• Song:

    The View Acoustic

  • Artist:

    Modest Mouse

Artist: Modest Mouse
Album: Good News for People Who Love Bad News
Song: The View

Standard Tuning EADGBe (Capo optional, wherever you think it fits best)

These chords are meant to be easy enough to sing along with, so they're not 100% 
like the real song, but hey, first chords ever for this song.

Am (x02210@1)    Em (022000@1) 
Your gun went off

F (133211@1)                     G6Well (320000@1)you shot off your mouth and look where it got you

Am (x02210@1)     Em (022000@1)       FMy (133211@1)mouth runs on too

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Am (x02210@1)        EmShouts (022000@1)from both sides,

F (133211@1)                     G6"Well (320000@1)we've got the land but they've got the view!"

Am (x02210@1)     Em (022000@1)       F (133211@1) 
Well now here's the clue



Am (x02210@1)    EmLife (022000@1)it rents us

F (133211@1)                G6And (320000@1)yeah I hope it put plenty on you

Am (x02210@1)   Em (022000@1)       FWell (133211@1)I hope mine did too

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Chorus:

C (x32010@1)                  G6As (320000@1)life gets longer, awful feels softer

Em (022000@1)                F (133211@1)   
Well it feels pretty soft to me

C (x32010@1)            G6And (320000@1)if it takes shit to make bliss,

Em (022000@1)            Fthen (133211@1)I feel pretty blissfully

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Am (x02210@1)     EmYour (022000@1)gun went off

F (133211@1)                      G6Well (320000@1)you shot off your mouth and look where it got you

Am (x02210@1)     Em (022000@1)      FMy (133211@1)mouth runs on too



Am (x02210@1)        EmShouts (022000@1)from both sides,

F (133211@1)                    G6"Well (320000@1)we've got the land but they've got the view!"

Am (x02210@1)     Em (022000@1)        F (133211@1)
Well now here's the clue

Am (x02210@1)   Em (022000@1)     F (133211@1)        G6 (320000@1)            
         We are fiiiiiiiiiiiiiixed 
   
Am (x02210@1)   Em (022000@1)            F (133211@1)        Right where we stand

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Am (x02210@1)    EmLife (022000@1)it rents us

F (133211@1)                G6And (320000@1)yeah I hope it put plenty on you

Am (x02210@1)   Em (022000@1)     F (133211@1)
Well I hope mine did too



Am (x02210@1)   Em (022000@1)     F (133211@1)        G6 (320000@1)             
         We are fiiiiiiiiiiiiiixed 
   
Am (x02210@1)   Em (022000@1)            F (133211@1)        Right where we are

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Chorus:

C (x32010@1)                  G6As (320000@1)life gets longer, awful feels softer

Em (022000@1)                F (133211@1)   
Well it feels pretty soft to me

C (x32010@1)            G6And (320000@1)if it takes shit to make bliss,

Em (022000@1)            Fthen (133211@1)I feel pretty blissfully

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Pre-Solo:  (Isaac Screaming into some police speaker-style thing)

C (x32010@1)                   G6 (320000@1)                       EmFor (022000@1)every invention made how much time did we save?

FWe're (133211@1)not much farther than we were in the cave

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(Solo)
**No chords are that apparent but I pulled this together, sounds 10% like the real 
song but its something.**

Am E G6 F (listen to the song for timing)
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Breakdown: Strum each of these chords once or twice.

C (x32010@1)                G6As (320000@1)life gets longer, awful feels softer, and it

Em (022000@1)                   Ffeels (133211@1)pretty soft to me

C (x32010@1)              G6And (320000@1)if it takes shit to make bliss,

Em (022000@1)                FWell (133211@1)I feel pretty blissfully

C (x32010@1)                      G6 (320000@1)
If life's not beautiful without the pain,

Em (022000@1)                         FWell (133211@1)I'd just rather never ever even see...   beauty again

C (x32010@1)               G6Well (320000@1)as life gets longer, awful feels softer

Em (022000@1)                    F (133211@1)     
And it... feels pretty soft to me, oh hooo
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Pre Chorus: (Again Isaac screaming into the police speaker thing)

C (x32010@1)                  G6 (320000@1)                       EmFor (022000@1)every good deed done there is a crime committed

FWe (133211@1)are fixed

C (x32010@1)              G6 (320000@1)                            EmFor (022000@1)every step ahead we could have just been seated

FWe (133211@1)are fixed
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Chorus Outro:

C (x32010@1)                  G6As (320000@1)life gets longer, awful feels softer

Em (022000@1)                F (133211@1)   
Well it feels pretty soft to me

C (x32010@1)            G6And (320000@1)if it takes shit to make bliss,

Em (022000@1)            Fthen (133211@1)I feel pretty blissfully

C (x32010@1)           G6 (320000@1)       We are fixed

Em (022000@1)          F (133211@1)      We are fixed

C (x32010@1)           G6 (320000@1)      We are fixed

Em (022000@1)                  F (133211@1)      Right where we... stand

****I AM VERY OPEN TO CORRECTIONS. Please feel free to leave any.****
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