i know he plays this riff for sure at the end of the first 2 riff sets, and is
slightly modified later in the song, he also tremolo's the 11th fret note rather
than picking it individually six times at certain/most points. he hits it about 12
times in said parts.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Float On - Modest Mouse
----------------------------------------------------------------------------Tabbed by: mikey B
Email:royalsoknownasmikeythesmashmaster@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard low to high-(E A D G B e)
Guitar 1-Capo on 6th Fret- Or bar it, capo is much easier tho
(if you dont have a capo, replace 0's with 6's, 1's with 7's and 2's with 8's Until
i get around to Writing it again.)
Guitar 2-No Capo No need to bar
(Riff 1)
Guitar 1- Relative to bar or Capo
e|-0----0--000-0--0--0--0--000-0--0--00--0--000-0-00-0-0-0-00-00-0--0|
B|-0h1--1--111-1--1--0--0--000-0--0--00--0--000-0-00-0-0-0-00-00-0--0|
G|-0----0--000-0--0--0--0--000-0--0--00--0--000-0-00-0-0-0-00-00-0--0| X 2
D|------------------------------------2--2--222-2--------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
After [Guitar 1] Plays (Riff 1) 1 time, Guitar 2 comes in with
(Riff 2)
Guitar 2-No capo or Bar
e|---------9--------------------------------------------------------|}
B|-----11----11--9--1111-111111-------------------------------------| }
G|--10-------------^^^^^^^^-----------------------------------------| } X 3
D|---------------11's Not 1's---------------------------------------| }
A|------------------------------------------------------------------| }
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|}
slide
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--11-11-11-11-11-11-9\\\7--7~~~~~---------------------------------|X 1
G|------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Riff 1)
Guitar 1- Relative to bar or Capo
e|-0----0--000-0--0--0--0--000-0--0--00--0--000-0-00-0-0-0-00-00-0--0|
B|-0h1--1--111-1--1--0--0--000-0--0--00--0--000-0-00-0-0-0-00-00-0--0| X 3
G|-0----0--000-0--0--0--0--000-0--0--00--0--000-0-00-0-0-0-00-00-0--0|
D|------------------------------------2--2--222-2--------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
After [Guitar 1] plays (Riff 1), 2 times, [Guitar 2] Comes in with
(Riff 2)
Guitar 2-No capo or Bar
e|---------9--------------------------------------------------------|}
B|-----11----11--9--1111-111111-------------------------------------| }
G|--10-------------^^^^^^^^-----------------------------------------| } X 3
D|---------------11's Not 1's---------------------------------------| }
A|------------------------------------------------------------------| }
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|}
slide
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--11-11-11-11-11-11-9\\\7--7~~~~~---------------------------------|X 1
G|----^--^--^--^--^-------------------------------------------------|
D|---Tremolo or Pick------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Riff 3) (during "And we'll all float on ok.")
Guitar 1- Relative to bar or Capo
e|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----------0---------|
B|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---1---1---1---1-----0-----0---0---|
G|-1-------1-------0-------0-------2-------2---------0---0-----0-----| X2
D|-------------------------------------------------2-----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Riff 1)
Guitar 1- Relative to bar or Capo
e|-0----0--000-0--0--0--0--000-0--0--00--0--000-0-00-0-0-0-00-00-0--0|
B|-0h1--1--111-1--1--0--0--000-0--0--00--0--000-0-00-0-0-0-00-00-0--0| X 3
G|-0----0--000-0--0--0--0--000-0--0--00--0--000-0-00-0-0-0-00-00-0--0|
D|------------------------------------2--2--222-2--------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
After [Guitar 1] plays (Riff 1), 3 times [Guitar 2] Comes in with:
(Riff 2)
Guitar 2-No capo or Bar
e|---------9--------------------------------------------------------|}
B|-----11----11--9--1111-111111-------------------------------------| }
G|--10-------------^^^^^^^^-----------------------------------------| } X 3
D|---------------11's Not 1's---------------------------------------| }
A|------------------------------------------------------------------| }
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|}
slide
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--111111111111111111111111111-9\\\7--7~~~~~-----------------------|X 1
G|----^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^------------------------------------|
D|---11's Not 1's---------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Riff 3) (during "And we'll all float on ok.")
