Mountain Goats — Mess Inside Chords

Song: The Mess Inside
Artist: The Mountain Goats
Album: All Hail West Texas
Tabbed by: Jon (jonlancaric@hotmail.com)

Standard Tuning

Chords:

G —3—   C —0—   D —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                       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
 We took a weekend, drove to Provo
C                               —Walk— G
 The snow was white and fluffy
G
 But a weekend in Utah won't fix what's wrong with us
C
 And the grey sky was vast and real cryptic above me

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    D             C                        C  —Walk— G
 I wanted you, to love me like you used to do

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G
 We took 2 weeks in the Bahamas
C
 Went out dancing every night
G
 Tried to fight the creeping sense of dread with temporal things
C                                D
 Most of the time I guess I felt alright

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D      C        D     C                           —Walk— G
 But I wanted you, to love me like you used to do

G                   C
 But you cannot run, And you cannot hide
G                                       C                D       G
 From the wreck we've made of our house, And the mess inside

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G
 We went down to New Orleans
C
 One weekend in the Spring
G
 Looked hard for what we'd lost
        C                           D
 It was painful to admit it, but we couldn't find a thing

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D      C        D     C                           —Walk— G
 And I wanted you, to love me like you used to do

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G
 Went to New York City in September
        C
 Took a train out of Manhattan, to the Grand Army stop
            G
 Found that bench we'd sat together on a thousand years ago
        C                                   D
 When I felt such love for you I thought my heart was gonna pop

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D      C        D     C                           —Walk— G   D   G
 And I wanted you, to love me like you used to do

G                 C
 But I cannot run, And I can't hide
G                                       C                D      G
 From the wreck we've made of our house, And the mess inside

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Outro: G C G C G C D G C D G


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