Cold Part

xTHE COLD PART
by Modest Mouse

Tab by Devin Miller
Email: [email protected]

Tuning: EADGBe


---------------INTRO---------------

The opening riff is most likely played on the bass, but it sounds
good on guitar as well:

e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|------11\9-----9\--------2/5---2-4-0---|
A|-------------9---------2---------------|
E|--7--------7---------0-----------------|

This riff is played underneath the whole song.


Guitar 1 comes fades in with this riff:

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

Guitar 2 random part:

e|-------|
B|--6h7--|
G|-------|
D|-------|
A|-------|
E|-------|


---------------VERSE---------------

Guitar 2 harmonics riff:

e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4+--4+--4+--4+-4+-------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------3+--3+--3+--3+--4+--4+--4+--4+--3+--3+--5+--5+--|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

  --------------------------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------------------------|
  --4+--4+--4+--4+-4+--------------------------------0----------------|
  --------------------3+--3+--3+--3+--4+--4+--4+--4+-------5+---------|
  --------------------------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------------------------|

  --------------------------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------------------------|
  --4+--4+--4+--4+-4+-------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------3+--3+--3+--3+--4+--4+--4+--4+--3+--3+--5+--5+--|
  --------------------------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------------------------|

  --------------------------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------------------------|
  --4+--4+--4+--------------------------------------------------------|
  ---------------3+----4+--5+-----------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------------------------|
  --------------------------------------------------------------------|

Next come this part:

e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--6h7-7-6h7-7-/10-7-6----6h7-7-6h7-7-7---6h7-7-6h7-7-/10-7-6-7---|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


Then the harmonics again:
(Press the strings behind the bridge to bend them):

e|-----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------|
G|--4+~------------------------------------|
D|-----------3+~----4+~-----5+~-----5+~----|
A|-----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------|


---------------INTERLUDE---------------

("i step down..as president...")

                                        pm........|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--2-0----2-0----------0-----0-2+-----0-2--2-0-------------------|
D|------4------4--0-2-4-----4--------4----------4----0--4h5p4-----|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

note: the harmonic on fret 2 is that really high pitched noise. there
are 2 different ones you can get on second fret, this one can be obtained
by plucking it just before fret 2 (fret "1.9").


---------------OUTRO---------------

A couple of harmonics:

e|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|--4+----------0--x-----------------------------------------|
D|------3+--4+--------3+--5+--3+---4+--3+---5+--3+--4+--3+---|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|

The outro consists of messing around with these harmonics, and
this riff:

e|-------------------------------------------|
B|---6h7-7-6h7-7-7---6h7-7-6h7-7-/10-7-6-7---|
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

| /  slide up
| \  slide down
| h  hammer-on
| p  pull-off
| ~  vibrato
| +  harmonic
| x  Mute note
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