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Intro (after first riff of guitar picking and strumming (at end))
G --------------------------------------------------
D --9-----------------------------------------------
A ---------------9----------------------------------
E ----------------------------9------------7--------
G --------------------------------------------------
D --9-9--9-9-9-9------------------------------------
A ---------------9-9--9-9-9-9-----------------------
E ----------------------------9-9/12-97---7-7-7-7--
both slides are about the same speed, and they are a moderate speed
(u'll have to listen to it to get it right)
G ---------------------------------
D --------------------------------- X2
A ---------------------------------
E -777-777-777-777-555-555-333-333-
G -------------------------------------------
D ------------------------------------------- X2
A --5-7--5-7-9--9-7-5--5-2-0-----------------
E -7-------------------------555-555-333-333-
G ---------------------------------
D -999-999-999-999-777-777-555-555- X2
A ---------------------------------
E ---------------------------------
G ------------------------------------------------------
D -9-11-12--11-12-14--14-12-11--11-9-7--777-777-555-555-
A ------------------------------------------------------
E ------------------------------------------------------
PS: this is the best part ever! I love it!! lol sorry, had to say it
G ---------------------------------
D -999-999-999-999-777-777-555-555- X15
A ---------------------------------
E ---------------------------------
sometimes it will have more of the same beat (but quicker)
of the intro, only its really annoying to figure it out, so
if you want to know I ask you to find out for your uses
G ---------------------------------
D --------------------------------- X3
A ---------------------------------
E -777-777-777-777-555-555-333-333-
same variation of beat as the previous riff
G -----------------------------------
D -----------------------------------
A -----------------------------------
E -777-777-777-777-555-555-333-333/7-
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Plead the 5th, Professional |
#1 by Plead the 5th, Cuz You Can't Plead the 1st at Jan 5, 2006 at 7:29 AM EST |
| i love when he says "please shut up!" great song, makes me wanna get up and do the cockroach even tho i ahve no idea what the hell it is. | |
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Ben Average |
#2 by Ben G. at Jan 23, 2006 at 2:35 AM EST |
| the cockroach is about humans being so gross and just gross. Us humans are "doing the cochroach" This one's a doctor This one's a lawyer This one's a cash fiend taking your money Cockroach. This one's a crazer Daydreaming disaster The origin of junk food Rutting through garbage cockroach... | |
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hnmhgn Average |
#3 by hnmhgn Chnhn at Apr 1, 2006 at 11:00 AM EST |
| i like what scalewagjim said, pretty much sums it up. nice job. | |
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Wanna Be |
#4 by ZeppelinPro at May 4, 2006 at 4:49 AM EST |
| WOW, yet another mouse song centered around my favorite philosphy- existentialism- I'm reading some Satre stuff, so this really makes sense and I have a whole new respect for this song... not that I didn't already love it, cause I did... and, yeah... k.... I'm hungry | |
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Kaleb Average |
#5 by Kaleb Loyer at Nov 9, 2006 at 5:38 PM EST |
| "One year Twenty years Forty years Fifty years Down the road in your life You'll look in the mirror And say, "My parents are still alive." Think about it this way - Youve been dragging your sorry ass through your entire boring life, 50 years already? Look in the mirror, your parents are still alive. Youve got a long way to go. | |
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M.Fett Wanna Be |
#6 by M.Fett B.Fett at Nov 10, 2006 at 9:11 PM EST |
| >modest mouse - doin the cockroach --------------this part is obvious and somewhat of a profound setup for the ideal surrounding the rest of the lyrics.. >I was in heaven >I was in hell >Believe in neither >But fear them as well ----------------------------------------------------------------------- -----------this part establishes that these people are of the same mentality but the cash fiend sticks out because the modus operandi of his travel habits doesn't change and the writer doesnt care for it.. >This one's a doctor >This one's a lawyer >This one's a cash fiend >taking your money >Back of the metro >Ride on the greyhound >Drunk on the Amtrak >Please shut up --------------------------- ---------------While the writer is still focused on people riding mass transit, demostrating the people who are most talkative are the one's with nothing to say or just base their coversation on shock value.. >Another rider >He was a talker >Talking about TV >Please shut up >This one's a crazer >Daydreaming disaster --------------------------------- ---------------------- expanding on the the shock value mentality and likening situations.. also conveying it's part nature that people like to be center.. >The origin of junk food >Rutting through garbage >Tasty but worthless >Dogs eat their own shit ------------- ------------ A scurrying roach running from everything human to avoid being crushed.. the philosophy that people are about carnality.. > >We're doing the cockroach yeah >Doin the cockroach yeah >Doin the cockroach yeah (alright, not bad) [x3] ---------------------------------------------------------- ---------------Time is void or doesn't matter.. >One year >Twenty years >Forty years >Fifty years >Down the road in your life >You'll look in the mirror >And say, "My parents are still alive." ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------- the writer doesn't buy anyone's input concerning this philosophy.. >You move your mouth >You shake your tongue >You vibrate my eardrums >You're saying words >But you know I ain't listening --------------------------------------------- --------------------------- The writer doesn't believe physically beautiful people care about this philosophy. >You're walking down the street >Your face >Your lips >Your hips >Your eyes >They meet >You're not hungry though ---------------------------------------------------------- --------------- I honestly don't know- maybe before the exquinox(time)at certain latitude(space) a paradox occured and either confirmed or refuted his belief in the cockroach philosophy and he needs time to process it.. >Well late last winter >Down below the equator >They had a summer that would make you blister >Oh my mind is all made up >So I'll have to sleep in it > | |
