Willful Suspension of Disbelief

Song

Modest Mouse

Willful Suspension Of Disbelief

off the album Everywhere And His Nasty Parlor Tricks

tabbed by: esco

One of my favorite Modest Mouse songs. I tried my best to tab the whole song and i got

all of the parts. I'm pretty certain of all of them, except for the scratchy guitar

sliding noise that you can hear right at the beginning. I couldn't tell whether Isaac's

bending the strings or using a whammy bar. Unfortunately i don't have a whammy bar but

im pretty sure i got the notes right. The tuning im uncertain of too. im really sure

it's standard, which is what i based the tab off of, but i dont know. i'm still

experimenting with the tab. but for now, it's standard. There's a lot of effects in this

song that make the guitar sound a certain way. I'm not sure which effects he uses but i

know the notes are right. Make sure you look at the time counter for parts of the song.

Enjoy :)

questions/corrections: sleepyfishstick@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard

Intro 1x (0:00)

e|----------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|
G|--//3---5--3--2h3-----------------------------|
D|------------------4---------------------------|
A|--------------------3/6-----------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|

The notes sound right. I'm not sure.

Bend the notes to try to get the same sound.

(0:07) pick with your fingers

e|----4-------------------------4------------------------|
B|--------5---4---------------------5---4---7---4h5------|
G|----------------6--------------------------------------|
D|--6---6---6---6---6/5/6-----6---6---6---6---6----------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------|

^^^^^

that part is tricky. listen closely

e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|---------11~~~~--11h9h11h9--8----------------|
D|--11h13------------------------11--13--9~----|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------|

Played at various parts of the song.

e|-----------------------------|
B|-------4--2------------------|
G|--//3--------3//-------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

You hear this throughout the song. Similar to the intro.

Try bending the notes.

(1:17) All of these parts are in order. Just repeat them when necessary.

e|--------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------|
G|-------------6-----------6-----------6------|
D|--6-x-x-x-6-----x-x-x-6-----x-x-x-6---------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|

^ ^ ^

bend them or use a whammy bar

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--x-6--6h4h6--8--6/4---------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

again, just bend the notes and try to get the sound right.

e|-----------------------------|
B|-----------------------------|
G|--x-6--6h4/3h4h3-------------|
D|-----------------------------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|

(2:18) the little echoey solo. Bend the notes.

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|--11-12~~-14-14~~~-12-14-12-11~~-9~-11~-7~~~~------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------|

Then just repeat everything else until the song ends.

| / slide up

| \ slide down

| h hammer-on

| p pull-off

| ~ vibrato

| + harmonic

| x Mute note

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