Motion City Soundtrack – The Sun Woke The Whole State (Guitar Tab)

Half-Step Down (Eb-Ab-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb)

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Song: The Sun Woke The Whole State. Band: Motion City Soundtrack. This is a tab of the best MCS song, *The Sun Woke The Whole State*, from the 2004 Motion City Soundtrack/ Cain. Other than the intro trade off [which is visible in grainy live videos], Justin and Joshua play the same chords throughout the song, while the Jesse Johnson on the synthesizer does the amazing main part. The rhythms are done with simple downstrumming, listen to the song to get them. [Intro]

[Guitar 1]
Eb|--2---------2--------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--3---------3--------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--2---------2-----2--------------------------------------------------------|
Db|------------------4--------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|------------------4--------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|------------------2--------------------------------------------------------|

[Guitar 2]
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|--------------3------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|--------------4------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|--------------5-----------------5h4----------------------------------------|
Ab|--------------5------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|---------------------2-2-2-2h3---------------------------------------------|

[Intro Break]

[Guitars 1&2]
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-7--4----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-7--4--4-----[x2]----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-5--2--4-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------2-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 1]

[Guitars 1&2]
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------7-6-----------7-6------------------------|
Db|-[Bass for the first half]--7--9--7-6-5---7--9--7-6-5----------------------|
Ab|----------------------------7--9--5-4-5---7--9--5-4-5----------------------|
Eb|----------------------------5--7------3---5--7------3----------------------|
                               .  .  . . .   .  .

[Chorus 1]

[Guitars 1&2]
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------4----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-4--5--7--4-7----[x2]------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-4--5--7--2-7--------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-2--3--5----5--------------------------------------------------------------|

[Break]

[Guitars 1&2]
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-7--4----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-7--4--4-----[x2]----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-5--2--4-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------2-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Verse 2]

[Guitars 1&2]
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------------------------------7-6-----------7-6------------------------|
Db|-[Bass for the first half]--7--9--7-6-5---7--9--7-6-5----------------------|
Ab|----------------------------7--9--5-4-5---7--9--5-4-5----------------------|
Eb|----------------------------5--7------3---5--7------3----------------------|
                               .  .  . . .   .  .

[Chorus 2]

[Guitars 1&2]
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------4----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-4--5--7--4-7----[x2]------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-4--5--7--2-7--------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-2--3--5----5--------------------------------------------------------------|

[Break]

[Guitars 1&2]
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-7--4----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-7--4--4-----[x2]----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-5--2--4-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------2-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Bridge] [Guitars 1&2] There's a weird gap on the third time, just don't play during it.

Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-4-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-4--5--7----[x4]-----------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-2--5--7-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|----3--5-------------------------------------------------------------------|

[Chorus 3]

[Guitars 1&2]
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|----------4----------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-4--5--7--4-7----[x2]------------------------------------------------------|
Ab|-4--5--7--2-7--------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-2--3--5----5--------------------------------------------------------------|

[Outro]

[Guitars 1&2]
Eb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb|-7--4----------------------------------------------------------------------|
Db|-7--4--4-----[x3]----[End by muting the chords, they don't ring out]-------|
Ab|-5--2--4-------------------------------------------------------------------|
Eb|-------2-------------------------------------------------------------------|

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