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Person: matt leone
song: Load Me Up
artist: Matthew Good Band
tab: Artist: Matthew Good Band
Title: Load Me Up
Album: Beautiful Midnight
Transcribed by: Matt Leone
Email: mattleone@localbar.com
SONG IS TUNED DOWN A HALF STEP
(Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,eb)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Intro:
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-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-5-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-5--------------
-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6-7-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6-7--------------
-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-7-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-7--------------
-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-5-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-5--------------
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Verse 1:
After intro play this (2nd time around the other guitar comes in)
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-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6-7-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-6--------------
-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-7-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-7--------------
-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-5-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-5--------------
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-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-5-5---5---5---5-5-5---5---5---5-5--------------
-6---6---6---6---6---6---6---6-7-7---7---7---6-7-7---7---7---7-6--------------
-7---7---7---7---7---7---7---7-7-7---7---7---7-7-7---7---7---7-7--------------
-5---5---5---5---5---5---5---5-5-5---5---5---5-5-5---5---5---5-5--------------
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Play this with verse 1 second time around: (palm muted)
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-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------
---------------------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------
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-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------
-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------
-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------
After verse: (riff 2)
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-----2-------2-------2-------2------------------------------------------------
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-----------------2------------------------------------------------------------
-3----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Play with Riff 2:(first two times)
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-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5/9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9----------------------------------------------
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7----------------------------------------------
Play with riff 2 for the 3rd and forth time:
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-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------
-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------
-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--------------
"I'm frantic......load me up"
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-----------------4---4-------------------------------------------------------
-5---5---5-5-5---4---4-2-2---2----------------------------------------------
-5---5---5-5-5---2---2-2-2---2----------------------------------------------
-3---3---3-3-3---------0-0---0----------------------------------------------
"whatever..............all the way up" (rythem 3)
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-7-7-7-7-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-9-9-9-9--------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-10-10-10-10-12-12-12-12-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------
-5-5-5-5-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-7-7-7-7--------------------------------------
The second time in the song where rythem 3 is played, play this along:
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-7-------8-----------7-----------5--------------------------------------------
-9b11----10b12-------9b11--------7b9------------------------------------------
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-7-------8-----------7--------------------------------------------------------
-9b11----10b12-------9b11--------7--------------------------------------------
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Guitar 1 Rythem for the solo: (#2 is questionable)
-------------------------------------|1
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-7--7--7--7--------------------------|
-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--75--5--5--5|
-5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--75--5--5--5|
-------------5--5--5--5--53--3--3--3|
-------------------------------------|2
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-7--7--7--7--------------------------|
-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7/9--9--9--9|
-5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7/9--9--9--9|
-------------5--5--5--5--5/7--7--7--7|
-------------------------------------|3
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-7--7--7--7--------------------------|
-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--75--5--5--5|
-5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--75--5--5--5|
-------------5--5--5--5--53--3--3--3|
-------------------------------------|4
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-7--7--7--7-----------------7--------|
-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--7--------|
-5--5--5--5--7--7--7--7--7--5--------|
-------------5--5--5--5--5-----------|
Guitar 2 Solo: Listen to the CD and you'll get the hang of it. Just a
lot of bends,
its really cool though.
Note: (when there is 2 notes and one is bending,
PLAY AND HOLD BOTH STRINGS TO GET THE SAME NOTE)
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-9b11---------r9p7------------------------------------------------------------
-----hold
bend----7h9--9--9-7h9--9--9-7h9---9-7h9--9--9-7h9--9--9--7h9---9----
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-7b9r7b9r7b9r7-6-7--------9b11r9-7-9----9b11r9-7------------------------------
---bend
lots------------0------------------------8b---------------------------
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-12b14--13b15--15b17--17b19---------------------------------------------------
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Phillip Average |
#1 by Phillip Nguyen at Apr 5, 1975 at 8:10 AM EST |
| o never mind - | |
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Celebrimbor Rhythm Player |
#2 by Celebrimbor Calaelen at Jul 24, 1983 at 3:57 PM EST |
| I've always picked up some serious Fight Club-esque vibes in the lyrics | |
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Ben Rhythm Player |
#3 by Ben Jammin at Jan 13, 1984 at 2:38 AM EST |
| To me, this seems like a song about a drug trip. And it seems to explain that life is boring, and drugs can help that out. | |
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cody Wanna Be |
#4 by cody westermier at Feb 19, 1984 at 9:15 AM EST |
| This is not so much to do with the lyrics of the song as much as the video. I heard that Matt Good suffers from panic attacks, so it comes to mind whenever I watch the video. He is being chased and he ends up alone because the rest of the band is attacked by disgruntled institutionalized teenagers (which could probably have some symbolism in itself). So he's all frantic, running away, by himself and realizes the only way to stop this panic is to give in and run into the persuing kids and let them rip him to shreds. "what ever puts me all the way out", to get away from all of the danger that is around every corner. About the lyrics though. Every piece of imagery used, "picture yourself..." begins very calm and pleasant but then changes to something dangerous (not to mention very unlikely). I feel that way a lot. Taking a simple situation and overanalysing it, calculating the worst possible scenerio... "it seems so practiced, me fucking this up", again assuming the worst in every situation, paranoid that you will fuck anything up, because it seems to always end up that way. I think that this song is for anybody who thinks too much. "load me up" could very well be with drugs of whatever form, sleeping pills makes sense. From the video though, I kind of saw it as facing the thoughts head on by building up your energy enough to jump into the situation. But that's a bit obscure...I suppose. | |
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Dr. Jack Average |
#5 by Dr. Jack at Jul 4, 1989 at 11:34 AM EST |
| the panic attack view makes sense to me. i noticed every verse begins with describing the i-character being at some place (every verse has a different location) and then seeing bodies floating in the water. sounds to me like some kind of hallucination.... | |
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drw Average |
#6 by drw drw at Nov 10, 2003 at 6:03 PM EST |
| a little note. i just caught this yesterday. in the third verse matt actually sings "murphy's fighting occam", a reference to murphy's law (if anything can go wrong it will) and occam's razor (if all else is equal the simpler of two explanations for something will be the truer). i'm not sure if this has any deep significance, but it's a funny thought, at least. i mean, well, i'd go watch them fight. | |
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Eric Average |
#7 by Eric Phillips at Jan 25, 2005 at 3:57 PM EST |
| This is a cool song, it's my favourite by MGB. Matt Good is cool. One of my teachers actually looks like him. Anyways, I hope they haven't really broken up. Notice how their new CD price has gone up! | |
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Jake Average |
#8 by Jake Staley at Mar 21, 2005 at 4:26 PM EST |
| I think this song is about realizing that everyone is evil in certain ways (there's bodies in your basement, if heaven's for clean people it's vacant). And I should also mention that while the band left, Matt Good is now solo and still going strong. | |
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