• Song:

    Bulldozers On High

  • Artist:

    Modest Mouse

So this is from the 1993 cassete demos "Tube fruit, All smiles and chocolate", they're

impossible to find (physically) but you can listen to them on youtube or there are blogs that have

uploaded them. Bulldozers on a high is really such a great item and it's my favourite

from that "album", so here it is. I'm not going to post the strumming patterns (if 
that's even possible) just listen to the recording.

Intro: these are the chords

e------------------------------|
B------------------------------|
G--7-----9--7------------------|
D--7--7--9--7------------------|
A--6--7--8--6------------------|
E-----6------------------------|

Verse: the first two are strummed and the third
one is actually played three times, note that usually he just plays the first two and 
the third one is only played after them when he's not singing.
Just figure it out or improvise it doesn't really matter:
e-------------------------|
B-------------------------|
G-7-----9-9-9-------------|
D-7--7--9-9-9-------------|
A-6--7--8-8-8-------------|
E----6--------------------|

Second part of song:


here's what I think he actually plays (maybe it's actually a bit lower, but sounds okay 
to me. Try playing this an octave lower for fun):
e------------------------------------|
B------------------------------------|
G-10-12-13-12-10-8-----6-8-9-8-6-4---|
D------------------9---------------6-|
A------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------|



Near the end he plays chord versions of these
e-------------------------------------|
B-------------------------------------|
G-10-12-13-12-10-8-----6-8-9-8-6-4----|
D-x--x--x--x--x--x-9---x-x-x-x-x-x-6--|
A-8--10-11-10-8--6-x---4-6-7-6-4-3-x--|
E------------------7---------------4--|


Piece of cake. Next mission: decipher the lyrics :P
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