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My Favorite Accident

Motion City Soundtrack

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this is one of my favorite songs
I know its not 100% accuratte
but its pretty close
i'd say about 80% or 85% correct
not that hard to play

standard tuning

. = palm mute
t = 10th fret
p = pull off
h = hammer on
~ = let ring out
e = 11th fret

intro
part in very begining played on piano transposed for guitar

e|--------------------------------------------|
b|----9---------------------------------------|
g|-----t-8-t-8-6-8-t-6-8----------------------|
d|---8----------------6-----------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|


guitar 1

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----tp8htp8htp8----tp8htp8htp8h9--tp8htp8htp8|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
guitar 2 comes in with feedback


then both guitars
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------66666----------------| X3
|-88888--44444---4444444444---|
|-66666----------2222222222---|

guitar 2
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--------66666--------|
|-88888--44444---4~~~-|
|-66666----------2~~~-|

guitar 1
|------------------------- |
|----------------------9---|
|------------------t-8-----|
|--------66666-------------|
|-88888--44444-------------|
|-66666--------------------|

not sure on this part
guitar 1 only in verse 1

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------9-----|
|-------t--------t------t-----8ht--8----|  play 4 1/2 times
|---8-8------?-?------------------------|
|-------------------8-8-----------------|
|---------------------------------------|
    . .      . .    . .

then just play |-----|  and let it ring out
               |-----|
               |-----|
               |--6--|
               |--4--|
               |-----|


guitar 1

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------66666----------------|
|-88888--44444---4444444444---|
|-66666----------2222222222---|
  ....   ....    .... ....

                                     |----|
                                     |----|
play again but don't palm mute on the|----|
                                     |----|
                                     |-4--|
                                     |-2--|

         |---|
         |---|
and play |---|
         |-e-|
         |-9-|
         |---|

chorus

both guitars
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------------666---t---5----|
|--------------444---8---3----|  X3
|--3333--4444-----------------|
|--1111--2222-----------------|


4th time end on
|-------------|
|-------------|
|6------------|
|4------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|


play intro once


verse 2

both guitars
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------66666----------------|
|-88888--44444---4444444444---|
|-66666----------2222222222---|

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------66666----------------|
|-88888--44444---4444444444---|
|-66666----------2222222222---|
                 .. .. ..

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------66666----------------|
|-88888--44444---4444444444---|
|-66666----------2222222222---|

|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------66666----------------|
|-88888--44444---4444444444---|
|-66666----------2222222222---|

tremelo
|----------|
|---9------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|

play chorus a couple times

then when hes saying "longwinded promises of future company..."
play verse 2


outro

guitar 1 plays this a couple times

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----tp8htp8htp8----tp8htp8htp8h9--tp8htp8htp8|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|


i couldn't figure out guitar 2's part until i saw them play live
he tunes his g string down a half and play it open and kinda swing out around to give it 
weird sound he gets


and thats it

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My Favorite Accident

Motion City Soundtrack