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Missed The Boat

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Info: This is an acoustic chord rendition of the song. I'm not entirely sure about the
though you have a correct assumption for the chords played in the chorus, feel free to
Tab for the riff played throughout the song:
e|D-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 GheGllA  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 myGself
I assume as much for other people
DOh, and I Aknow this of myGself
We've listened more to life's end gong
DThan the F#msound of life's sweet GbeGllAsA  Bm  Bm  G  G  G  G  A  A  
D D A A G G
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
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 ourGselves
(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

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Missed The Boat

by Modest Mouse

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Chords in this song · guitar

F#m

Info: This is an acoustic chord rendition of the song. I'm not entirely sure about the

though you have a correct assumption for the chords played in the chorus, feel free to

Tab for the riff played throughout the song:

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)

While we're on the subject

Could we change the subject now?

I was knocking on your ear's door but you were always out

Looking towards the future

We were begging for the past

Well we knew we had the good things

But those never seemed to last

Oh please just last

D D D G G G G

Everyone's unhappy

Everyone's ashamed

Well we all just got caught looking

At somebody else's page

Well nothing ever went

Quite exactly as we planned

Our ideas held no water

But we used them like a dam

D A G

Oh, and we carried it all so well

As if we got a new position

D A G

Oh, and I laugh all the way to hell

Saying yes, this is a fine promotion

D F#m G G A A Bm Bm G G G G A A

Oh, and I laugh all the way to hell

Of course everyone goes crazy

Over such and such and such

We made ourselves a pillar

We just used it as a crutch

We were certainly uncertain

At least I'm pretty sure I am

Well we didn't need the water

But we just built that good God dam

D A G

Oh, and I know this of myself

I assume as much for other people

D A G

Oh, and I know this of myself

We've listened more to life's end gong

D F#m G G A A Bm Bm G G G G A A

Than the sound of life's sweet bells

D D A A G G

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

Tiny curtains open and we heard the tiny clap of little hands

A tiny man would tell a little joke and get a tiny laugh from all the folks

Sitting drifting around in bubbles and thinking it was us that carried them

When we finally got it figured out that we had truly missed the boat

D A G

Oh, and we carried it all so well

As if we got a new position

D A G

Oh, and we owned all the tools ourselves

But not the skills to make a shelf with

D F#m G

Oh, what useless tools ourselves

(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

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