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A Life of Arctic Sounds Guitar Tablature
Life of Arctic Sounds
By Modest Mouse

Tabbed by Jamie Couture   [email protected] 
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   e---__----
   B--/  ---   An example of pull-off:
   G-17--15--       note 15 is not plucked, however it is heard when the finger
   D---------       that played 17 is released
   A---------
   E---------       

                 As long as you're gone
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
G|------------------------------11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11----------------.||
D|--4--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-----------------.|| x3
A|--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--9--9--9--9--9--9--9--9------------------||
E|--2--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5------------------------------------------||

                                                 
e|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------|.--------------------------.|
D|--4--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7----4-0----4-0----|.-7--4------------0-----0--.|
A|--x---x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--5------5--------|--x--x--------4-7---4-7-----|
E|--2--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5---------------5--|--5--2--------------------5-|


 Listen to the song to get the strum pattern for guitar 2 (G2)

e|------------------------------------------------------------------------
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------
D|--4--7--0--4--7--0--4--0--------0--------0------------------------------
A|--------------------------4--7-----4--7---------------------------------
E|--------------------------------------------5---------------------------


                And a 100 miles is a long drive inside a car...
       F#                      E        F#
   e|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
   B|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
   G|---------------------------------------------------------------------.||
G1 D|--4--7--0--4--7--0--4--0--------0--------0---------------------------.||
   A|--------------------------4--7-----4--7-------------------------------||
   E|--------------------------------------------5-------------------------||

   e|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
   B|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
   G|--(11)--------------------9--------11--------------------------------.||
G2 D|--(x)---------------------x--------x---------------------------------.||
   A|--(9)---------------------7--------9----------------------------------||
   E|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
        pm

After this isaac plays around with this scale, guitar two plays the same chords as before.
I will show different variations of it so you can put it together when you play.

   e|------------------------------------------------------------------------
   B|------------------------------------------------------------------------
   G|--------------------------------_---------_----------_----------_-------
   D|--4--7--0--4--7--0--4--0-------/ -------/ --------/ --------/ ------
   A|--------------------------4--h7--4--4--h7---4--4--h7---4--4--h7---4-----
   E|------------------------------------------------------------------------
                                   pull-off

   e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   B|--------_---------_---------_---------_--------------------------------------------------
   G|-------/ -------/ -------/ -------/ ---------_---------_----------_----------_-------
   D|--4--h7--4--4--h7--4--4--h7--4--4--h7---4-------/ -------/ --------/ --------/ ------
   A|-------------------------------------------4--h7--4--4--h7---4--4--h7---4--4--h7---4-----
   E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------


     During this part, the 2nd guitar just plays around where these chords are played
   e|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
   B|----------------------------------------------------------------------||
   G|--11--------------------9--------------------------------------------.||
   D|--x---------------------x--------------------------------------------.|| x7
   A|--9---------------------7---------------------------------------------||
   E|----------------------------------------------------------------------||


Outro:
          get mute-scrape patter from song - after each chord stab, lasts for one measure.

                                                   x2
   e|------------------------------------------------||-------
   B|------------------------------------------------||-------
   G|--11--x-x-x-x-x--------------6--x-x-x-x-x------.||---11--
   D|--x---x-x-x-x-x--------------x--x-x-x-x-x------.||---x---
   A|--9---x-x-x-x-x--------------4--x-x-x-x-x-------||---9---
   E|------------------------------------------------||-------
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