My Favorite Accident Chords & Tabs
this is one of my favorite songs
I know its not 100% accuratte
but its pretty close
i'd say about 80% or 85% correct
not that hard to play
standard tuning
. = palm mute
t = 10th fret
p = pull off
h = hammer on
~ = let ring out
e = 11th fret
intro
part in very begining played on piano transposed for guitar
e|--------------------------------------------|
b|----9---------------------------------------|
g|-----t-8-t-8-6-8-t-6-8----------------------|
d|---8----------------6-----------------------|
a|--------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
guitar 1
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----tp8htp8htp8----tp8htp8htp8h9--tp8htp8htp8|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
guitar 2 comes in with feedback
then both guitars
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------66666----------------| X3
|-88888--44444---4444444444---|
|-66666----------2222222222---|
guitar 2
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|---------------------|
|--------66666--------|
|-88888--44444---4~~~-|
|-66666----------2~~~-|
guitar 1
|------------------------- |
|----------------------9---|
|------------------t-8-----|
|--------66666-------------|
|-88888--44444-------------|
|-66666--------------------|
not sure on this part
guitar 1 only in verse 1
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------9-----|
|-------t--------t------t-----8ht--8----| play 4 1/2 times
|---8-8------?-?------------------------|
|-------------------8-8-----------------|
|---------------------------------------|
. . . . . .
then just play |-----| and let it ring out
|-----|
|-----|
|--6--|
|--4--|
|-----|
guitar 1
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------66666----------------|
|-88888--44444---4444444444---|
|-66666----------2222222222---|
.... .... .... ....
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/motion_city_soundtrack/my_favorite_accident_tab_ver_2.html ]
|----|
|----|
play again but don't palm mute on the|----|
|----|
|-4--|
|-2--|
|---|
|---|
and play |---|
|-e-|
|-9-|
|---|
chorus
both guitars
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------------666---t---5----|
|--------------444---8---3----| X3
|--3333--4444-----------------|
|--1111--2222-----------------|
4th time end on
|-------------|
|-------------|
|6------------|
|4------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
play intro once
verse 2
both guitars
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------66666----------------|
|-88888--44444---4444444444---|
|-66666----------2222222222---|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------66666----------------|
|-88888--44444---4444444444---|
|-66666----------2222222222---|
.. .. ..
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------66666----------------|
|-88888--44444---4444444444---|
|-66666----------2222222222---|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|--------66666----------------|
|-88888--44444---4444444444---|
|-66666----------2222222222---|
tremelo
|----------|
|---9------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
|----------|
play chorus a couple times
then when hes saying "longwinded promises of future company..."
play verse 2
outro
guitar 1 plays this a couple times
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-----tp8htp8htp8----tp8htp8htp8h9--tp8htp8htp8|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
i couldn't figure out guitar 2's part until i saw them play live
he tunes his g string down a half and play it open and kinda swing out around to give it
weird sound he gets
and thats it