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----------------------------------------------------------------------------- MESS OF ME [EARLY DEMOS] SWITCHFOOT ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tabbed by:hurricaneherman Tuning:Drop D tuning(D-A-D-G-B-E) This is from their bonus disc "Building A Hurricane". There are three recordings that make up this song. I will mark the beginning of each recording. RECORDING 1 You play this riff twice for the intro, eight times for the verse, and on the chorus, two guitars play this riff six times. E|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------|X[10] A|------------10--10--10--10--10--10------8-\-5-/-8-------8---8---| E|0-------0-------------------------------------------------------| ~VERSE~ I can almost taste it the blood is off my hands What was locked up in the basement has now been born again I can almost taste it fighting for my life I've been fighting for my life, oh won't that be a surprise' ~CHORUS~ I've made a mess of me I wanna get back the rest of me I've made a mess of me I wanna spend the rest of my life alive Alive alive alive alive alive alive NOTE:It starts fading out on the fifth "alive". RECORDING 2 Jon is talking with the band about changing some of the lyrics, and he strums D5 three times. He plays the beginning riff twice, and then goes into the chords. D5 A#5 E|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|7---7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-3---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-| D|7---7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-3---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-| A|5---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-1---1-1-1-1-1-1---1-3-1---1 1-1-| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| There ain't no drug There ain't no drug F5 A5 E|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----| B|----------------------------------------------------------------|-----| G|----------------------------------------------------------------|7---7| D|3---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-7---7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-|7---7| A|3---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-7---7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-|5---5| D|3---3-3-3-3-3-3---3-3-3---3-3-3-7---7-7-7-7-7-7---7-7-7---7-7-7-|-----| There ain't no drug No drug to make me well NOTE:Starts fading out RECORDING 3 E|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------|X[4] A|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|0---0-0---0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0-0---0---0---0---0-0---0---| I am my own affliction I am my own disease There ain't no cure that they could sale There ain't no drug to make me well there ain't no drug E|----------------------------------------------------------------| B|----------------------------------------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------|X[4] A|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|0---0-0---0---0---0---0---5-8---0---0-0---0---0---0---0---5-8---| I've made a mess of me I wanna get back the rest of me I've made a mess of me I wanna spend the rest of my life alive I've made a mess of me I wanna get back the rest of me I've made a mess of me I wanna spend the rest of my life alive The rest of my life alive Guitar one plays the beginning riff, and guitar two plays D5 with this pattern. / / / / / / / / /X[2] ~VERSE~ We lock our souls in cages Play the beginning riff once. NOTE:Starts fading out. This tab should be 100% correct, but if you find something wrong, you can leave a comment, so I can fix it. I think their old version of mess of me, is just as good as the version they settled with. But it is true that this version has more of the Oh! Gravity feel. =============================================================================