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Murphy Was An Optimist Tab


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Tuning (this tab): Drop C# [ C# G# C# F# A# D# ] 
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easy, fun song to play from the Anti Mother album

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random stuff going on in the background, just mess around with the above riff and palm muting

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props to doyouseeit for the first half of the song
I'm not sure about the high notes on the chorus, but it's close
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