Failing the Rorschach Test 
MATTHEW GOOD BAND 
Beautiful Midnight (1999) 
Transcribed by Brad Perry (El Niņo on the APA) 

Intro - Matt's guitar (palm muting) 
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|-4-4--4--4-4--4--4--| 
|-4-4--4--4-4--4--4--| 
|-2-2--2--2-2--2--2--| 
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Intro - Dave's guitar (with a very crunchy distortion) 
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|-5\2---| 
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Verse - Matt's guitar (palm muting) 
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|-4-4--4--4-4--4--4--------------------------------------------------------| 
|-4-4--4--4-4--4--4-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-2-2--2--2-2--2--2-5-5--5--5-5--5--5--| 
|-2-2--2--2-2--2--2-5-5--5--5-5--5--5-2-2--2--2-2--2--2-5-5--5--5-5--5--5--| 
|-------------------3-3--3--3-3--3--3-0-0--0--0-0--0--0-3-3--3--3-3--3--3--| 

Verse - Dave's guitar (comes in on the last measure of the verse) 
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|-4------------------------------------| 
|-4----------5-----------2----------5--| 
|-2----------5-----------2----------5--| 
|------------3-----------0----------3--| 

Chorus - Matt's guitar 
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|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-----------------4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4------------------| 
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|x2 
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| 
|-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-----------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| 
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|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| 
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| 
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--| 

Chorus - Dave's guitar (he does this bend once per chord change (or something to that effect)) 
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|-7b8r7--| 
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Part after the first chorus - Matt's guitar 
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|-2-2-4-4--4-4---4\7-7---------------------------------------| 
|-2-2-4-4--4-4---4\7-7-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-2--2-2--2-2-2-5--5-5--| 
|-0-0-2-2--2-2---2\5-5-5-5--5-5--5-5-5-2--2-2--2-2-2-5--5-5--| 
|----------------------3-3--3-3--3-3-3-0--0-0--0-0-0-3--3-3--| 

Part after the first chorus - Dave's guitar 
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|-6-6-4-4--4-4---7-7-4-4--4-4--4-4-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-7-7-7-7-7--| 
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Solo section - Matt's guitar (On the last measure replace the E chord with the ending) 
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|-4--4-4--4-4--------------------------| 
|-4--4-4--4-4-5--5-5--5-5-2--2-2--2-2--| 
|-2--2-2--2-2-5--5-5--5-5-2--2-2--2-2--| 
|-------------3--3-3--3-3-0--0-0--0-0--| 

Ending of solo section - Matt's guitar (palm muting) 
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|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| 
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| 
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--| 

Solo section - Dave's guitar 
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|-7----6h7---7-9b10-----------------------7----| 
|-------------------------------------7h9---9--| 
|--------------------10-10-10-10-9-7-----------| 
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|-7h8-10p8p7----------7h8-10p8p7-------------------| 
|------------9p7p6h7-------------9p7p6h9--7h9p7p6--| 
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|-------------------------10-------| 
|-7-----10--7------10---------10---| 
|---9-7--9----9-7---9b11------11r9-| 
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|-5\7--8--10--12--14--15--17--19\17----| 
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|-2\4--5---7---9--11--12--14--15\14----| 
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Bridge - Matt's guitar (It's starts out as quiet single notes and then switches to the second part which is palm muting) 
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|-2--------/5--------/4--------/5--| 
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|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| 
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| 
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| 
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Bridge - Dave's guitar 
|--------10-----------------10-----------------10-----------------10----------|---10-------10---10---10-------10---10---10-------10---10---10-------10---10-|-7----7--------7----7----7--------7----6----6--------6----7----7--------7----|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 

Outro - Matt's guitar 
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|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| 
|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--| 
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--| 
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Outro - Dave's guitar 
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|-7-7-7-7-7-7-9b10r9-9-|-6-6-6-6-6-6-9b10r9-9--7-7-7-7-7-7-9b10r9-9-| 
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End riff - Dave's guitar (This is probably actually played on a keyboard, but if you throw on some delay and keep quiet about it, no one will notice  
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Hey Alice 
i'm caving in 
i know it's not allowed 
but sometimes i fantasize 
i'm peeling off my skin 
enough to fill it up again 
hey rabbit 
into the pavement 
i'm caving in 
mother told me to be something 
so i'm afraid enough to stay wide awake 
hey rabbit 
i came to win 
i know it's not allowed 
but sometimes you might find 
it feels like nothing is 
and it's everything you've been 
hey alice 
into the pavement 
i'm caving in 
mother told me to be something 
so i'm afraid enough to stay wide awake 
this ain't real baby, i've got a better excuse for myself 
i'm always here

    Source: geocities.com/matthewgoodbandtab