Song: Missed the boat Artist: Modest Mouse Album: We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank Info: This is an acoustic chord rendition of the song. I'm not entirely sure about the A's and F#m's in the choruses (or if there are even any F#m's at all!). If you feel as though you have a correct assumption for the chords played in the chorus, feel free to leave a comment on this tab -- I check them as often as I can, and if I agree with your correction, I'll add it to the tab. Most importantly, enjoy! Tab for the riff played throughout the song: D e|-2h3p2----2h3p2----2h3p2----2-| B|------3-3------3-3------3-3---| G|-------2--------2--------2----| D|-0--------0--------0--------0-| A|------------------------------| E|------------------------------| e|------------------------------------| B|-2h3p2-0-0--2h3p2-0-0--2h3p2-0-0--3-| G|--------0----------0----------0-----| D|------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------| E|-3----------3----------3----------3-| Intro: D D D D G G G G (4x)

^DWhile we're on the subject Could we change the subject now' I was ^Gknocking on your ear's door but you were always out ^DLooking towards the future

We were begging for the past

Well we ^Gknew we had the good things But those never seemed to last Oh please just ^Dlast

D D D G G G G

^DEveryone's unhappy Everyone's ashamed Well we all ^Gjust got caught looking

At somebody else's page

Well ^Dnothing ever went Quite exactly as we planned Our ^Gideas held no water

But we used them like a dam

^DOh, and we ^Acarried it all so ^Gwell As if we got a new position ^DOh, and I ^Alaugh all the way to ^Ghell

Saying yes, this is a fine promotion

^DOh, and I ^F#mlaugh all the way to ^Ghe^Gll^A ^A ^Bm ^Bm ^G ^G ^G ^G ^A ^A

Of course ^Deveryone goes crazy Over such and such and such We ^Gmade ourselves a pillar

We just used it as a crutch

We were ^Dcertainly uncertain At least I'm pretty sure I am Well we ^Gdidn't need the water

But we just built that good God dam

^DOh, and I ^Aknow this of my^Gself I assume as much for other people ^DOh, and I ^Aknow this of my^Gself

We've listened more to life's end gong

^DThan the ^F#msound of life's sweet ^Gbe^Gll^As ^A ^Bm ^Bm ^G ^G ^G ^G ^A ^A D D A A G G

[No chords are played during the next verse, but if you're doing this acoustic and don't want to just awkwardly stop playing, they're the same as the other verses. If you want to sound more like the actual song, you can palm mute or completely mute while strumming for rhythm, or drum on your guitar for the same effect.] Was it ever worth it' Was there all that much to gain' Well we knew we missed the boat And we'd already missed the plane We didn't read the invite We just dance at our wake All our favorites were playing So we could shake, shake, shake, shake, shake [The next verse does have music, but it's palm-muted. You don't have to do this if you don't want to or don't know how to, but it adds a build-up effect connecting the last verse to the next chorus. If you can't palm mute, try muting all the strings except one while rhythm-strumming.]

^DTiny curtains open and we heard the tiny clap of little hands A tiny ^Gman would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks Sitting ^Ddrifting around in bubbles and thinking it was us that carried them When we ^Gfinally got it figured out that we had truly missed the boat

^DOh, and we ^Acarried it all so ^Gwell As if we got a new position ^DOh, and we ^Aowned all the tools ^Gourselves

But not the skills to make a shelf with

^DOh, what ^F#museless tools our^Dse^Dlv^Des^G ^G ^G ^G (The outro is still the same amount of bars, but strummed in a slower fashion -- listen to the song to see what I mean)

Outro: D D D D G G G G

Modest Mouse - Missed the boat