Capo 3 (key of Eb, standard tuning)


Intro x4
       C...             ( G5 )
   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...)

C5
Baby's got herself a new black dress 
Put her pretty face on and then all the rest
F5 
She was beautiful 

C5
Well, I walked in and I looked like a mess 
(I) saw frown on her face and hives on her chest 
F5
It was beautiful 


CHORUS
             C5                       G5
Baby's got a new dress, baby's got a new car
         A5                            F5 
With the summer sun steady running out luck 
C5                            G5
(But) out in the ocean in slow motion 
F5                      G5                C5
There's a message in a bottle just for us 


C5
3 years later we were talking real tall 
Bought a bunch of new clothes, a couple new cars 
F5
To get us by 

C5
With piles of bills and our heads on the wall 
Summer left so fast and then came fall, 
F5
We made it by 


REPEAT CHORUS


C5
Here in the city life seems so small 
We make believe that we matter at all 
F5
in this life 

C5
She loves with her smile. She loves with her soul 
Such a pretty little thing just helping me hold 
F5
on tight 


REPEAT CHORUS


   Tabbed by --Art