Matthew Good Band "Failing The Rorschach Test" Album: "Beautiful Midnight (1999) slsknogoodman@yahoo.de Tuning Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb Chords Used (guitar tuned down one half step, song is actually not in Bm, but Bbm) Bm (x24432) G (320033) Em (022000) A (x0222x) F#m (244222) -during solo- Em7 (x20000) D (x00232) INTRO: Bm / G / Em / G Bm / G / Em / G Bm / G / Em / G Hey Alice, I'm Caving in, I'm caving in Bm / G / Em / G I know it's not allowed but sometimes I fantasize Em / G / Bm / Em A I'm peeling off my skin enough to fill it up again Bm / G / Em / G Hey rabbit, into the pavement I'm caving in Chrous A / G / Bm / G Mother told me to be something So I'm afraid A / G / Bm / G / E / E A Enough to stay Wide awake, so wide awake, wide awake -3:26 (Break): Bm D / G / Em / G A Bm D / G / Em / G A Bm / G / Em / G Hey Rabbit, I came to win, I came to win Bm / G / Em / G I know it's not allowed but sometimes you might find Em / G / Bm / G / A It feels like nothing is and it's everything you've been Bm / G / Em / G Hey Alice into the pavement I'm caviing in A / G / Bm / G / A / G Mother told me to be something so I'm afraid enough to stay Bm / G / E / E A Wide awake, so wide awake, wide awake -2:07 (guitar solo): Bm A / G F#m / Em A / Bm A / G F#m / Em A/ Bm A / G F#m / Em / G A / G / Bm / G Mother told me to be something so I'm afraid, A / G / Bm / G mother told me to be something A / G / Bm / Em7 enough to stay Wide awake. -1:05 Bm / D / A / G / Bm / D / A / G This ain't real baby Gotta a better excuse for myself. This ain't Bm / D / A / G / Bm real baby, gotta better excuse for myself D / A / G This ain't Bm / D / A / G / Bm real baby. Gotta better excuse for myself D / A / G Bm / D / A / Bm END -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is for the solo parts and additional info. The Top part is all you need, if your rythem and want to play along to the cd, from start to finish. First guitar: Bm G Em G E ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| B ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| D ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| A ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| E 7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| 2x (By the way: Notice, that the lead guitar keeps playing a single B throughout most of the song, even if the bass plays an A. This creates an interesting effect.) Second guitar: Bm G Em G ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|------------12\7| In his riffs in the first break, he uses the open high E string making the chord a B sus4. This adds more depth to the B (no 3rd) chord. Break: A Bm D G Em G A 0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-| 6-6-|4-4-4-4-4-4/7-7-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-| ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| Bm D G Em G A 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| 0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-| 4-4-4-4-4-4/7-7-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|4-4-4-4-4-4-6-6-| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------| Bm 0-0-------------| 0-0-------------| 4-4-------------| ----------------| ----------------| Solo: The solo is a pretty basic guitar solo using simple minor blues pentatonics. Nothing to be afraid of. 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