Internal Dialogue - Maria Mena

Tuning 1 half step down
To be able to play the picking: drop the two lowest strings another two half steps
steps (E (or Eb) to Db and A (or Ab) to Gb). Final tuning: Db-Gb-Db-Gb-Bb-Eb

The chords noted are relative to the half step down tuning

Chords used when dropping the two lowest strings (recommended)

Dsus2    0xx230
Dsus2/Bb x3x230
Dsus2/G  x0x230
F (133211@1)      3x3211
C (x32010@1)      x5555x
Bb (x1333x@1)     x3333x
Dm (xx0231@1)     xx0231
C/E      xx2010
C/G      x0555x
C/D      0xx010

Intro:
   (Dsus2)
Eb|-------0------0---|
Bb|-----3------3-----|
Gb|---2------2-------|
Db|------------------|
Gb|------------------|
Db|-0----------------| x4

First verse:

   (Dsus2)          (Dsus2)            (Dsus2/Bb)       (Dsus2/G)
Eb|-------0------0-|-------0-------0-|-------0------0-|-------0------0-|
Bb|-----3------3---|-----3-------3---|-----3------3---|-----3------3---|
Gb|---2------2-----|---2-------2-----|---2------2-----|---2------2-----|
Db|----------------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
Gb|----------------|-----------------|-3--------------|-0--------------|
Db|-0--------------|-0---------------|----------------|----------------| x2

Chorus (Similar picking on chords) 

F (133211@1) C (x32010@1)  Dsus2 (xx0230@1)x2

Bb (x1333x@1)C (x32010@1)Dm (xx0231@1)C/EBb (x3111x@5) C/G  Dsus2

Second and third verse (picking)

Dsus2 (xx0230@1)C/D (x5555x@1)Bb (x1333x@1)C/Gx (3x555x@1)2  

Good luck!

/ Gustaf Friberg


Lyrics with chords:

Dsus2 (xx0230@1)                             Dsus2/Bb 
It must have been hard; staying in line
             Dsus2/G                     Dsus2 (xx0230@1)knowing your influences did it all the time
                                      Dsus2/Bb 
It must have been strange; living in blue
                 Dsus2/G        
and see me shut down as though

it was an easy thing to do


F (133211@1)                  CBut (x32010@1)you could tell where I had been
Dsus2
by the way I held my gun
F (133211@1)         C (x32010@1)           Dsus2Trying (xx0230@1)to write anything while being

mocked by an off beat drum

Bb (x1333x@1)       CBut (x32010@1)I was not honest
Dm (xx0231@1)      C/EI (x3111x@5)was not healthy
Bb (x1333x@1)       C/G (3x555x@1)     Dsus2I (xx0230@1)was not honest, honest.


Dsus2 (xx0230@1)            C/D (x5555x@1)                BbYou (x1333x@1)did the right thing, covered your scars
                 C/GChallenged (3x555x@1)your faith
                              Dsus2and (xx0230@1)closed your eyes driving cars
                   C/D (x5555x@1)              BbFor (x1333x@1)all that they knew you were safe home
                      C/GBut (3x555x@1)you went through hell

whenever you were left alone


F (133211@1)                  CBut (x32010@1)you could see where I had been
Dsus2
in the pictures that they took
F (133211@1)              CI (x32010@1)tried to look positive at things,
Dsus2
Faced myself but didn't look
Bb (x1333x@1)       CThat (x32010@1)was not honest
Dm (xx0231@1)      C/EI (x3111x@5)was not healthy
Bb (x1333x@1)       C/G (3x555x@1)     Dsus2I (xx0230@1)am not honest, honest.

Dsus2 (xx0230@1)          C/D (x5555x@1)                    BbI (x1333x@1)wish you could see yourself through my eyes
                    C/G (3x555x@1)               Dsus2 (xx0230@1)
There's no need to cling to unnecessary lies
                   C/D (x5555x@1)                 BbThe (x1333x@1)voice in your head whose spirit you stole
              C/G (3x555x@1)                Fleft (133211@1)you for dead but you dug the hole

(F)              CAnd (x32010@1)I can tell where you have been
Dsus2
from the marks around your wrists
F (133211@1)            CThe (x32010@1)red water washed around your sins
Dsus2
but are you as pure as this?

Bb (x1333x@1)        CNo (x32010@1)you are not honest
Dm (xx0231@1)      C/EYou (x3111x@5)are not healthy
Bb (x1333x@1)       C/G (3x555x@1)     Dsus2You (xx0230@1)are not honest, honest


Bb (x1333x@1)     Cyou (x32010@1)are not honest
Dm (xx0231@1)      C/Eyou (x3111x@5)are not healthy
Bb (x1333x@1)       C/G (3x555x@1)     Dsus2you (xx0230@1)are not honest, honest