Novocain Stain Bass Tab

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Part I

G| |-----7---|-------7-|-----7---|-------5-| |-5-----5-|
D|*|-------7-|-----5---|-------4-|-----5---|*|-----5---|
A|*|-5-------|-7-------|-5-------|-3-------|*|---------|
E| |---------|---------|---------|---------| |---------|

Part II

G| |-----4-------4-|-----5-------5-| |-4-5-4h5p4-|
D|*|---------------|---------------|*|-----------|
A|*|---------------|-3-3---3---3---|*|-----------|
E| |-3-3---3---3---|---------------| |-----------|

Part III
                                                 alternate endings:
                                                 2:07/2:16  2:11      
G| |-----------|----------|---------| |---------|----------|---------|------|
D|*|------9----|-----9----|-----9---|*|---------|-10-10-12-|-10-10-9-|------|
A|*|-10-----10-|-9-----10-|-7-----7-|*|---------|----------|---------|------|
E| |-----------|----------|---------| |-8-8-7-8-|----------|---------|-8-10-|

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture black&red Wanna Be	#1 by black&red at Sep 19, 2005 at 11:25 PM EST
	i think this song is about several things. TV stained my memories, about how bad TV is and what scum it produces not only on it but the people on it and there lives. its REMEMBER THROUGH SOUNDS and the same with all the remembers except TOWNS which probably means whatever replaces whatever, you can always remember through sounds, smells, colors and remember the towns as they used to be with those senses. and the part... With fear and fascination On what was here And what's replacing them now Interchange causes a mall And crowded chain restaurants More housing developments go up Named after the things they replace... is pretty obvious, the big cities move in and people get kinda scared about the change and what they tore down and whats replacing them (e.g. chain restauants that cause traffic, and shopping malls that do the same) and its ironic that they would name these huge manufactured, cookie cutter houses after what they have torn down to put them there. and it seems abrupt because it is and the change of pace is... rash and irresponsible. just call me captain obvious.

No Picture shawna Badass	#2 by shawna lykins at Sep 24, 2005 at 9:59 PM EST
	i thought it was remember through sounds, remember through smells, remember through colors and stuff. O well

No Picture Jay Average	#3 by Jay at Oct 31, 2005 at 1:28 PM EST
	Minnow Brook makes more sense, since minnows live in water.

No Picture Wanna Be	#4 by Chill-ax! at Nov 17, 2005 at 9:43 PM EST
	More housing developments go up Named after the things they replace. i love it.

No Picture Al Rhythm Player	#5 by Al Menzies at Dec 27, 2005 at 1:51 PM EST
	chaNge happens whether you like it or not but you always have your memories think

No Picture Jimmy Wanna Be	#6 by Jimmy Withrow at Jan 30, 2006 at 1:02 PM EST
	I think this song, more than any other defines what Modest Mouse was about in the early days

No Picture Belian Average	#7 by Belian Carter at Mar 1, 2006 at 12:29 AM EST
	"More housing developments go up Named after the things they replace So welcome to Minnow Brook And welcome to Shady Space" Wow. Possibly the best Modest Mouse lyric ever. It's pretty literal, so I won't go into 'what it means'. The song as a whole is about the idea of 'progess', and how, maybe, it was better off to begin with... "Remember her sounds Remember her smells Remember her colors" 'Remember' suggests that those things aren't there any more. Why? Because of progress!

No Picture mario Average	#8 by mario ramirez at Mar 25, 2006 at 6:09 AM EST
	I think that this song is stating that change is wrecking a lot of things.. that shouldn't be..changed. Saying that people are building and replacing things, and we have forgotten the more simple and wonderful things in life, that we should pay more attention to. That's just what i believe.

No Picture Jona_Red.Hot Wanna Be	#9 by Jona_Red.Hot Olavaria at Sep 14, 2006 at 4:30 PM EST
	i agree...also in the lonesome crowded west "i didnt come to the city the city came to me" a lot of midwestern/western bands are just coming to terms with the urbanization of that area and STUFF (i.e. desaparacidos) sad :(

No Picture Dylan Lead Player	#10 by Dylan Julian at Oct 29, 2006 at 12:01 AM EST
	"TV stained my memories" sometimes, it's hard to tell what you saw on television or read or heard of or what actually happened. Especially with childhood. and all of the good things are becoming commercialized in this song. Very good, describes how I feel a lot of times.

No Picture Max Average	#11 by Max Quint at Oct 31, 2006 at 5:21 AM EST
	i couldn't agree with you more bellyfull of swans. it's cool how this song starts out with a love song feel but changes pace when he explains different ideas of commercialism and urban sprawl. brock sings about the thoughts and ideas that i've always had, his play on words really puts coherent light on them.

No Picture Aleksandar Average	#12 by Aleksandar Radošević at Nov 19, 2006 at 1:51 AM EST
	agree fully with the first poster, lunatic96.. I think it's interesting that people are misinterpreting the lyrics as both "her" and "through"....since both things (a significant other and a neighborhood) are both VERY strong [and typically temporary] "environmental" factors in regard to someone's memories & ideals. my personal interpretation is: TV stained my memories, yeah I don't fit the shoes remember through sounds remember through......etc and I always thought it was "interchange plazas, a mall, and crowded chain resturants" (as in a list).. regardless, this has long been one of my favorite songs from MM. brilliant - musically, lyrically, and especially conceptually (that goes for the whole 'long drive' album).

No Picture Caleb Average	#13 by Caleb Johnson at Jan 29, 2007 at 7:17 PM EST
	It's about how humans are ruining shit, (I.E.: nature, animals, cities, towns, countryside). Isaac is from Washington, which, i am not sure (never been there) but i know there is a BIG shitload of a difference between Isaaquah and Seattle, Isaaquah = countryside, forests, wild animals. Seattle = City, christmas trees and mascots. So i think Isaac is basically stating that the whole world is being turned to shit due to corporate america or government, or just plain people. Isaac hates assholes like Cowboy Dan (he describes him in the song). This has been a public announcement by (CENSORED).

No Picture Bobby Lead Player	#14 by Bobby Parker at Aug 1, 2007 at 9:35 AM EST
	This is in no way a love song.