{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":184626,"song":"The Mess Inside","artist":"The Mountain Goats","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11217640-the-mess-inside-chords-by-the-mountain-goats/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/184626?type=chord","rating":4.90626,"votes":116,"content":"Riff (I call this \"Walk\" in the tab...it's basically a bass note walk, but should\r\nbe done with strumming):\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\ne|----0---0-----------3-----|\r\nB|----1---1-----------3-----|\r\nG|----0---0---0-------0-----|\r\nD|----2---0---0-------0-----|\r\nA|----3---2---0---2---2-----|\r\nE|----------------3---3-----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n We took a weekend, drove to Provo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                               -Walk- [ch]G[/ch]\r\n The snow was white and fluffy[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n But a weekend in Utah won't fix what's wrong with us[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n And the grey sky was vast and real cryptic above me[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]  -Walk- [ch]G[/ch]\r\n I wanted you, to love me like you used to do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n We took 2 weeks in the Bahamas[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n Went out dancing every night[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n Tried to fight the creeping sense of dread with temporal things[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\n Most of the time I guess I felt alright[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]  -Walk- [ch]G[/ch]\r\n But I wanted you, to love me like you used to do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n But you cannot run, And you cannot hide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\n From the wreck we've made of our house, And the mess inside[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n We went down to New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\n One weekend in the Spring[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n Looked hard for what we'd lost[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n It was painful to admit it, but we couldn't find a thing[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]  -Walk- [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And I wanted you, to love me like you used to do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\n Went to New York City in September[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Took a train out of Manhattan, to the Grand Army stop[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\n Found that bench we'd sat together on a thousand years ago[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n When I felt such love for you I thought my heart was gonna pop[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]  -Walk- [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\n And I wanted you, to love me like you used to do[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n But I cannot run, And I can't hide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\n From the wreck we've made of our house, And the mess inside[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]","plain_text":"Riff (I call this \"Walk\" in the tab...it's basically a bass note walk, but should\nbe done with strumming):\n\n\n\n[Intro]\nG\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nG C G C G C D G C D G","chords":["C","G","B","D","A","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}