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The Mess Inside

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO openSpace = play/pause

Riff (I call this "Walk" in the tab...it's basically a bass note walk, but should
be done with strumming):
e|C----0---0-----------3---G--|
B|----1---1-----------3-----|
G|----0---0---0-------0-----|
D|----2---0---0-------0-----|
A|----3---2---0---2---2-----|
E|----------------3---3-----|
[Intro]
G
 GWe took a weekend, drove to Provo
                               C-Walk- G  
 The snow was white and fluffy
 GBut a weekend in Utah won't fix what's wrong with us
 CAnd the grey sky was vast and real cryptic above me
[Chorus]
                 D                          C    C-Walk- G  
 I wanted you, to love me like you used to do
 GWe took 2 weeks in the Bahamas
 CWent out dancing every night
 GTried to fight the creeping sense of dread with temporal things
 CMost of the time I guess I felt Dalright
[Chorus]
      D          C       D                           G    C-Walk- G  
 But I wanted you, to love me like you used to do
 GBut you cannot run, CAnd you cannot hideG  
 GFrom the wreck we've made of our house, CAnd the mess insDideG  
 GWe went down to New Orleans
 COne weekend in the Spring
 GLooked hard for what we'd lost
 It was Cpainful to admit it, but we Dcouldn't find a thing
[Chorus]
      D          C       D                           G    C-Walk- G  
 And I wanted you, to love me like you used to do
 GWent to New York City in September
 Took a Ctrain out of Manhattan, to the Grand Army stop
 Found that Gbench we'd sat together on a thousand years ago
 When I Cfelt such love for you I thought my Dheart was gonna pop
[Chorus]
      D          C       D                           G    C-Walk-    G     D  G  
 And I wanted you, to love me like you used to do
 GBut I cannot run, CAnd I can't hideG  
 GFrom the wreck we've made of our house, CAnd the mess insDideG  
[Outro]
G C G C G C D G C D G

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The Mess Inside

by The Mountain Goats

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Riff (I call this "Walk" in the tab...it's basically a bass note walk, but should

be done with strumming):

C G

e|----0---0-----------3-----|

B|----1---1-----------3-----|

G|----0---0---0-------0-----|

D|----2---0---0-------0-----|

A|----3---2---0---2---2-----|

E|----------------3---3-----|

[Intro]

We took a weekend, drove to Provo

C G

-Walk-

The snow was white and fluffy

But a weekend in Utah won't fix what's wrong with us

And the grey sky was vast and real cryptic above me

[Chorus]

D C C G

-Walk-

I wanted you, to love me like you used to do

We took 2 weeks in the Bahamas

Went out dancing every night

Tried to fight the creeping sense of dread with temporal things

C D

Most of the time I guess I felt alright

[Chorus]

D C D G C G

-Walk-

But I wanted you, to love me like you used to do

G C G

But you cannot run, And you cannot hide

G C D G

From the wreck we've made of our house, And the mess inside

We went down to New Orleans

One weekend in the Spring

Looked hard for what we'd lost

C D

It was painful to admit it, but we couldn't find a thing

[Chorus]

D C D G C G

-Walk-

And I wanted you, to love me like you used to do

Went to New York City in September

Took a train out of Manhattan, to the Grand Army stop

Found that bench we'd sat together on a thousand years ago

C D

When I felt such love for you I thought my heart was gonna pop

[Chorus]

D C D G C G D G

-Walk-

And I wanted you, to love me like you used to do

G C G

But I cannot run, And I can't hide

G C D G

From the wreck we've made of our house, And the mess inside

[Outro]

G C G C G C D G C D G

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