Guitar 1- Relative to bar or Capo
e|-----0-------0-------0-------0-------0-------0-----------0---------|
B|---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---1---1---1---1-----0-----0---0---|
G|-1-------1-------0-------0-------2-------2---------0---0-----0-----| X2
D|-------------------------------------------------2-----------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Riff 2)
Guitar 2-No capo or Bar
e|---------9--------------------------------------------------------|}
B|-----11----11--9--1111-111111-------------------------------------| }
G|--10-------------^^^^^^^^-----------------------------------------| } X 3
D|---------------11's Not 1's---------------------------------------| }
A|------------------------------------------------------------------| }
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|}
slide
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--111111111111111111111111111-9\\\7--7~~~~~-----------------------|X 1
G|----^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^------------------------------------|
D|---11's Not 1's---------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
PLAY ENTIRE (Riff 2), 3 TIMES !
Then some Singing, and Bass playing.
Solo
Guitar 2-No capo or Bar
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------3--1-----1--3--1-----1--3--1-----1-3--3-1-----1--3--1------| X 1
G|-1--4------4-------------4-----------4------------4----------4----|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
(Riff 2)
Guitar 2-No capo or Bar
e|---------9--------------------------------------------------------|}
B|-----11----11--9--1111-111111-------------------------------------| }
G|--10-------------^^^^^^^^-----------------------------------------| } X 3
D|---------------11's Not 1's---------------------------------------| }
A|------------------------------------------------------------------| }
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|}
slide
e|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--111111111111111111111111111-9\\\7--7~~~~~-----------------------|X 1
G|----^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^------------------------------------|
D|---11's Not 1's---------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------|
PLAY ENTIRE (Riff 2), 2 Times, (second time replace
111111111111111111111111111 with 11-11-11-11-11-11)
The End I hope you enjoy, thanks for reading.
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Float On
Modest Mouse
Tabed By - Chris Bartley
Im 100% sure that this is right, I played it with the record
and it sounds correct.
How I did this was first I figured out the little riff that they
play through the whole song. When i got that down I knew that the
first note of the riff was A# and the was also the first chord of
the song. But this was not the whole bar chord of an A# there only
playing three strings here. Then another note in the song was F,
and i figured out that if you just lift your one finger it right
this is not a difficult song it all, so here it is.
Then after that when he says "And we'll all float on ok"
Use the chords but play them in arpeggio's. You cant hear
it very well in the song but he does it.
e------6-------6-------6-------6---------------------------|
B----7---7---7---7---6---6---6---6-------------------------|
G--6-------6-------6-------6-------6-----------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------------|
Do that until that parts over
Do the same thing as verse one as you do for verse two and the rest
of the song and thats it
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Clean w/capo'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Light Dist. w/ wah'
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
- volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Tunning: Standard (E A D G B e)
------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Float On - Modest Mouse ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by: Matt (Ceakoth) Email: spleenplowg@hotmail.com
Tuning: EADGBE I'm not sure Guitar 1 may capo the first fret, but i'm not sure so i'll write it as not.
[Intro/Verse]
Guitar 1 5x e|---6---6r-6-6-6-6-66-6--6r-6-6-6-6-66-6---6r--6-6-6-6-66-6-6r-6-6-6-6-66--|| B|---6h7-7r-7-7-7-7-77-6--6r-6-6-6-6-66-6h7-7r--7-7-7-7-76-6-6r-6-6-6-6-66-.|| G|---6---6r-6-6-6-6-66-6--6r-6-6-6-6-66-6h8-8r--8-8-8-8-86-6-6r-6-6-6-6-66--|| D|---------------------------------------------------------8-8r-8-8-8-8-88--|| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------.|| E|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|| Guitar 2 (plays 2nd and 5th time through with guitar one) |let ring |let ring |let ring e|-------9----------------------9----------------------9---------------------| B|-----11-11-9-11-11-11-11----11-11-9-11-11-11-11---11--11-9-11-11-11-11-11--| G|---11---------------------10---------------------9-------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 (2nd part of solo) e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-7\----------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|