Summer

Song

TITLE : Summer

ARTIST : Modest Mouse

ALBUM : The Fruit That Ate Itself (1997)

TUNING : Standard (EADGBe)

//// NOTES ////

1. Improvise a bit! Sometimes he gets sloppy at the end of a bar - in a good way.

2. In the breakdown, ^ means bend. All else refer to upstrokes and downstrokes.

3. "Just the smell of summer can make me fall in love." Or at least write a 14

year old tab. Classic! :)

//// VERSE ////

e ---------------------------------------------|
B ---------------------------------------------| x 2
G ---------------------------------------------|
D -4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4-x-4-x-x-4-x-x-x-------------|
A -4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4-x-4-x-x-4-x-x-x-------------|
E -2-x-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-x-------------|

v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^

1 2 3 4

e ---------------------------------------------|
B ---------------------------------------------| x 1
G -4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4-x-4-x-x-4-x-x-x-------------|
D -4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4-x-4-x-x-4-x-x-x-------------|
A -2-x-x-x-2-x-x-2-x-2-x-x-2-x-x-x-------------|
E ---------------------------------------------|

v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^

1 2 3 4

e ---------------------------------------------|
B ---------------------------------------------| x 1
G -4-x-x-x-4-x-x-6---6-6-6-4-4-2-2-------------|
D -4-x-x-x-4-x-x-4---4-4-4-4-4-4-4-------------|
A -2-x-x-x-2-x-x-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-------------|
E ---------------------------------------------|

v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^

1 2 3 4

//// BREAKDOWN ////

e ---------------------------------------------|
B ---------------------------------------------| x 1
G -11--111111----------------------------------|
D -------------x-8---8-9---11^-----------------|
A -9---9-9-9-----------------------------------|
E -------------x-6---6-7---9^------------------|

v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^

1 2 3 4

e ---------------------------------------------|
B ---------------------------------------------| x 1
G -11--111111--x-12--1211--9---7---------------|
D ---------------------------------------------|
A -9---9-9-9---x-10--109---7---5---------------|
E ---------------------------------------------|

v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^

1 2 3 4

//// BRIDGE?? ////

*** If you don't have cool pedal tremolo effects, just improvise :)

e ---------------------------------------------|
B ---------------------------------------------| x 2
G ---------------------------------------------|
D -4-------------------------------------------|
A -4-------------------------------------------|
E -2-------------------------------------------|

v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^

1 2 3 4

e ---------------------------------------------|
B ---------------------------------------------| x 2
G -4-------------------------------------------|
D -4-------------------------------------------|
A -2-------------------------------------------|
E ---------------------------------------------|

v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^ v ^

1 2 3 4

Modest Mouse - Summer

Wake up, we're stealing cars

And we're going to bust into bars

It's 1996, 1997, it's 1998, we're all waiting for the year 2000

Just the smell of the summer can make me fall in love

Just the smell of the summer can make me fall in love

We go to the parties, and listen to the DJ's

Dance, dance, dance, and go crazy

Dance, dance, dance, and go crazy

She's a party queen and she's in party heaven

Her clock is stuck on late, got a first name basis at 7-11

Hold the slip 'n' slide, taste the sweat, it's salty

Irrigation ditch and a swimming hole, nationwide loved the movie

enjoy