Switchfoot — Mess Of Me (ver 2) Tab
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Mess of Me
Hello Hurricane
This is for the official studio version of the song.
*Chords are listed at end of song
Riff 1
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for bend^: bend 1/4 step and back (very quick, hardly sounds like a bend)
EDIT: they don't actually bend it in the CD, so bend is optional. It just makes it sound
bit cooler.
Riff 3 (R3)
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Intro — Riff 1 4x
Verse 1
Riff 1
I am my own affliction
Riff 1
I am my own disease
Riff 1
There ain't no drug that they could sell
Riff 1
Ah, there ain't no drug to make me well
Pre—Chorus 1
Riff 2
There ain't no drug
There ain't no drug
Riff 2
It's not enough
The sickness is myself
Riff 2 (R2) (uses some sort of delay, not sure how many times he picks notes)
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D|—5——————4——————4——————2—|
Chorus
Guitar 1
Em
I made a mess of me
C5 G5
I wanna get back the rest of me
I've made a mess of me
B5 Em
I wanna spend the rest of my life alive
I've made a mess of me
C5 G5
I wanna get back the rest of me
I've made a mess of me
B5 C5
I wanna spend the rest of my live alive
B5 Riff 1 x2
The rest of my life alive
Guitar 2 (this is actually the keyboard player Jerome's part,but if you want to do it on guitar
here's the tab)
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play each note rapidly —— one note for each chord in chorus.
Riff 1 x2
Verse 2
Riff 1
We lock our souls in cages
Riff 1
We hide inside our shells
R3 Riff 1
It's hard to free the ones you love
Riff 1
Oh when you can't forgive yourself
Yeah forgive yourself
Pre—Chorus 2
R2
There ain't no drug
There ain't no drug
R2
There ain't no drug
The sickness is myself
Chorus 2:
Em
I made a mess of me
C5 G5
I wanna get back the rest of me
I've made a mess of me
B5 Em
I wanna spend the rest of my life alive
I've made a mess of me
C5 G5
I wanna reverse this tragedy
I've made a mess of me
B5 C5
I wanna spend the rest of my live alive
B5
The rest of my life alive
Interlude:
Guitar 1
Em
Guitar 2
B———15: bend whole step
B———14: bend 1/2 of a step B———15——————————| bend 3/4 of a step
B———11: bend 1/4 of a step B———16——————————| bend whole step
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B|——15^—————14^—————11^———— ——15b——16b18————|
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Bridge
There ain't no drug
There ain't no drug
There ain't no drug
No drug to make me well
There ain't no drug
It's not enough
I'm breaking up
The sickness is myself
The sickness is myself
Guitar 1, palm muted (weird picking pattern, might take time to get used to)
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