The Mess Inside chords by The Mountain Goats

Chords with lyrics

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.