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A Mess To Be Made

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The Format - A Mess to Be Made
Tabbed By: Paul Zizza (greggyshakes@yahoo.com)
Chords Used:
G - 320033
D- xx0232
Cadd9- x32033
Em - 022000
A - 002220
Fill 1:
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Fill 2:
|-3--0--0-|
|-3--3--3-|
|-0--0--0-|
|-2--0--0-|
|-3--2--0-|
|---------|
Fill 3:
|-------0-----0-------0--------2-------------2--------3p2-|
|-2---2---2------2------2---------3---3----3---3---3------|
|---2-------2-------2-----2---------2----2-------2--------|
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Intro:
G D Cadd9 D
G   D   Cadd9Fill 1
Verse 1:
GIn a dDream Cadd9that I Dcan't seem to shake she is,
G   D   Cadd9Fill 1
She is standing alone
GBy Dthe fCadd9ence I Dsee tears in her eyes
G   D   Cadd9Fill 2
Why she cries I just don't know
Chorus:
EmWhaAt a mDess Gthat I make of my days
EmAnd thAeres Dyou you'Gre, a mess to be made
A Dmess to Gbe made
A (Fill 3)
A dream starts to fade...
Verse 2:
GSo yoDu're leCadd9avin for Dmonths at a time
GI, I Dhelp you out Cadd9the door
GOnce your goDne Cadd9I just starDe out the window
G   D   Cadd9Fill 2
Please, would you please come back home
Chorus:
EmWhaAt a meDss Gthat I make of my days
DTryiGn Ato save myself, save myself
EmThen therAe's you you'rDe, Ga mess to be made
DA caGnvas oAnly paint could change
Bridge:
DAnd a Gvoice oDn the other end of the phone says
Why don'Gt you write a song about it
D   G   DFill 2
Well here it goes, I was raised on something that you'll never know
DI'd haGte this place if it weren't for the waves
IDf it wGeren't for the fact that we love it
WherDe theGy measure a man on the money he spends
D Fill 2
Well my love, it's not a bank statement
Chorus:
EmWhaAt a meDss that I mGake of my days
DTryin Gto Asave myself, save myself
EmThen theAres yDou you'Gre, a mess to be made
A mDess to bGe made
A mDess to bGe made
A dAream Dstarts to fade away...

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