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lincolnic
Nope, that would be Jon Nall. I'm just the dude who went to music school and likes transcribing songs.

Music school. Why didn't we all go to music school?

OUTER SCORPION SQUADRON

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-These days, these days, we drink a lot of snake oil-

seems to be built around C Am and Em but somebody's gonna have to help me out with this.

I'm fairly busy with work right now, but if you guys can wait a few days I'll take a stab at it when I get the time.

I tried my best on this one, definitely one of the more aurally complicated Mountain Goats songs to transcribe, even though it plays in C. Yuval plays a lot of variations, but this seems to be the basic chord structure from what I can tell. I also uploaded it to the wiki, so if you have any corrections or a way to show the piano melody feel free to edit it there.

C Am C
If you really want to conjure up a ghost
C Am C G
Cultivate a space for the things that hurt you most

Em C Am
Rake the sands until they surface
Em Am C
Bind their tiny eyes

C Am F
Stake out your position, let your armor fall
C Am C G
Stay put til they find you, it won't take long at all


Em C Am
Rake the sands until they surface
Em Am C
Up they come, gone translucent

C Am F
They're coming up no matter what
C Am F C G
Fools rush in and the doors slam shut

C Am F
Ghosts of my childhood stay with me, if you will
C Am C G
Find a place where there's water, hold you under til you're still

Em C Am
Rake the sands until they surface
Em Am C
Don't let anybody call them ugly

This song is tons of fun to sing if you can accompany it nicely. Enjoy!

I don't have time to really get into this right now, but I'm pretty sure that the first chord of the song is some kind of C minor, or maybe a 1st inversion Eb6. There's an Eb in it, at any rate.

i don't figure songs out by ear as often as i should, so this may be wrong, but this is my shot at catherine antrim's kid:

Verse loop: G Am D C
Chorus: Em, G , D, C
G C Am Am

I don't think it changes from that but i haven't listened really hard since figuring it out. If someone wants to sync that up with the words and put it on the wiki feel free.

Anyone got bass tabs?

I would love the bass tab for Dance Music or especially No Children.
Here's the bass tab to Alpha Rats Nest though

I added Catherine Antrim's Kid, Rotten Stinking Mouthpiece, and Crane to the wiki.

Does anyone know if the tab wiki is backed up anywhere? I'm downloading a copy of the full site in case the unthinkable happens.



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 08/11/2011 01:20AM by butter.

regarding Outer Scorpion Squadron i've tried to get some kind of guitar structure to it with the chords above and it works ok. There's a few changes from C up top to C open and it works ok, but the piano shows more range and Yuval's little flicks here and there make this pretty hard to fill out solo.

I think it needs more work, and i'm open to ideas but this is it so far: [soundcloud.com]

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let's get dressed up in costumes and dance by the bar.

The actual piano chords for the studio version of "Thank You Mario."

I tried using the tabs on the wiki but they don't sound right.

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My band has a Facebook. This is the link.

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SlowWestVulture
The actual piano chords for the studio version of "Thank You Mario."

I tried using the tabs on the wiki but they don't sound right.

This!

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do I have to hit you over the head with it?
nigelewan.com · last.fm

Anybody out there that can help me with the tab for "Shadow song" and "Your in Maya"

I tried what was on the Tab site but it doesnt sound right, could be my lack of skills in this area

Cheers

I haven't tried Shadow Song but the You're In Maya that's on the wiki is definitely right.

"Pure Heat". It's in the tabs wiki, but only with a capo, and I've no idea how to translate that to keyboard.

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Why's everyone in this thread a f***ing Mountain Goats fan?!

Kirkeby Kritikk • Kvitter

Here's a non-capo version for you:

Intro:
G# (Riff: C#-C-A#) D#sus4 [Not sure how to play sus4 on a piano, play around D#?] A#m7 C# (Riff: C#-C#-C-C-A#-C-A#)

Verse Chords:
G# D#sus4 / A#m7 C#

Outro:
G# (Riff: C#-C-A#) D#sus4 (Riff: D#-C#-C-A#-C-A#) A#m7 (Riff: D#-C#-C-A#-C-A#) C# (Riff: C#-C#-C-C-A#-C-A#)

Does anyone have a vocal arrangement for High Hawk Season? I do a capella stuff but my arranging skills are not quite up to par.

Many thanks, shlack!

Also, f*** capo.

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Why's everyone in this thread a f***ing Mountain Goats fan?!

Kirkeby Kritikk • Kvitter

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I have a request: I was wondering if someone with more guitar skills than I have could decode what's going on in "Burned My Tongue" and post a tab of that?

I would like to second this old request for a Burned My Tongue tab! It is a favorite.

hey, is themountaingoats.net site down for everyone else?

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let's get dressed up in costumes and dance by the bar.

yup

Very inconvenient. Anyone happen to have the chords that were posted there for "Idylls Of The King"? If so, please e-mail them to me or link me. Thanks!

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Why's everyone in this thread a f***ing Mountain Goats fan?!

Kirkeby Kritikk • Kvitter

hey all. does anyone have the tabs to Going to Palestine by any chance?

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Is the www.themountaingoats.net site still active? It is not loading today.

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bluesyg
Is the www.themountaingoats.net site still active? It is not loading today.

[www.mountain-goats.com]

tl;dr - It's down, but someone's working on it.