Midnight in Philadelphia
Tab by Dennis Rohrbeck
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|---------------------------------------------------------|
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...
[ Tab from: http://www.guitaretab.com/l/lifehouse/59411.html ]
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 :-)
