Artist: mewithoutYou
Title: Messes of Men
Album: Brother, Sister
Tabbed By: RockAddict311
Email: rockaddict311@yahoo.com
Standard Tuning
Intro: Clean/Fingerpicked
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"I do not exist," we faithfully insist,
Sailing in our separate ships and from each tiny caravel.
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Tiring of trying, there's a unnecessary dying,
Like the horseshoe crab in its proper season sheds its shell.
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Such distance from our friends, Like a scratch across the lens,
Made everything look wrong from anywhere we stood.
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And our paper blew away before we'd left the bay.
So half-blind, we wrote these songs on sheets of salty wood.
Main Verse: Clean/Reverb
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/m/mewithoutyou/messes_of_men_tab_ver_4.html ]
Am C E
You caught me making eyes at the other boatman's wives,
G Am
And heard me laughing louder at the jokes told by their daughters.
C E
I'd set my course for land, but you well understand,
Am
It takes a steady hand to navigate adulterous waters.
C E
The propeller's spinning blades held acquaintance with the waves,
G Am
As there's mistakes I've made no rowing could outrun.
C E
The cloth low on the mast, I say I got no past,
Am
I'm nonetheless the librarian and secretary's son.
C E
The tarnish on my brass, the mildew on my glass-
G Am
I'd never want someone so crass as to want someone like me.
C E
But a few leagues off the shore, I bit a flashing lure,
Am
And I assure you, it was not what I expected it to be!
C E
I still tastes its kiss, that dull hook in my lip
G Am
Is a memory as useless as a rod without a reel.
C E
To an anchor ever dropped, sea-sick yet still docked,
Am
Captain spotted napping with his first mate at the wheel.
C E
Floating forgetfully along, with no need to be strong,
G Am
We keep our confessions long, but when we pray we keep it short.
C
I drank a thimble full of fire,
E
I'm not ever coming back...
Am
Oh, my God.
C E
"I do not exist," we faithfully insist,
G Am
While watching sink the heavy ship with everything we knew.
C E
And if ever you come near, I'll hold up high a mirror.
Lord, I could never show you anything as beautiful as you!
Outro: Clean/Reverb (Transcribe for one guitar)
Optional:
*Guitar 1: Notes played on low E string
*Guitar 2: Notes played on A,D,G, and B string
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Bass Riff During Outro: (Standard/Clean)
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