• Song:

    The Fruit That Ate Itself

  • Artist:

    Modest Mouse

  • Album:

    The Fruit That Ate Itse...

The Fruit That Ate Itself Tab by Modest Mouse


Tabbed by:CMM
Email:colin_michael_muppet@hotmail.com

The Waydown
Dirty Fingernails
Sunspots in the House of the Late Scapegoat
Summer
Karma's Payment

I have tabbed out the few non-backwards songs beneath this writing.
This is definatley a weaker tab (Only 5 guitar songs), as this album
was cut in just a few days, and from the sounds of it, alot was
improvised.As a result, there are small variations here and there I
have not tabbed because I think anyone of you can figure them out on
your own (They're just alterations on notes already tabbed). 

-----------------------------The Waydown------------------------------------

(Intro/most of verse)
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|-7\5--5\4--4---------------------|
D|-x-x--x-x--x-------7/9----5------|
A|-5\3--3\2--2-------x-x----x------|
E|-------------------5/7----3------|

NOTE: This part is heavily improvised on. Very often changed up, but still the same notes.

(2nd part of verse)
e|--------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------|
D|-5--5--5--5--5--5--5--5--7/9--7--5----|
A|-x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x--x-x--x--x----|
E|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--5/7--5--3----|

---------------------------Dirty Fingernails--------------------------------

(Intro)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------5+b------------------------|
G|-7--7---------7--7--------7--7------------------------5+b----|
D|-x--x---------x--x--------x--x-------------5+b---------------|
A|-5--5---------5--5--------5--5-------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------|

(Main Part)
e|-------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------|
G|-7--7+--7--7+--7--7+--7--7+----|
D|-x------x------x------x--------|
A|-5------5------5------5--------|
E|-------------------------------|

(Bent Harmonics)
e|-----------------|
B|--5+b------------|
G|-----------5+b---|
D|------5+b--------|
A|-----------------|
E|-----------------|

(Little background fill)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5---3--/10----------10p8h10-------5---3--/10----------8b10--8b10--8b10--|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Note: This song requires some creative harmonic bending of the listed harmonics.

-------------Sunspots in the House of the Late Scapegoat--------------------

(Intro)
e|--------------------------------------------------|
B|---3------3-----------1---------------------------|
G|-----0------0------0------------------------------|
D|-2------2-----2----x--------5h7-5p4h5-------------|
A|-------------------3------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------|

(Verse)
e|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------3-------------3------------------------------|
G|-------x-------------x--------5-------------5-------|
D|-x--x--2--x-x--x--x--2--------x-------------x-------|
A|------------------------x--x--3--x-x--x--x--3-x--x--|
E|----------------------------------------------------|

(Outro variation 1)
e|------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------|
G|-9--x-x--7--x-x--5--x-x--5-5-5------------------------|
D|-x--x-x--x--x-x--x--x-x--x-x-x----7--7--7--7-x-x-5--5-|
A|-7--x-x--5--x-x--3--x-x--3-3-3----x--x--x--x-x-x-x--x-|
E|----------------------------------5--5--5--5-x-x-3--3-|

(Outro variation 2)
e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|-9--x-x--7--x-x--5--x-x--12------------------------|
D|-x--x-x--x--x-x--x--x-x---x----7--7--7--7-x-x-5--5-|
A|-7--x-x--5--x-x--3--x-x--10----x--x--x--x-x-x-x--x-|
E|-------------------------------5--5--5--5-x-x-3--3-|

------------------------------------Summer----------------------------------

(Intro)
e|---------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------9-9-----9-9-----9-9---|
A|-9-9-x-x-9-9-x-x-9-9-x-x-9-9-x-x-9-9---|
E|---------------------------------------|

(Main riff)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9-9-x-x-9-9-x--9-9--x--x-x-9-9-x-x-9-9-x-x-9-9--x-11-11--x--9--9--9-|
A|-9-9-x-x-9-9-x--9-9--x--x-x-9-9-x-x-9-9-x-x-9-9--x--9--9--x--9--9--9-|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

Note: Pretty much just keep the right hand moving, if you know the song you'll get the rhythm.

("Chorus")
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-11-11-11-11-11--x-------------11-11-11-11-11-x--12-12-11-9-7---|
D|--x--x--x--x--x--x-8-8-8-8/9-x--x--x--x--x--x-x-----------------|
A|--9--9--9--9--9--x-x-x-x-x-x-x--9--9--9--9--9-x-----------------|
E|-------------------6-6-6-6/7-x----------------------------------|

-----------------------------Karma's Payment--------------------------------

(Simulated Backwards Intro effect)
e|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|
D|-12\10-----7\5-----9\7-----5\3--|
A|--x--x-----x-x-----x-x-----x-x--|
E|-10\-8-----5\3-----7\5-----3\1--|

(Played at the end of verses)
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------5--5--5--5-5-----------------|
D|-7--7--7--7-7--5--5--5--5-5--5--5--5--5-5--3--3--3--3-3---|
A|-7--7--7--7-7--5--5--5--5-5--3--3--3--3-3--3--3--3--3-3---|
E|-5--5--5--5-5--3--3--3--3-3----------------1--1--1--1-1---|

(Backround Guitar riff)
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-7-7-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------7-7-7-7-5-5-5\3--3-3-3-3-3/10-10-12-12-/19-19-19-19-17-17-17-17-|
E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------17-17-19-19----------------------------------------|
A|-15-15-15-15-------------19-19-19-19-17-17-17\15-15-15-12\10-10-|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|

Note: There is a portion of this riff played earlier on, at 1:47ish., and later on at 3:01ish.

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