Mess Around tab by Cage The Elephant
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Mess Around - Cage The Elephant
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Tabbed by:sir-rex-a-lot
Tuning:Standard
A fairly simple song in terms of chord progression. But I must say, it does get me excited for
the new album! :)
(Intro)
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E|-12--12-12--12-12-12\-3--3-3--3-3-3/-12--12-12--12-12-12\-3--3-3--3-3-3/---|
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(Intro cont.) Band enters e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--12--12-12--12-12-12\-3--3-3--3-3-3-5--5-5-7--7-7-0--0-0--0-0-0-5--5-5-7--7-7-0~~~~~~-| Rhythm plays the intro again while another instrument comes in and plays something like this: (Sorry if you don't have 24 frets)242424=24 151515=15 171717=17 121212=12 (All tremolo picked) e|-24242424242424242424\15151515151515/2424242424242424\151515151515151515\| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-24242424242424242424\15151515151515/1717171719191919\121212121212/1717171719191919\1212121212-| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| (Verse)(Clean/Acoustic)If you want you can play the full chords, but i'm pretty sure this is what they play G E e|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-x-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-x-| B|-3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-3--3-3-x-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-x-| G|-4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-4--4-4-x-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-1--1-1-x-| D|-----------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------| Another guitar plays this when the E chord is played during the verse: G E e|---------------------------12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-| B|---------------------------12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-12--12-12-| G|---------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------| The verse is played 3 times (Pre chorus) A B E A B E e|-5-5-7-7-0--0-0--0-0-0--5-5-7-7-0--0-0--0-0-0--| B|-5-5-7-7-0--0-0--0-0-0--5-5-7-7-0--0-0--0-0-0--| G|-6-6-8-8-1--1-1--1-1-1--6-6-8-8-1--1-1--1-1-1--| D|-7-7-9-9-2--2-2--2-2-2--7-7-9-9-2--2-2--2-2-2--| A|-7-7-9-9-2--2-2--2-2-2--7-7-9-9-2--2-2--2-2-2--| E|-5-5-7-7-0--0-0--0-0-0--5-5-7-7-0--0-0--0-0-0--| (Chorus) Guitar 1 e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-12--12-12--12-12-12\-3--3-3--3-3-3/-12--12-12--12-12-12\-3--3-3--3-3-3/---| e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|--12--12-12--12-12-12\-3--3-3--3-3-3-5--5-5-7--7-7-0--0-0--0-0-0-5--5-5-7--7-7-0--0-0--0-0-0-| Guitar 2 E G E G E G e|-----------------3--3-3--3-3---------------------3--3-3--3-3---------------------------------| B|-----------------3--3-3--3-3---------------------3--3-3--3-3---------------------3--3-3--3-3-| G|-9--9-9--9-9-x-x-4--4-4--4-4-x-x-9--9-9--9-9-x-x-4--4-4--4-4-x-x-9--9-9--9-9-x-x-4--4-4--4-4-| D|-9--9-9--9-9-x-x-5--5-5--5-5-x-x-9--9-9--9-9-x-x-5--5-5--5-5-x-x-9--9-9--9-9-x-x-5--5-5--5-5-| A|-7--7-7--7-7-x-x-5--5-5--5-5-x-x-7--7-7--7-7-x-x-5--5-5--5-5-x-x-7--7-7--7-7-x-x-5--5-5--5-5-| E|-----------------3--3-3--3-3-x-x-----------------3--3-3--3-3-x-x-----------------3--3-3--3-3-| A B E A B E e|-5-5-7-7-0--0-0--0-0-0--5-5-7-7-0--0-0--0-0-0--| B|-5-5-7-7-0--0-0--0-0-0--5-5-7-7-0--0-0--0-0-0--| G|-6-6-8-8-1--1-1--1-1-1--6-6-8-8-1--1-1--1-1-1--| D|-7-7-9-9-2--2-2--2-2-2--7-7-9-9-2--2-2--2-2-2--| A|-7-7-9-9-2--2-2--2-2-2--7-7-9-9-2--2-2--2-2-2--| E|-5-5-7-7-0--0-0--0-0-0--5-5-7-7-0--0-0--0-0-0--| Guitar 3/synth e|-24242424242424242424\15151515151515/2424242424242424\151515151515151515\| B|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|-24242424242424242424\15151515151515/1717171719191919\121212121212/1717171719191919\1212121212-| B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 2 is the same as verse one, but the lead guitar plays this during the E chord instead: (Listen for timing) e|-0-------------------------------| B|-0-------------------------------| G|-1-------------------------------| D|-2-2-2p0-2-2p0-2-2p0-2-0----0~---| A|------------------------2-0-2~---| E|----------------------------3~---| Play the pre chorus Play the chorus (Solo/Bridge)(An acoustic guitar plays the chorus in the background) e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|-----------15------------------15---15h17-15--------15------------15--------14b~~~-15b~~~------------------| G|------14h16--16~~~~~------14h16--16---------16\14/16---------14h16--16~~~~------------------14b~~~-16b~~~--| D|-14~~~---------------14~~~------------------------------14~~~----------------------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------15-17-17brp15--15h17~~~-------15-17b-17b-17b-17brp15------------15-17-17brp15---14b~~-15b~~-----------| G|-14/16--------------16----------14/16---------------------16~~~--14/16-------------16-------------14b~~-16b~| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------| Play the chorus while lead continues: e|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|------15-17-17brp15--15h17~~~-------15-17b-17b-17b-17brp15------| G|-14/16--------------16----------14/16---------------------16~~~-| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|----------------------------------------------------------------| e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|------15-17b-17b-17b-17brp15--15h17~~~~17br~~~~~~17~~~~~17br~~~~~17~~~~~~17br-| G|-14/16----------------------16------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------| ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | ~ vibrato | + harmonic | x Mute note | b Bend | pb Pre-bend | br Bend release | pbr Pre-bend release | brb Bend release bend
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