The Mess Inside chords by The Mountain Goats

Chords with lyrics

Song: The Mess Inside
Artist: The Mountain Goats
Album: All Hail West Texas
Tabbed by: Jon ([email protected])

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

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  D MajorD       C majorC            C majorC -Walk- G+G
 I wanted you, to love me like you used to do

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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

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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

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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

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D MajorD   C majorC    D MajorD   C majorC              -Walk- G+G
 And I wanted you, to love me like you used to do

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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

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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

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Outro: G+G C majorC G+G C majorC G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G


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That's it. Pretty easy. Questions, comments, suggestions are welcomed.