The Messenger Tab by Tea Party Band: Tea Party Song: The Messanger Tabbed by Deren (deren_s@hotmail.com) NOTES: This is a GREAT song from the Tea Party! TUNNING: The Tea Party has had some experiance in some wierd tunnings. This song is in double drop D. Tune your low and high E strings down to D. To tune down your low E, tune it on the 7th fret, to tune your high E hit the harmonic on the 12th fret of the 4th string (D) and tune the high E to match that pitch. CHORDS USED: (low to high) Bm: x24430 F#: 444x00 G: 555x00 A: 777x00 D: 000xxx NOTE: to get the right sound, bar the F#, G and A chords with your middle finger in an kind of "S" like position as to mute out the G string and leave the bottom two strings (B and D) to ring out. INTRO: Bm F# G A on the third time through, guitar 2 picks the chords like this: Bm F# G A d-----------0----------------0---------------------0----------------------0-------- b------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- g---------------4------------------------------------------------------------------- d---- 4------------------------4-----------------------5------------------------7 a--2-------------------4---------------------5-----------------------7--------------- D------------------4---------------------5-----------------------7---------------------- VERSE RIFT: Bm F# G A Bm F# G A Got a letter from a messanger, I read it when it came. Bm F# G A Bm F# G A It said that you where woulded, you where bound and chained. CHORUS RIFT: D G A D G A You where loved, you where handled. You where poisoned, you where pained. BACK TO VERSE RIFT: Oh no, you where naked you where shammed. VERSE 2: (same verse rift) You could almost touch Heaven, right there in front of you. If a teacher sent away on us, And there so much work to do. CHORUS RIFT: Oh a door that closes tightly, is a door I cant swing wide. VERSE RIFT: Oh nooo Oh nooo, im not expecting to collide. BRIDGE: G A G A G A G A For a minute I let my gaurde down, not afraid to be found out. G A G A G A G Completely forgoten, what our fears where all about. Back to VERSE RIFT: Oh no dear, there's no need to be without... VERSE 3: (same verse rift) If there's a chance I would take it, this desire I cant kill. Take my heart please dont break it, I will crawl to you for help. CHORUS RIFT: I am frightened, but I am comming. Please baby, please lay still. Back to VERSE RIFT: oh no, oh no, I'm not comming for the kill. X4 thats basicly it, questions, comments, concerns? plz email me. take care all. ==