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I Can Only Hope Tab by Mayday Parade

I Can Only Hope tab by Mayday Parade

Guitar Tab

Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)

Guitar 1 - Brooks Betts
Guitar 2 - Alex Garcia

Intro/Verse (guitar 1 only, acoustic):
e|--------------------------------------------------------2x|
B|----------------------------------0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-|
G|-2~-2~-2-2---2~-2-2-2~--2-2-222~--2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-|
D|-x--x--x-x-2-4~-4-4-2~--2-2-222~--2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-|
A|-4~-4~-4-4-4-0~-0-0-0~--0-0-000~--0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-|
D|-4~-4~-4-4-4----------------------------------------------|


e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~--------------------------------0~-0-0-0~-0~-------|
G|-2~-2~-2-2---2~-2-2-2~-2-2-222~-2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-2~-2~-2-2---2~-2-2-2~-2-2-222~-2~-2-2-2~-1~-------|
D|-x--x--x-x-2-4~-4-4-2~-2-2-222~-2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-4~-4~-4-4-2-4~-4-4-2~-2-2-222~-2~-2-2-2~-2~-2-----|
A|-4~-4~-4-4-4-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-000~-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-4~-4~-4-4-4-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-000~-0~-0-0-0~-2~-2--x16|
D|-4~-4~-4-4-4-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-000~-------------------------4~-4~-4-4-4-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-000~--------------2-----|
                                                                             gradually lift palm mute *
e|-------------0------------------0-----0~-------|
B|-2-----3--x8-2------2-----3--x8-2-----0~-------|
G|-2-----2-----2------2-----2-----2-----1~-------|
D|-x-----0-----2--x16-x-----0-----2--x8-2~-------|
A|-4--x8-0-----0------4--x8-0-----0-----2~-------|
D|-4-----0------------4-----0--------------------|

Re-intro:

Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-|
G|-2~-2~-2-2---2~-2-2-2~--2-2-22----x--2-2-2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-|
D|-x--x--x-x-2-4~-4-4-2~--2-2-22----2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-|
A|-4~-4~-4-4-4-0~-0-0-0~--0-0-00-4~-4~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-|
D|-4~-4~-4-4-4-0~-0-0-0~--0-0-00-------------------------2x-|

Guitar 2 (comes in at 00:53, slight palm mute)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-777-7-7-7/9-9-7---7-7-77/12-11-9-12-11~----777-7-7-7/9-9-7---777-7/11-12-11~-/14~----|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse 2/Chorus:

Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-|
G|-2~-2~-2-2---2~-2-2-2~--2-2-22----x~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-|
D|-x--x--x-x-2-4~-4-4-2~--2-2-22----2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-|
A|-4~-4~-4-4-4-0~-0-0-0~--0-0-00-4~-4~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-|
D|-4~-4~-4-4-4-------------------------------------------2x-|

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------0~-|
B|----------------------------------0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~----------------------------------0~-0~-0-0-0-0~-|
G|-2~-2~-2-2---2~-2-2-2~--2-2-22----x--2-2-2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-2~-2~-2-2---2~-2-2-2~--2-2-22----x--2~-2-2-2-1~-|
D|-x--x--x-x-2-4~-4-4-2~--2-2-22----2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-x--x--x-x-2-4~-4-4-2~--2-2-22----2~-2~-2-2-2-2~-|
A|-4~-4~-4-4-4-0~-0-0-0~--0-0-00-4~-4~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-4~-4~-4-4-4-0~-0-0-0~--0-0-00-4~-4~-0~-0-0-0-2~-|
D|-4~-4~-4-4-4-0~-0-0-0~--0-0-00----------------------------4~-4~-4-4-4-0~-0-0-0~--0-0-00-------------------|

distortion
e|-------------0------------------0-----------|----------------------------------------------------|
B|-------3-----2------------3-----2-----0-----|-------3-----------------3--------------------------|
G|-------2--x8-2--x16-------2--x8-2--x8-1-----|-------2--x8-2-----------2--x8-2--------------------|
D|-4-----0-----2------4-----0-----2-----x-----|-4-----0-----2--x8-2-----0-----2--x8-4-----2~-------|
A|-4--x8-0-----0------4--x8-0-----0-----2--x8-|-4--x8-0-----0-----2--x8-0-----0-----4--x8-2~-2-----|
D|-4-----0------------4-----0-----------2-----|-4-----0-----------2-----0-----------4-----2~-2--x8-|
                                                                                             *
Guitar 2 (1:16)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------2~-2~-2-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2-----------------------------|
A|-----4~-4~-4-4~-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0-0~-0~-0-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0-4~-4~-4-4~-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0--|
D|-12\-4~-4~-4-4~-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0-----------------------------4~-4~-4-4~-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0--|

e|-----------------------------------------9--9-9--9-9--10--10-10--10-10---9--9-9--10-9--10--10-10--10-9-10-|
B|------------------------------------------10---10---10--10-----10-----10--10---10----10--10-----10--------|
G|-------------------------6/7/9~---6b7r~-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-777-7-7-7/9-9-6---999-9----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------4b5r~-------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
   *** * *     * *   *** *
e|-9--9-9--9-9--10--10-10--10-10---9--9-9--10-9-10----------------------------------------------------------|
B|--10---10---10--10-----10-----10--10---10-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------------4-----6-----7-----6-----4-----2-----9-----6-----4~-4-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------x8----x8----x8----x8----x8----x8----x8----x8-------x8-|
A|-------------------------------------------------2-----4-----5-----4-----2-----0-----7-----4-----2~-2-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

