• Song:

    Wildside

  • Artist:

    Modest Mouse

Intro & Chorus Riff 1:

           [palm mute A string]                        [pinch harmonics]
e]----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B]----------------------------------------------8-8-7--8p7-8p7----------|
G]-------------5-5s4---5---5---5h7-----5-5s4----7-7-7-----7---7---------|
D]-------------5-5s4---5---5---5h7-----5-5s4----------------------------|
A]----------0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0---0-0-------------------------|
E]--5-6-7-8-------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                [Wildside]

Verse Riff 2:
[When waiting for the verse to start, just pick the A string open]


e]----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B]-------------------------------------------------------------8p7-8p7--|
G]----------------------------------------------------------------7---7-|
D]-----9--7---9--7---7--5---9--7-----9--7---9--7---7--5---9--7----------|
A]-----7--7---7--7---5--5---7--7-----7--7---7--7---5--5---7--7----------|
E]----------------------------------------------------------------------|


Bridge Riff 3:

    [only play C power chord when starting riff, do not repeat within loop]
e]--*-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B]--*-------------------------------------------------------------------|
G]--5----5--7---2--2-----7--5---2--2---2--5--2---2--2---2--5--2---2--2--|
D]--5----5--7---2--2-----7--5---2--2---2--5--2---2--2---2--5--2---2--2--|
A]--3----3--5---0--0---0-5--3---0--0---0--3--0---0--0---0--3--0---0--0--|
E]--*-------------------------------------------------------------------|
         [make sure you slid up and down to get that bluesy feel]

Now lets put it all together!!!

Riff 1

Pick A string while waiting for Verse...

Riff 2
Kneel down Ye sinners to streetwise religion
Greed's been crowned the new king

Riff 2
Hollywood dream teens, yesterday's trash queens
Save the blessings for the final ring... AMEN!

Riff 1
Take a ride on the Wildside
Riff 1
Wildside

Pick A string

Riff 2
I carry my crucifix under my death list
Forward all my mail to me in Hell

Riff 2
Liars and the martyrs, Lost faith in the father
Long lost in the wishing well... HUH!

Riff 1
Take a ride on the Wildside
Riff 1
Wildside

Riff 3
Fallen angels, so fast to kill, thy kingdom come on the wildside
Riff 3
Our father, who ain't in heaven, be thy name on the wildside
Riff 3
Holy Mary, mother may I, pray for us on the wildside

Riff 1
[play twice]

Pick A string

Riff 2
Name dropping no-names, glamorize cocaine, puppets with strings of gold

Riff 2
East L.A. at midnight, papa won't be home tonight
Found dead with his best friend's wife

Riff 1
Take a ride on the wildside
Riff 1
Wildside

Riff 3
Gang fights, Fatal strikes, We lie on the wild side
Riff 3
No escape, Murder rape, Doing time on the wild side
Riff 3
A baby cries, A cop dies, A day's pay on the wild side
Riff 3
Wild side, wild side, Tragic life on the wild side
Riff 3
Wild side, wild side, Kickin ass on the Wild Side

Repeat Riff 3 into fade until end.
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