Satin In A Coffin Bass Tab

Good News For People Who Love Bad News Tabs:

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sounds like an acoustic bass
maybe a fretless acoustic for the break


  riff one:
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|-1/-3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|

  riff two a:
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-3----3----3----3--1--3----3----3----3--1--|

  riff two b:
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-3--3--3----3----3--1--3--3--3----3----3--1--|

  riff one:
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|-1/-3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|

  riff two a:
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-3----3----3----3--1--3----3----3----3--1--|

  riff two b:
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------|
E|-3--3--3----3----3--1--3--3--3----3----3--1--|

  break:
G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-10------10-8--------6------6-5--------|
E|---------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-10------10-8--------6------6-5--------|
E|---------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-10------10-12------12-13------13-15------15-|
E|---------------------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|
A|-10------10-8--------6------6-5--------|
E|---------------------------------------|

G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-13------13-12---------10------10-8--------|
E|-------------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|-10--10----10-8--8----8-6--6--6--6-5--5--5--8-|
E|----------------------------------------------|

G|----------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------|
A|-10--10----10-8--8----8-----------------------|
E|------------------------6--6--6--6-8--8--8--8-|

  riff two a:
G|-------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-3----3----3----3--1--3----3----3----3--1--|

  riff two c:
G|-------------------------------------------------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-3--3--3--3--3--3--3--1--3--3--3--3--3--3--3--1--|

 riff one:
G|--------------------------|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|-1/-3--3--3--3--3--3--3---|

Taken from The BassMasta -- http://www.bassmasta.net

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/m/modest_mouse/127191.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture The Fever...The Average	#1 by The Fever...The Focus x at Jun 18, 1970 at 4:07 PM EST
	i get the feeling this song is about how people are so focused on dying that they neglect to really live... the 'are you dead or are you sleeping' line refers to people living as though they are asleep, and isaac thinking that it would be better to be dead than to live like that. orrrr else it's not really about anything. EITHER WAY IT'S A GREAT SONG.

No Picture mookie Average	#2 by mookie at Apr 19, 1975 at 7:08 PM EST
	This is impossibly catchy. The damn banjo gets me every time. I think this song is about how we surrounded by things that can cause our death. Ex: Now the blow's been softened, since the air we breathe's our coffin Well now the blow's been softened, since the ocean is our coffin Often times you know our laughter is our coffin ever after And you know the blow's been softened, since the world is our coffin And now the blow's been softened, since we are our own damn coffins

No Picture josh Wanna Be	#3 by josh g at Oct 28, 1978 at 8:40 AM EST
	it's about reincarnation. the world is our coffin, and we can't escape it. if you are sleeping in a coffin you are continuously being reborn, if you die you die. people are ironic because they talk about how they believe in god and such, but in the end are total hipocrites. (do you believe what your saying, yeah right now but not that often)

No Picture shaepes Wanna Be	#4 by shaepes caepoo at Jun 10, 1993 at 1:13 PM EST
	I LOVE THIS SONG!!! I agree with dane0 about the world trapping us. i love the 'are you dead or are you sleeping, god i sure hope you are dead' there are definately some people i'd like to say that too.

No Picture Chris Average	#5 by Chris Essery at Mar 10, 1999 at 2:14 PM EST
	I think this song has a disturbing violent delivery. I don't think I've ever heard a voice as distinctly distressing as Isaac Brock's. Just for that, I think this song is by far one of the best off of the Good News album.

No Picture Winterborn Average	#6 by Winterborn at Oct 5, 2005 at 1:11 AM EST
	Everything out there can be a death trap. And maybe something to do with a fromer girlfriend that Issac broke up with? I hate mine "the air we breathe is our coffin" (safacating) "the ocean is our coffin" (drowning) "the world is our coffin"