#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Message To My Girl Original Album: Conflicting Emotions Words and Music by Neil Finn Copyright ? 1983 Mushroom Records Pty Limited Published by Mushroom Music Publishing Pty Limited Transcribed by Gavin Chart (gavin_chart@hotmail.com) NOTES: I know: this is really a piano song. But I once saw Neil play this, solo, on guitar, so it can be done...just minus the piano flourishes! (If you have a friend who plays piano, though: even better!) Don't let the chord names put you off! The transitions in the last two verse lines all take place at the 6th fret, so practice keeping your 1st finger still, and moving your other fingers to form those chords. (Yeah, it's just practice...) The intro is a chug-along in 4/4. But you know how it sounds, right? Dampen the strings, near the bridge, with the edge of the strumming hand. Enjoy! INTRO: [Guitar Figure 1] [x4] Guitar Figure 1 B (x2444x@1) C#||------------------------|| (x43121@1)||------------------------|| ||*--4///////--6///////--*|| ||*--4///////--6///////--*|| ||---2///////--4///////---|| ||------------------------|| VERSE: B (x2444x@1) C# (x43121@1) B (x2444x@1) C# (x43121@1) I don't wanna say "I love you", that would give away too much Bbm (x13321@1) F7/A Bbm7 (x13121@1) F7/A It's hip to be detached and precious, Bbm (x13321@1) Bbm/9 Eb (x43121@3) the only thing you feel is vicious VERSE: B (x2444x@1) C# (x43121@1) B (x2444x@1) C# (x43121@1) I don't wanna say "I want you" even though I want you so much Bbm (x13321@1) F7/A Bbm7 (x13121@1) F7/A Wrapped up in conversation, Bbm (x13321@1) Bbm/9 Eb (x43121@3) whispered in a hush F#Though (244322@1)I'm frightened by the word G# (xx1114@1) G#7I (xx1112@1)think it's time I made it heard CHORUS: C# (x43121@1) F# (244322@1) C# (x43121@1) G#mNo (133111@4)more empty self-possession visions swept under the mat E (022100@1) F# (244322@1) C# (x43121@1)C#sus4 (x13341@4)C#It's (x43121@1)no New Year's Resolution, it's more than that VERSE: Now I wake up happy, warm in a lover's embrace No one else can touch us while we're in this place F#So (244322@1)I sing it to the world G# (xx1114@1) G#7A (xx1112@1)simple message to my girl [Repeat CHORUS] SOLO: [over verse chords] F#Though (244322@1)I'm frightened by the word G# (xx1114@1) G#7I (xx1112@1)think it's time I made it heard F#So (244322@1)I'll sing it to the world G# (xx1114@1) G#7A (xx1112@1)simple message to my girl [Repeat CHORUS] C# (x43121@1) F# (244322@1) C# (x43121@1) G#mNo (133111@4)there's nothing quite as real as the touch of your sweet hand E (022100@1) F# (244322@1) C# (x43121@1)C#sus4 (x13341@4)C#I (x43121@1)can't spend the rest of my life buried in the sand INTERLUDE: (played over intro chords: B C#) Oh every night I hear you call my name I wanna sleep in my dark bedroom I have a mind to express my pain But I won't get back in your tomb I wanna hear, I wanna hear, oh why you're gone And every night seems the same song Same song... I will be humming in my sleep I don't wanna say I don't wanna say... CODA (Chorus chords): C# - F# - C# - G#m E (022100@1) F# (244322@1) C# (x43121@1)C#sus4 (x13341@4)C#I (x43121@1)can't spend the rest of my life buried in the sand CHORDS: B (x2444x@1) x244xx C# x466xx (in INTRO) Bbm 688666 F7/A 687866 Bbm7 686666 Bbm/9 68 10 66x Eb (x43121@3) x68886 F# (244322@1) 244322 G# (xx1114@1) 466544 G#7 464544 C# (x43121@1) x46664 G#m 466444 E (022100@1) 022100 C#sus4 x46674