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Said The Whale — This Citys A Mess Tab

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Song: This City's a Mess
Band: Said the Whale
Album: Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia (Will be purchasable on iTunes June 10th, already 
for those of you living in Canada)

Official website: http://www.saidthewhale.com/

I took the time to transcribe this the best I could. I'm not too sure about the ending 
it's hard for me to hear the chords being played, but I did my best. Hopefully if I'm 
it'll at least give you all something to work off of to figure it out correctly.

Enjoy!

Riff A:
e—[————————————————————————————]
B—[————————————————————————————]
G—[————————————————————————————]
D—[————————————————————————————]
A—[——3——7——3——7———3——5——3——5———]
E—[————————————————————————————]

Riff B:
e—[————————————————————————————————————————————————3———————————————————————]
B—[——13—13—13/15———17—17—17/———17—17—17——13/—————3——————13—15———17—17—17/——]
G—[————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————]
D—[————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————]
A—[————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————]
E—[————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————]

Riff C:
e—[——0—0———0————————————]
B—[——0—0———0——————3—0———]
G—[——5—5———5————————————]  played 4 times
D—[——5—5———5————5———————]
A—[——3—3———3————————————]
E—[—————————————————————]

Riff D:
e—[————3——3/5—————————————]
B—[——3————————5——3/5——————]
G—[——————————————————5————]
D—[———————————————————————]
A—[———————————————————————]
E—[———————————————————————]

Riff C and Riff D are played once more. Then comes the end section of the song:

Riff E: (the 9—12—12————————————————————————————————————] part is layered over the palm—muting)
e—[—————————————————————————————————————————————————————]
B—[—————————————————————————————————————————————————————]
G—[—————————————————————————————————————————————————————]
D—[———————————————————————————————————————9———12———12/——]
A—[——3—(continually played palm—muted)——————————————————]
E—[—————————————————————————————————————————————————————]

Riff F:
e—[———————————————————————]
B—[———————————————————————]
G—[—2—2—2—2————5—5—5—5————]
D—[—2—2—2—2————5—5—5—5————]
A—[—0—0—0—0————3—3—3—3————]
E—[———————————————————————]

Riff G: (Strum each power chord for about 16 strokes, the rhythm is hard to hear so do your best)
e—[———————————————]
B—[———————————————]
G—[———0—————3—————]
D—[———2—————5—————]
A—[———2—————5—————]
E—[———————————————]

Riff H:(layered over riff F)
e—[———————————————————]
B—[——17—————15————————]
G—[—————17——————17————]
D—[———————————————————]
A—[———————————————————]
E—[———————————————————]