Mess Of Me chords by Tarkio

I didn't write this out, I just didn't see it on here.

Tab author: "EvilTwin" from http://www.decemberists.com/orate

[Intro]
E Esus4 E

[Verse]
        E              G#
Take it down while you lie
          A               Am
it's been so long since I saw you there
    E         G#             C#m
and I will no longer be your whipping boy
     F#7
it's taking me a long time
     A
and it's taking me a long time

|-------------------5-----5-------|-5---4---2---0-------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-----2---2---2-4/6---6-6---6-6/6-|---4---2---1---1-----------------|
|-------4---4---------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|-----------------0---------------|
               E            G#
And you should know how the heart
        A                 Am
is made of the sum of the lover's parts
    E            G#                  C#m
but me, I cannot allow this thing to disappear
   F#7
or lose it in the sunshine
   A
or lose it in the sunlight

[Chorus]
              E            C#m
And I came to tell you (Ah........)
       A                B
what I told you now you know
              E           C#m
this precious burden (Ah........)
       A                B
on our shoulders let it go
          E           E7
and it took a long time (it took a long time)
         A                   Am               E
you were picking up what you should have left behind
           F#7             A           E Esus4 E
and that's bound to make a mess o'me

[Solo]
E G# A Am E G# C#m F#7 A

[Verse]
         E        G#
So would you call or would you write
     A        Am
can't be harder than it is tonight
E  G#     C#m
and I'm staring blankly at this paper moon
F#7
shining at the slack jaw
      A
and it's shining at the slack jaw

        E G#
So send for me to your side
       A           Am
there's no stronger love than a love denied
EG#   C#m
and I wear my heart upon my tennis shoes
F#7
the laces always untied
    A
and I'm standing on the upside

[Chorus]
              E            C#m
And I came to tell you (Ah........)
       A                B
what I told you now you know
              E           C#m
this precious burden (Ah........)
       A                B
on our shoulders let it go
          E           E7
and it took a long time (it took a long time)
         A                   Am               E
you were picking up what you should have left behind
           F#7             A           E Esus4 E
and that's bound to make a mess o'me

[Solo]
E G# A Am E G# C#m F#7 A

[Chorus]
              E            C#m
And I came to tell you (Ah........)
       A                B
what I told you now you know
              E           C#m
this precious burden (Ah........)
       A                B
on our shoulders let it go
          E           E7
and it took a long time (it took a long time)
         A                   Am               E
you were picking up what you should have left behind
           F#7             A           E Esus4 E