Truckers Atlas Bass Tab

The Lonesome Crowded West Tabs:

Teeth Like God's Shoeshine
Heart Cooks Brain
Convenient Parking
Lounge (Closing Time)
Doin' The Cockroach
Cowboy Dan
Shit Luck
Truckers Atlas »
Polar Opposites
Styrofoam Boots/ It's All Nice On Ice, Alright

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Verse part
G|----------------------|
D|----------------------|
A|--------14----11-7-7-|
E|-4--7-9-----9---------|

Chorus part (where he sings "this truckers atlas goes in ways the freeways and highways 
dont know")
G|---------------------------|
D|---------------------------|
A|---------------------------|
E|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-9-9-9-9-9-|

Somewhere in the long solo part after the words stop he plays
G|-----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------|
A|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-|
E|-----------------------------------------|

the rest is just playing around with those riffs, making variations
have fun and enjoy

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Walk3rkid Average	#1 by Walk3rkid . at Sep 27, 2005 at 11:04 PM EST
	am i the only one who noticed the coke references (as in the drug not the drink)?

No Picture Freebass Average	#2 by Freebass Konata at Jan 11, 2006 at 5:46 AM EST
	no i havnt noticed that, but if there is any similarities it would be more like guerilla radio sounds exactly like truckers atlas, since this song came out long before guerilla radio.

No Picture Nicolas Rhythm Player	#3 by Nicolas Turgeon at Feb 26, 2006 at 5:01 PM EST
	come on kids the song is about doing a shit ton of coke off of a road atlas and by the end of the song he realizes that he's bombed lines off of almost every page in the atlas

No Picture Tim Wanna Be	#4 by Tim N at Mar 27, 2006 at 9:18 PM EST
	i agree with this song being a drug reference, but i pull more towards it referring to methamphetamine than cocaine, because there are many references to speed on other modest mouse songs, and speed is a cheaper, more small-town drug, while cocaine is more expensive and decidedly more "glamorous". "i did lines" is a clear reference to snorting some sort of powdered drug.

No Picture Walk3rkid Average	#5 by Walk3rkid . at Apr 12, 2006 at 10:25 AM EST
	i think its about coke too. " i don't feel and i feel great" reference to the high you "feel" from coke. ie you cant feel your face and such.

No Picture Michael Average	#6 by Michael Marks at Jun 6, 2006 at 3:53 AM EST
	agreed. Fantastic song. It makes me wanna go on a road trip with no destination.

No Picture Tyler Wanna Be	#7 by Tyler Marshall at Aug 19, 2006 at 4:20 AM EST
	exactly. "i sold my atlas by the freight stairs" i dont know about you guys, but this makes me think of what it would be like to do coke in a way. as a result of the social stigma placed on coke (and rightfully so in my opinion) and the fact that coke turns people crazy with addicition (ive seen it happen) in a way its almost like you are selling your soul or atlas when do that shit, the term 'coke whore' comes to mind. "we write our maps in the stalls" i think its not a little known fact that the bathroom stall is a good place to..."write your maps" if ya know what i mean.

No Picture something.. Average	#8 by something.. at Dec 17, 2006 at 3:39 AM EST
	I think this song is more about his love to travel then drugs. I mean, the drugs are involved in the whole traveling thing. Staying up late to make time. At one point I thought this song was about selling coke to truckers....

No Picture Chris Average	#9 by Chris Hutt at Jan 4, 2007 at 2:50 PM EST
	yea what can i say "I DONT FEEL AND IT FEELS GREAT." one of the best ever lines ive heard. by one of my fav bands!

No Picture masterbasser Rhythm Player	#10 by masterbasser . at Feb 9, 2007 at 10:21 AM EST
	Since no one else is commenting, I'm just going to say that "I don't feel and it feels great" is one of the best lines ever written.

No Picture zakk Wanna Be	#11 by zakk at Jul 3, 2007 at 12:23 AM EST
	The drum beat to this song is so unique. When hes like, "do you speak lingo?'' i Think of his drumbeat and is sounds like lingo for drums. I dont know I'm fried.

No Picture steven Average	#12 by steven shunnarah at Sep 11, 2007 at 5:53 AM EST
	every modest mouse song is my favorite song... but! this is the one I listen to the most. like twice a day and shit. yeah this songs definatly about drugs. I do lines...