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 
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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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