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Hold Me Down

Motion City Soundtrack

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Artist: Motion City Soundtrack
Song: Hold Me Down
Album: Commit this to Memory
Tuning: Standard

Okay, so far there hasn't been a really good tab for this song, so I decided to take a 
at it. I'm pretty sure I've got most if it down.
Here it goes.

Intro/Verse(guitar 1) clean
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G--6-8-6-6--6---6-6--6-8-6-6--6---6----------------------------------|
D---6---6----6--------6---6----6-------------------------------------|
A-4--------3---6-4--4--------3---6-4h6p4-----------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
"I found a letter that said..."

verse pt. 2(guitar 1) clean
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B----6---6--6-6-6-----6-6-6-6-6-6------------------------------------|
G----6---6--6-6-6-----6-6-6-6-6-6------------------------------------|
D-------6------------------------------------------------------------|
A-4-44-------------4-44----------------------------------------------|
E-2-2--------------2-2-----------------------------------------------|
"Save for a few of those late night episodes..."

Verse x 1

Interlude(guitar 1) slightly distorted
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-6---5---6---5---6---5---6---5--------------------------------------|
D-6---5---6---5---6---5---6---5--------------------------------------|
A-4---3---4---3---4---3---4---3--------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Interlude(guitar 2) slightly distorted
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
B-------------------------------------------------------9------------|
G-5-6-5--8-6---5-6---5-6/8-6/8--5-6-5--8-6---5-6---5-6-8-------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse(guitar 2) slightly distorted (guitar 1 plays the normal verse riff)
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-------------4-4------------------------------------|
D-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-8-8-8-4-4------------------------------------|
A-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-6-8-8-8-2-2------------------------------------|
E-----------------4-4-4-6-6-6----------------------------------------|
pm. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Pre-chorus(both guitars) slightly distorted
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-3~--------3~--------3~-------3~------------------------------------|
D-4~--------4~--------4~-------4~------------------------------------|
A-4~--------4~--------4~-------4~------------------------------------|
E-2~--------2~--------2~-------2~------------------------------------|
"You hold me down..."

Chorus(guitar 1) clean
E----------------------------2---------------------------------------|x4
B----------------------------2---------------------------------------|
G-6-66-5-6--5---10--910------3---------------------------------------|
D-6-66-6-66-5-5/10-1010---4------------------------------------------|
A-4-44-4-44-3-3/-8--8-88\-4------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------2-2----------------------------------------|
"You're the echos of my everything..."

On the last measure guitar 2 comes in slightly distorted.
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-10--10--10--10-----------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---9---9---9---9----------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Interlude x1
Verse with both guitars
Pre-chorus again

Last Chorus(guitar 2) slightly distorted
Guitar 1 plays this part the same as before but slightly distorted.
E-------------------2-2---2-2----------------------------------------|
B-------------------2-2---2-2----------------------------------------|
G-6-66-666-5-5------3-3---3-3----------------------------------------|
D-6-66-666-5-53-333-4-4---4-4----------------------------------------|
A-4-44-444-3-33-333-4-4---4-4----------------------------------------|
E-------------1-111-2-2---2-2----------------------------------------|

A third guitar does this the last measure of each
"How will I break the news to you?" thing.
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
B--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G-10--10--10--10-----------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A---9---9---9---9----------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Outro is just the chorus, clean.

And thats the whole song. I'm pretty sure its very close to 100% accurate.
If you have anything to say, send me an email at SaintJimmy10@yahoo.com

Thanks and please rate it.

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Hold Me Down

Motion City Soundtrack