Dirty Fingernails Bass Tab

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Modest Mouse - Dirty Fingernails
Tabbed By: Spike McFang
Email: Moves_Incorporated@hotmail.com

Tuning: Standard (E A D G)



G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
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A|--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12--12----||
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||

G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
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A|--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10--10------||
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||

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A|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8------------------------------||
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E|--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8--8------------------------------||


repeats over and over through song....

Source: http://www.bassmasta.net/m/modest_mouse/138596.html

Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Rob Wanna Be	#1 by Rob Goode at Oct 29, 2005 at 1:57 AM EST
	no idea what this means but im pretty sure its not about suicide or bleeding or anything, it think he was just high or it was some crazy meaning

No Picture I * El CiD Average	#2 by I * El CiD at Nov 12, 2005 at 1:50 PM EST
	this song isn't supposed to have a deep meaning. it is what it is

No Picture b-rad Lead Player	#3 by b-rad at Dec 20, 2005 at 12:59 PM EST
	gotta love this song. but what does it mean to you guys? when i hear it i think of sex. perhaps that's just me. "out of the shower, on to the bathroom floor"... etc.

No Picture Katie Average	#4 by Katie Brown at Jan 2, 2006 at 2:20 AM EST
	the guy takes a shower to get clean, and just as soon gets back into the world and gets dirty (digging his hands into the casserole in particular gives him the dirty fingernails). the point is you can be clean in your little shower, but once you go out into the great outdoors, you won't be. the dirty fingernails in the casserole is a simple little metaphor but it's awesome. plus, the screaming adds to the desperation of it. great song

No Picture Max Average	#5 by Max Quint at Jan 7, 2006 at 9:51 PM EST
	CRYSTAL METHAMPHETAMINE FREAKOUT! Most of the time your fingernails really are dirty, the rest of the time you think they are, and all of the time you are severely focused on the dirt under your nails and extremely determined to conguer and clean them but never satisfied.

No Picture Jordie Wanna Be	#6 by Jordie Oz. at Feb 22, 2006 at 5:22 PM EST
	you never can get rid of all of the dirt in your life, or in the world. no matter how much you wash your hands you very seldomnly get your fingernails clean, and if you do, there right back dirty......as soon as you get out of the shower. when you wash your hands before you eat, as soon as you sit down theres germs right under the very casserole (or how ever you spell it) that your eating. So maybehew had a freind that was a compulsive cleane or a germaphobe or something. so he's trying to always convey the fact that theres always going to be dirt in you life wrather physically or metaphorically. the connection may be wrather bland, but hell the song is way out there, and I actually didnt think of that until I read Spikey's interpretation on it, before I just used to like the song. thanks Spike!

No Picture jeremy Wanna Be	#7 by jeremy koss at Mar 26, 2006 at 3:35 PM EST
	does anybody know what the guy in the background is saying? I have a pretty good idea, but not to sure.

No Picture sebastian Professional	#8 by sebastian at Mar 26, 2006 at 11:56 PM EST
	For some reason I interpret this as a suicide song, which is most probably NOT what Isaac meant while writing it, but still... "out in the kitchen, underneath the casserole" makes me invision someone with their head in the oven, while "out of the shower, onto the bathroom floor" makes me think of bleeding to death or overdosing on the bathroom floor. "Out on the patio, out in the great outdoors," as someone previously mentioned, seems like moving forward, away from everything, to something bigger.

No Picture mason Average	#9 by mason coats at Apr 12, 2006 at 6:50 PM EST
	it takes a lot of energy to make that sound. I am always wondering what sound he is talking about. but talking about fingernails makes me think of running nails down a chalkboard, and it would take a lot of my energy to try and do that.

No Picture Wanna Be	#10 by Chill-ax! at Apr 17, 2006 at 5:06 PM EST
	lol you know he wrote this song when he was feeling dirty, and he was just like damn! I need to write about how i feel right now. Isaac needs a book, or a movie!

No Picture Nicolas Rhythm Player	#11 by Nicolas Turgeon at Apr 23, 2006 at 6:28 AM EST
	it wouldn't be as great if he didn't scream! this song is awesome

No Picture Kevin Average	#12 by Kevin Barry at Apr 27, 2006 at 8:29 PM EST
	its about doing coke everywhere you go

No Picture shabobo Wanna Be	#13 by shabobo at Sep 14, 2006 at 9:16 AM EST
	This song feels just like Schizophrenia does. Have you ever wondered What, exactly, has the Dirty Fingernails? Or what is coming out of the shower? Or what is in the kitchen? This and Exit Does Not Exist are very schizophrenic songs. That most likely wasn't the intent of the artist, but they describe it well.

No Picture punk bassist Average	#14 by punk bassist at Oct 30, 2006 at 10:00 AM EST
	i love it...it's so hopeless. out of the shower into being ruined again...

No Picture Tom Average	#15 by Tom at Dec 8, 2006 at 10:02 AM EST
	dirty. go dirty

No Picture chris the pirat Lead Player	#16 by chris the pirate. arr at Apr 26, 2007 at 3:45 AM EST
	I love this song.

No Picture Anthony Average	#17 by Anthony Chattha at May 14, 2007 at 5:33 AM EST
	the music in this song is basic but REALLY REALLY good. I could sworn I left a comment on this song a long time ago but whatever. I really like all the bends isaac does.

No Picture isaac Average	#18 by isaac morales at May 22, 2007 at 6:04 AM EST
	Fingernails get dirty when preparing drugs. You can do drugs in many places around the house and put them in food if ya like. There it is. :)

No Picture jeremy Wanna Be	#19 by jeremy koss at May 26, 2007 at 4:19 PM EST
	a compulsive feeling that you're never mentally or physically clean?

No Picture Senour Average	#20 by Senour Dakota at Aug 3, 2007 at 1:27 PM EST
	I think this is Isaac taking a brave stance against bad personal hygiene. :O

No Picture eric Rhythm Player	#21 by eric morgan at Sep 1, 2007 at 7:49 PM EST
	best ever

No Picture Domenico Lead Player	#22 by Domenico at Sep 5, 2007 at 7:55 PM EST
	i feel like spikey nailed it, and i will take the initiative to tell barnacles to think before speaking

No Picture Dave Wanna Be	#23 by Dave Brousseau at Sep 27, 2007 at 5:07 AM EST
	this song is about being a kid and ur fingernails are always dirty.