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What A Mess Tab

Send "What A Mess" Ringtone to your Cell Phone

Tabbed by: Mike

h = hammer on
p = pull off
/ = slide up
 = slide down

HALF STEP DOWN


Verse 1 - guitar 1

  play 3x
eb-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb-------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb-----0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0---|
Db---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4-|
Ab-2-------2------5-------5------2-------2------0-------0------|
Eb-------------------------------------------------------------|


guitar 2 - starts on 3rd time above is played (0:24)

eb------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb-444444447777777744444444-----------------------------------|
Db-44444444777777774444444477777777---------------------------|
Ab-22222222555555552222222277777777---------------------------|
Eb-------------------------55555555---------------------------|
pm ........................

 Chorus - guitar 2

        play 3x     |
eb------------------|-----------------|
Bb------------------|-----------------|
Gb-----7777---------|-----7777--------|
Db-5555777777779997-|-5555777777777---|
Ab-5555555577779997-|-5555555577777---|
Eb-3333----55557775-|-3333----55555---|


 guitar 1 - play through whole chorus

eb------10--------10---------10--------10----------|
Bb---10----10---10---10---10----10---10---10-------|
Gb-0----------7------------------------------------|
Db----------------------7----------9---------------|
Ab-------------------------------------------------|
Eb-------------------------------------------------|

right after the chorus play the below ONCE

   guitar 1
eb-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb-------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb-----0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0---|
Db---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4-|
Ab-2-------2------5-------5------2-------2------0-------0------|
Eb-------------------------------------------------------------|

  at the same time guitar 2 plays:
eb------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb------------------------------------------------------------|
Db------------------------------------------------------------|
Ab-2---22/5---4h54h54h54h54h54h54h54h54h5p4---4h5p42----------|
Eb------------------------------------------------------------|


 Verse 2 - guitar 1
                        PART 1
eb-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb-------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb-----0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0---|
Db---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4-|
Ab-2-------2------5-------5------2-------2------0-------0------|
Eb-------------------------------------------------------------|

eb-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb-------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb-----0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0---|
Db---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4-|
Ab-2-------2------5-------5------2-------2------0-------0------|
Eb-------------------------------------------------------------|
                        PART 2
eb-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb-------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb-----0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0---|
Db---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4-|
Ab-2-------2------5-------5------7-------7------0-------0------|
Eb-------------------------------------------------------------|
                        PART 3
eb-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb-------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb-----0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0---|
Db---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4-|
Ab-2-------2------5-------5------2-------2------0-------0------|
Eb-------------------------------------------------------------|

 guitar 2 - plays below during part 3 of above

eb------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb-444444447777777744444444-----------------------------------|
Db-44444444777777774444444477777777---------------------------|
Ab-22222222555555552222222277777777---------------------------|
Eb-------------------------55555555---------------------------|
pm ........................

play chorus again

BRIDGE part 1- guitar 1 with wah pedal

*strum each as much as needed*
eb-----------------|----|
Bb-----------------|----|
Gb-4--6--7--9------|-44-|
Db-4--6--7--9------|-44-|
Ab-2--4--5--7------|-22-|
Eb-----------------|----|

   part 2 - guitar 2 *strum each once*
eb-----------------------------|
Bb-----------------------------|
Gb-----------------------------|
Db--5----7----5----7-----------|
Ab--5----7----5----7-----------|
Eb--3----5----3----5-----------|

  part3 - guitar 1 *strum each as needed*
eb-----------|
Bb-----------|
Gb-4--7--9---|
Db-4--7--9---|
Ab-2--5--7---|
Eb-----------|

eb-----------|
Bb-----------|
Gb-9-77-55---|
Db-9-77-55---|
Ab-7-55-33---|
Eb-----------|

  after bridge play: guitar 1

eb-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb-------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb-----0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0---|
Db---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4-|
Ab-2-------2------5-------5------2-------2------0-------0------|
Eb-------------------------------------------------------------|

  guitar 2 - plays at same time as above

eb---------------------------------------------|
Bb---------------------------------------------|
Gb--4------------------------------------------|
Db--4------------------------------------------|
Ab--2----22/5----4444555444445554-4h5p4--4h52-|
Eb---------------------------------------------|

 Verse 3

  Part 1 - guitar 1

eb-------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb-------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb-----0------0-------0------0-------0------0-------0------0---|
Db---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4---4---4---4--4-|
Ab-2-------2------5-------5------2-------2------0-------0------|
Eb-------------------------------------------------------------|

  Part 2 - guitar 1

eb------------------------------------------------------------|
Bb------------------------------------------------------------|
Gb--444444447777777799999999----------------------------------|
Db--44444444777777779999999977777797--------------------------|
Ab--22222222555555557777777777777797--------------------------|
Eb--------------------------55555575--------------------------|
pm  ..............................

