Artist: mewithoutYou Title: Messes of Men Album: Brother, Sister Tabbed By: RockAddict311 Email: rockaddict311@yahoo.com Standard Tuning Intro: Clean/Fingerpicked |-------------------|-------------------| |-1--3p1-5--------3-|-1--3p1-5----------| |---2-------1-2-4---|---2-------1-4-----| |-------------------|---------------2---| |-0------3----------|-0------3----------| |-----------0---3---|-----------0-------| |-------------------| |-1--3p1-5--------3-| |---2-------1-2-4---| |-------------------| |-0------3----------| |-----------0---3---| "I do not exist," we faithfully insist, Sailing in our separate ships and from each tiny caravel. |-------------------| |-1--3p1-5----------| |---2-------1-------| |-------------------| |-0------3----------| |-----------0-------| Tiring of trying, there's a unnecessary dying, Like the horseshoe crab in its proper season sheds its shell. |-------------------| |-1--3p1-5--------3-| |---2-------1-2-4---| |-------------------| |-0------3----------| |-----------0---3---| Such distance from our friends, Like a scratch across the lens, Made everything look wrong from anywhere we stood. |-------------------| |-1--3p1-5----------| |---2-------1-4-----| |---------------2---| |-0------3----------| |-----------0-------| And our paper blew away before we'd left the bay. So half-blind, we wrote these songs on sheets of salty wood. Main Verse: Clean/Reverb Am (x02210@1) C (x32010@1) E (022100@1)You caught me making eyes at the other boatman's wives, G (320003@1) AmAnd (x02210@1)heard me laughing louder at the jokes told by their daughters. C (x32010@1) EI'd (022100@1)set my course for land, but you well understand, AmIt (x02210@1)takes a steady hand to navigate adulterous waters. C (x32010@1) EThe (022100@1)propeller's spinning blades held acquaintance with the waves, G (320003@1) AmAs (x02210@1)there's mistakes I've made no rowing could outrun. c (x3101x@1) EThe (022100@1)cloth low on the mast, I say I got no past, AmI'm (x02210@1)nonetheless the librarian and secretary's son. C (x32010@1) EThe (022100@1)tarnish on my brass, the mildew on my glass- G (320003@1) AmI'd (x02210@1)never want someone so crass as to want someone like me. C (x32010@1) EBut (022100@1)a few leagues off the shore, I bit a flashing lure, AmAnd (x02210@1)I assure you, it was not what I expected it to be! C (x32010@1) EI (022100@1)still tastes its kiss, that dull hook in my lip G (320003@1) AmIs (x02210@1)a memory as useless as a rod without a reel. C (x32010@1) ETo (022100@1)an anchor ever dropped, sea-sick yet still docked, AmCaptain (x02210@1)spotted napping with his first mate at the wheel. C (x32010@1) EFloating (022100@1)forgetfully along, with no need to be strong, G (320003@1) AmWe (x02210@1)keep our confessions long, but when we pray we keep it short. CI (x32010@1)drank a thimble full of fire, EI'm (022100@1)not ever coming back... AmOh, (x02210@1)my God. C (x32010@1) E"I (022100@1)do not exist," we faithfully insist, G (320003@1) AmWhile (x02210@1)watching sink the heavy ship with everything we knew. C (x32010@1) EAnd (022100@1)if ever you come near, I'll hold up high a mirror. Lord, I could never show you anything as beautiful as you! 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