Guitar chords with lyrics
Album: All Hail West Texas Tabbed by: Jon (jonlancaric@hotmail.com) Standard Tuning Chords:G+G -3-
C majorC -0-
D MajorD -2- -3- -1- -3- -0- -0- -2- -0- -2- -0- -2- -3- -x- -3- -x- -x-
Riff (I call this "Walk" in the tab...it's basically a bass note walk, but should be done with strumming):C majorC
G+G ----0---0-----------3----- ----1---1-----------3----- ----0---0---0-------0----- ----2---0---0-------0----- ----3---2---0---2---2----- ----------------3---3----- So here we go... Intro =
G+G
G+G We took a weekend, drove to Provo
C majorC -Walk-
G+G The snow was white and fluffy
G+G But a weekend in Utah won't fix what's wrong with us
C majorC And the grey sky was vast and real cryptic above me ---
D MajorD
C majorC
C majorC -Walk-
G+G I wanted you, to love me like you used to do ---
G+G We took 2 weeks in the Bahamas
C majorC Went out dancing every night
G+G Tried to fight the creeping sense of dread with temporal things
C majorC
D MajorD Most of the time I guess I felt alright ---
D MajorD
C majorC
D MajorD
C majorC -Walk-
G+G But I wanted you, to love me like you used to do
G+G
C majorC But you cannot run, And you cannot hide
G+G
C majorC
D MajorD
G+G From the wreck we've made of our house, And the mess inside ---
G+G We went down to New Orleans
C majorC One weekend in the Spring
G+G Looked hard for what we'd lost
C majorC
D MajorD It was painful to admit it, but we couldn't find a thing ---
D MajorD
C majorC
D MajorD
C majorC -Walk-
G+G And I wanted you, to love me like you used to do ---
G+G Went to New York City in September
C majorC Took a train out of Manhattan, to the Grand Army stop
G+G Found that bench we'd sat together on a thousand years ago
C majorC
D MajorD When I felt such love for you I thought my heart was gonna pop ---
D MajorD
C majorC
D MajorD
C majorC -Walk-
G+G
D MajorD
G+G And I wanted you, to love me like you used to do
G+G
C majorC But I cannot run, And I can't hide
G+G
C majorC
D MajorD
G+G From the wreck we've made of our house, And the mess inside --- Outro:
G+G
C majorC
G+G
C majorC
G+G
C majorC
D MajorD
G+G
C majorC
D MajorD
G+G --- That's it. Pretty easy. Questions, comments, suggestions are welcomed.
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'The Mess Inside' by The Mountain Goats, an indie rock band formed in 1991 from Claremont,California,USA