  Part 2 - guitar 2

eb---------------------------------------------------|
Bb---------------------------------------------------|
Gb---------------------------------------------------|
Db---------------------------------------------------|
Ab--2222222222222222555555555555555577777777777777710
Eb---------------------------------------------------


eb------------------------------------|
Bb------------------------------------|
Gb------------------------------------|
Db------------------------------------|
Ab--121212121212121212121212--14-12---|
Eb------------------------------------|


  Play chorus here 2x

END ON: guitar 2

eb------------------|
Bb------------------|
Gb------------------|
Db-9----7----5------|
Ab-9----7----5------|
Eb-7----5----3------|

  guitar 1

eb---10---10--------|
Bb-----------10-----|
Gb------------0-----|
Db-9----7-----0-----|
Ab------------------|
Eb------------------|


LYRICS:

Verse 1

I confess it's all true.
I'm a mess, what a fool
Now what do I do

Chorus

I need your help to get up from my knees
I can't seem to see the forest for the trees
As I wait in my silent misery
All I'm asking is please...forgive me

Verse 2

Now she knows me
Now she knows me
She wants me to be
Someone I can't be
...still she wants me
...she needs me
...she wants me
Because she loves me

CHORUS

Bridge
Shattered
Now you see inside
I no longer hide
Or fall between the cracks you left behind
Shattered, now you're out of time
You've come this far to be denied

Verse 3

What a shame, I'm to blame
What a shame, knowing I'm to blame

CHORUS x2


k thats it. that wasnt 2 hard 2 play now was it.

If u wanna check out sum of my other tabs u  can look at
BROKEN HANDED, EMPTY SPACES ver. 2, LAST MAN ON THE MOON,
FAME, and if u wanna u can look at LUCKY ver. 1 even though
i realized how wrong it is.
Im also done tabbing Axl Rose and ill submit that soon.

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What A Mess Tab

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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques


No Picture Garland Rhythm Player	#1 by Garland Cross at Jul 10, 1975 at 6:13 PM EST
	Well, I see a different meaning for this song, because I can relate it to something that happenned to me. I had this friend who was very close to me, and some time later I found out that she wanted to get serious with me, so I gave it a shot, but since I didn't have those kind of feelings for her, everything went to the crap. She tried, but it wasn't helpless since you can't force yourself to feel. For me, the song was directed to other friends who could make you "stand from your knees". "I confess it's all true. I'm a mess, what a fool Now what do I do" (this part was like accepting what many of my friends had noticed, that not everything was going right and it was my fault) "I need your help to get up from my knees I can't seem to see the forest for the trees As I wait in my silent misery All I'm asking is please...forgive me" (Again, directed to my friends who could help me to stand andfrom whom I wanted to be forgiven) "Now she knows me She wants me to be Someone I can't be ...and she wants me ...and she needs me ...and she wants me Because she loves me" (This part, totally true, she was getting into me deeply and I couldn't be that guy she wanted me to be, or who she thought I was) "Shattered" "Now you see inside I no longer hide Or fall between the cracks you left behind Shattered, now you're out of time You've come this far to be denied What a shame, I'm to blame" (this was when we finally broke up, I no longer hid what I felt and she was denied; her being shattered was only my fault and only I was to blame). So, this song really gets into me.

No Picture josh Average	#2 by josh stagel at Jun 6, 1980 at 1:23 AM EST
	this song-the power. it's him being alone- left by a girl, and trying to change himself to be fright for her. and he tells himself that she wants him to be someone else because she loves him, but in reality, he's probably better of without that. but it's one of those post-breakup songs that you feel the guilt almost immediatly.