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Midnight In Philadelphia Tab by Lifehouse

Midnight In Philadelphia tab by Lifehouse

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The song isn't that easy and to play it originally you need
3 guitars

1/2 step down

The song in 3/4


Intro/Verse

First Guitar
(clean electric) (plays harmonics)


e|--^12--------^7-------^5------------^12---------^7-------|
h|-------^12-------^7-------^5---^7---------^12------------|
g|---------------------------------------------------------|
d|---------------------------------------------------------|
a|---------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------|
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Second guitar
(Acoustic)
(Octaves -> they are quite quiet in the song, play them with fingers)

e|----------------------------------------------------------|
h|----------------------------------------------------------|
g|--13-13-11-8-9-9---8-9-11--8-9-11--14-13-11-9-------------|
d|---x--x--x-x-x-x---x-x--x--x-x--x---x--x--x-x-------------|
a|--11-11--9-6-7-7---6-7--9--6-7--9--12-11--9-7-------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------|

Third guitar
(Acoustic)
(Rhythm -> it's really hard to listen what Bass tones the guitar plays, I'm not really sure with this)

Intro:

    E          B          A                     E/Eb        B          A

e|----------0----------0----------0----------0-----------0----------0----------0----------0----|
h|-----0----------0----------0----------0-----------0----------0----------0----------0---------|
g|-------11---------11---------11----11---11----------11---------11---------11----11---11------|
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------0--------------------------------------------0-----------------------|
e|--0----------7--------------------------------11----------7----------------------------------|

    C#m        A          B

e|----------0----------0----------0----------0-------|
h|-----0----------0----------0----------0------------|
g|-------11---------11---------11----11---11---------|
d|---------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------0-------------------------------------|
e|--9---------------------7--------------------------|


Strophe: (Some parts are different)

    E          B          A                     E/Eb        B          A

e|----------0----------0----------0----------0-----------0----------0----------0----------0----|
h|-----0----------0----------0----------0-----------0----------0----------0----------0---------|
g|-------11---------11---------11----11---11----------11---------11---------11----11---11------|
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------0--------------------------------------------0-----------------------|
e|--0----------7--------------------------------11----------7----------------------------------|

 I know what its like to hide                   Sit in your room...

    C#m        A          B                         C#m        A          B

e|----------0----------0----------0----------0--------------0----------0----------0----------0-------|
h|-----0----------0----------0----------0--------------0----------0----------0----------0------------|
g|-------11---------11---------11----11---11-------------11---------11---------11----11---11---------|
d|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------0-----------------------------------------------0-------------------------------------|
e|--9---------------------7-------------------------9---------------------7--------------------------|

And all I could say was your name...                I've had my share of pain...


    E/Eb        B         A

e|-----------0----------0----------0----------0----|
h|------0----------0----------0----------0---------|
g|--------11---------11---------11----11---11------|
d|-------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------0------------------------|
e|--11----------7----------------------------------|

But I know this made me what I am today...


    C#m        A          B                         C#m        A          B

e|----------0----------0----------0----------0--------------0----------0-----------0--------------|
h|-----0----------0----------0----------0--------------0----------0--------------0----------------|
g|-------11---------11---------11----11---11-------------11---------11--------11------11----------|
d|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-------------0-----------------------------------------------0----------------------------------|
e|--9---------------------7-------------------------9---------------------11----------------------|

 So I look back with no regrets...                  I look back with no regrets...

Refrain (It's really hard to figure it out)
Second Guitar (Acoustic)

    E     '     C#m   A     C#m       B          A

e|-----------------------------------------------------0-----|
h|-----------------------------------------------------0-----|
g|------9-----8-----9-----9-----9---------9----------9-------|2x
d|----9-----7-----9-----9-----9---------9----------9---------|
a|--7-----------------0--------------------------0-----------|
e|--------8-----9-----------9---------7----------------------|

e|------------------------------12---------------------------| <- clean electric
h|--9/12----------------------9-------9h10-9-----------------|
g|--------------------------9--------------------9-----------|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------|
a|-----------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------|

I know that you are watching me...

    E     B     A        E     '     C#m     E     B     C#m   B    A      B

e|--------------------0--------------------0-------------------------------------------------------------|
h|--------------------0--------------------0-------------------------------------------------------------|
g|------9-----9-----9--------9-----8-----9-------9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9-------------------------|
d|----9-----9-----9--------9-----7-----9-------9-----9-----9-----9-----9-----9---------------------------|
a|--7-----------0--------7-------------------7-----------------------0-----------------------------------|
e|--------7--------------------8-----9-------------7-----9-----7-----------7-----------------------------|

If only for a moment if only in my mind I could go back to the beginning...

Then follows Verse 2 and the second Refrain...

Solo part:
Play the rhytm sheme of the verse over it

e|-------------------------------7-9-11-12--------------|
h|--9-9-7---------7-9-10--7-9-10------------9-7-5-7-9---|
g|--------8-8-9-9---------------------------------------|
d|------------------------------------------------------|
a|------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------|


e|-------------------------------7-9-11-12-------------------------|
h|--9-9-7---------7-9-10--7-9-10------------9-7-5-7-9--9-9-7-5-5---|
g|--------8-8-9-9------------------------------------------------8-|
d|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
a|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

Refain

End on

e|--0------|
h|--0------|
g|--9------|
d|--9------|
a|--7------|
e|--0------|


That's it. Please give me feedback or if you want any other song to be tabbed
Just ask :-)

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