Capo 3 (key of Eb, standard tuning)


Intro x4
       C...             ( G )
   e | --0--------0--------------- | 
   B | --1--------1--------1------ | 
   G | --0--------0--------0------ | 
   D | --0h2------2p0------0------ | 
   A | --3--------0--------2------ | 
   E | --x--------x--------3------ | 
       1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8 

   (continues something like that throughout the song, 
   the F with 3rd string hammered...)

C
Baby's got herself a new black dress 
Put her pretty face on and then all the rest
F 
She was beautiful 

C
Well, I walked in and I looked like a mess 
(I) saw frown on her face and hives on her chest 
F
It was beautiful 


CHORUS
             C                       G
Baby's got a new dress, baby's got a new car
         Am                            F 
With the summer sun steady running out luck 
C                            G
(But) out in the ocean in slow motion 
F                      G                C
There's a message in a bottle just for us 


C
3 years later we were talking real tall 
Bought a bunch of new clothes, a couple new cars 
F
To get us by 

C
With piles of bills and our heads on the wall 
Summer left so fast and then came fall, 
F
We made it by 


REPEAT CHORUS


C
Here in the city life seems so small 
We make believe that we matter at all 
F
in this life 

C
She loves with her smile. She loves with her soul 
Such a pretty little thing just helping me hold 
F
on tight 


REPEAT CHORUS


   Tabbed by --Art