bang us together
See what sort of sounds we make right now
The world plays music
Playing skin on teeth inside of the mouth
What sort of sounds?
What lovely sounds come about?
We greased all the roads
We're floating in the light
We're gonna break these borders
We're gonna move in time
We greased all the roads
We're floating in the light
We're gonna break these borders
We're gonna travel time
We're gonna throw a party
All the ghosts of trees are coming out
Don't move in any direction
Wait until the light's inside of the cloud
You're gonna wanna see this
Don't bring your camera around
Watch sun and sawdust align
We greased all the roads
We're floating in the light
We're gonna break these borders
We're gonna pulse in time
We greased all the roads
We're floating in the light
We're gonna break these borders
We're gonna travel time
Hold up a window
All the air, all the air is falling out
Eyes vacuum up light
Sound gets trapped by the mouth
Our predecessor left this box
And something's clawing around
I think it really wants out
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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version 3
Intro:
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---14--------14-------12-------12-----------------9----10------10-----|
A--------14--------14-------14-------14-------10------------10------10-|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---14--------14-------12-------12-----------------9----7~--7~--7-----|
A--------14--------14-------14-------14-------10----------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
x2
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---12-------12-------10----10------------------8-----8----------------|
G--------11-------11------9------9-----7---7-------7-----7-------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---12-------12-------10----10---------7---7^1/4--7^1/2---7---5-------|
G--------11-------11------9------9------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
x2 (although the bending at the end is a little different the second time, it's kinda
hard to communicate that
part in tab though)
Main riff:
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--12---12----12-12-12--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------12----12---12---------12---12---12-12------10---9----------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------12----|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--12---12----12-12-12-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------12----12---12---------12---12---12-12------14---12----12--------|
A----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--12---12----12-12-12-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D------------------------------12----12---12---------12---12---12-12------10---9-------------|
A-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------12-------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--10---10---10---10---12----10----10/7----7~----7~-----7~-----7~---7~-|
E----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Background guitar riff in verses:
E---3-----------12----10--------3-------------------------------------|
B---3-----------------------------3----------12----10-----------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bridge harmonics (with plenty of bending):
E---5+-------9+-------12+
B---5+-------9+-------12+
G---5+-------9+-------12+
D---5+-------9+-------12+
A---5+-------9+-------12+
E---5+-------9+-------12+
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--10---12p10---9------------12---------12-------10p9-----------------|
A-------------------------10----------9------------------------10-----|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D--10---12p10---9-----------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------10--------9--------10p9/7-------------------|
E---------------------------------------------------------------------|
x2
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---10---10---10---12-------9----10-------10---10---10---12-----9-----5-|
E-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Open up a window
All the air, all the air is falling out
Eyes vacuum up light
Sound gets trapped by the mouth
What to do with the remainder
When the dents, the dents get hammered out
Then we'll travel through time
The world's an inventor
With its work crawling, running, squirming 'round
Trees drop colorful fruits
Directly into our mouths
The world's an inventor
We're the dirtiest thing it's thought about
And we really don't mind
We'll probably never get there
Bring your sightseers, schoolteachers down
It's a watercolor weekend
All the trees are turning colors now
We'll probably never get there
Bring your candy taster time wasters around
And we'll fuck with their minds
The world composes
With his shirttails wrinkled, hanging out
Bang us together
See what sort of sounds we make right now
The world plays music
Playing skin on teeth inside of the mouth
What sort of sounds?
What lovely sounds come about?
We greased all the roads
We're floating in the light
We're gonna break these borders
We're gonna move in time
We greased all the roads
We're floating in the light
We're gonna break these borders
We're gonna travel time
We're gonna throw a party
All the ghosts of trees are coming out
Don't move in any direction
Wait until the light's inside of the cloud
You're gonna wanna see this
Don't bring your camera around
Watch sun and sawdust align
We greased all the roads
We're floating in the light
We're gonna break these borders
We're gonna pulse in time
We greased all the roads
We're floating in the light
We're gonna break these borders
We're gonna travel time
Hold up a window
All the air, all the air is falling out
Eyes vacuum up light
Sound gets trapped by the mouth
Our predecessor left this box
And something's clawing around
I think it really wants out
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