SOLO:

Guitar 1
e|----------------------5x-|--------------------------------------|
B|-3-----------------------|-3------------------------------------|
G|-2--x8-4-----6-----4-----|-2--x8-4-----6~-6~-6~-9~-9------6b7r~-|
D|-0-----2-----4-----2-----|-0-----2-----4~-4~-4~-7~-7------------|
A|-0-----2--x8-4--x8-2--x8-|-0-----2--x8-4~-4~-4~-7~-7------4b5r~-|
D|-0-----2-----4-----2-----|-0-----2-----4~-4~-4~-7~-7--x6--------|
                                                     * gradually lift palm mute
Guitar 2
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-9b10r--------------------------------------------------------------9b10r---------------------------|
G|-------9-/11~--11~--11-11-11-9~--999-11-9-7-6~--6~--6-7-6-6\4~---x/-------9-/11~--11~--11-11-11-9~--|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------|-t17p16p14\12-14~-14t16p14p12-t17p16p14-|
B|----17--15--14--14~-14-15-14-14\12~----|----------------------------------------|
G|-/14--14--14--14-----------------------|----------------------------------------| bar not 100% accurate
D|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------|-------------------------------------2x-|

e|-19b21~-b21--x6-(20)b21r-17~-19-17-|-21p19p17~--17-|-t17p16p14\12-14~-14t16p14p12-t17p16p14-|19-19b21-17~-|
B|-----------------------------------|----------17---|----------------------------------------|-------------|
G|-----------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------|-------------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------|-------------|
A|-----------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------|-------------|
D|-----------------------------------|---------------|----------------------------------------|-------------|
                                                                ^ bar not 100% accurate
e|-19b21-x-19b21r-17-19-19b21-17-19b21-b21-b21r-17-19p17p16------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------17------14--14--14-15-14--14--14-15-14----|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------16b18r--14--14--------14--14--------14--|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Final Chorus:

Guitar 1                                       V combined rhythm with octaves
e|-------------0------------------0-----------|-------------------------5-----0-----------------|
B|-------3-----2------------3-----2-----0-----|-------3-----2-----------3-----x-----------------|
G|-------2--x8-2--x16-------2--x8-2--x8-1-----|-6-----2--x8-2-----4-----2--x8-2-----6-----4-----|
D|-4-----0-----2------4-----0-----2-----x-----|-4-----0-----2--x8-2-----0-----2--x8-4-----2-----|
A|-4--x8-0-----0------4--x8-0-----0-----2--x8-|-4--x8-0-----4-----2--x8-0-----0-----4--x8-2--x8-|
E|-4-----0------------4-----0-----------2-----|-4-----0-----------2-----------------4-----2-----|

e|-------0------------------------------------------|
B|-3-----2------------------------------------------|
G|-2--x8-2--x8--------------------------------------|
D|-0-----2-----4-----2~-----------------------------|
A|-0-----0-----4--x8-2~-----------------------------|
D|-0-----------4-----2~-----------------------------|

Guitar 2
e|-9---9-9---9-9--10--10-10--10-10---9---9-9--10-9--10--10-10--10-9-10-|
B|--10----10----10--10-----10-----10--10----10----10--10-----10--------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

e|-9---9-9---9-9--10--10-10--10-10---9---9-9--10-9-10-------|
B|--10----10----10--10-----10-----10--10----10--------------|
G|----------------------------------------------------4-----|
D|-------------------------------------------------------x8-|
A|----------------------------------------------------2-----|
D|----------------------------------------------------------|

e|------------------------------------------------------------10-----9------9------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------10--x8-10--x8-10--x8-9~----------------|
G|-6-----14-----6-----2/4-4/6-6-6-6-6-14----9-----6-----4--------------------------9~----------------|
D|----x8-----x8----x8--------------------x8----x8----x8----x8----------------------------------------|
A|-4-----12-----4-----0/2-2/4-4-4-4-4-12----7-----4-----2--------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Outro:

Guitar 1
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------0~-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~------------------------------0~--|
G|-2~-2~-2-2---2~-2-2-2~--2-2-22----x--2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-2~-2~-2-2---2~-2-2-2~--2-2-222~--|
D|-x--x--x-x-2-4~-4-4-2~--2-2-22----2~-2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-2-2-2~-x--x--x-x-2-4~-4-4-2~--2-2-222~--|
A|-4~-4~-4-4-4-0~-0-0-0~--0-0-00-4~-4~-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-0-0-0~-4~-4~-4-4-4-0~-0-0-0~--0-0-000~--|
E|-4~-4~-4-4-4-------------------------------------------------4~-4~-4-4-4----------------------|

Guitar 2 (slight palm mute)
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6~-6~----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-------7-6-/9~---9-9-11-9---777-7-7-7/9-9-7---7-7-77/12-11-9-12---777-7-7-7/9-9-7---777-7/11-12-11~-|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
____________________________________________________________________________________________________________
* - palm mute
/ or \ - slide
h - hammer on
p - pull off
~ - let note ring
x - mute note

Last updated: September 10, 2025

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