Artist: The Format
Song: A Mess To Be Made
Album: Interventions and Lullabies
Tabbed By: Don Tago
email: recebedou@yahoo.com

Standard Tuning

Chords:
      EADGBe
A7    002020
D5    557755
Cadd  -32033

Riff 1
G---0-------|
D---2--0--0-|
A---3--2--0-|


Intro: G D C D (repeat)

Verse 1:
G (320003@1)    D (xx0232@1)         Cadd          DIn (xx0232@1)a dream that i cant seem to shake she is,
G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)      Cshe (x32010@1)is standing alone 
G (320003@1)      D (xx0232@1)        Cadd         D (xx0232@1) 
by the fence i see tears in her eyes 
G (320003@1)          D (xx0232@1)          C (x32010@1)Riff1
why she crys i just Dont know. 

Chorus:
Em (022000@1)    A7 (x02020@1)         D (xx0232@1)       Gwhat (320003@1)a mess that i make of my days 
Em (022000@1)        A7 (x02020@1)           D (xx0232@1)        Gthen (320003@1)theres you, you're a mess to be made, 
   D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)           A7 (x02020@1)                     Da (xx0232@1)mess to be made and the dream Starts to fade away 

Verse 2:
so youre leaving for months at a time,
i help you out the door but once youre gone i just stare out the
Window please, could you please come back home 

Chorus
Em (022000@1)    A7 (x02020@1)        D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)  D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)      A7what (x02020@1)a mess that i make of my days trying to save myself, save myself
Em (022000@1)        A7 (x02020@1)          D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)then Theres you, youre a mess to be made 
  D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)              A7 (x02020@1) 
a canvas only paint could change

Bridge:
 D (xx0232@1)                 C (x32010@1)              Dand (xx0232@1)a voice on the other end of the phone, 
                           C (x32010@1)                      Dsays (xx0232@1)why Dont you write a song about it well here goes,
                   C (x32010@1)                       Di (xx0232@1)was raised on something that youll never know 
D5 (xx023x@1)                       C (x32010@1)       
id hate this place if it Werent for the waves if it 
  G (320003@1)                         Cwerent (x32010@1)for the fact that you love it
              D5 (xx023x@1)                C (x32010@1)                     Gwhere (320003@1)they measure a man on the money he spends well my love

Is not a bank statement

Chorus: 
Em (022000@1)    A7 (x02020@1)        D (xx0232@1)         G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)      G (320003@1)      A7what (x02020@1)a mess that i make of my days trying to save myself, save myself 
Em (022000@1)         A7 (x02020@1)         D (xx0232@1)        G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)        Gthen (320003@1)theres you, youre a mess To be made, a mess to be made,
    D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)           A7 (x02020@1)                Da (xx0232@1)mess to be made and the dream starts to fade away