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MESS OF ME ACOUSTIC SWITCHFOOT
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Tabbed By:hurricaneherman
Tuning:Standard
Here is the bass tab for Switchfoot's song Mess of Me Acoustic version,
from their deluxe Hello Hurricane album.
~INTRO~
The bass starts at the end of the second measure.
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|--------------------------------12--------------------------12\0|

~VERSE~
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------|X[3] E|(0)----------------------------0----0-0---0---0---0---0/3-3-3\0-|

I am my own affliction
I am my own disease
There ain't no drug that they could sell
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|---------------------------12\-0----0-0---0---0---0---0/3-3-3\0-|

Nah there ain't no drug to make me well there ain't no drug
~PRE-CHORUS~
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|0----0-0---0---0---0---0-0-5h7--0----0-0---0---0---0---0-0-5h7--|

There ain't no drug There ain't no drug
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|0----0-0---0---0---0---0-0-5h7--0----0-0---0---0---5---5-5-3--3-|

It's not enough the sickness is myself
~CHORUS~
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------3----3-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3-3| E|0----0-0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------|

I've made a mess of me I want to get back the rest of me
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------2----2-2---2---2---2---2-2-2-2-2| E|3----3-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3-3--------------------------------|

I've made a mess of me I want to spend the rest of my life
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------3----3-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3-3| E|0----0-0---0---0---0---0-0-0-0-0--------------------------------|

Alive I've made a mess of me I want to reverse this tragedy
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|--------------------------------2----2-2---2---2---2---2-2-2-2-2| E|3----3-3---3---3---3---3-3-3-3-3--------------------------------|

I've made a mess of me I want to spend the rest of my life
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|3----3-3---3---3------------------------------------------------| E|----------------7----7-7---7---7/12-----------------------------|

Alive the rest of my life alive
~INTERLUDE~
Play the intro riff.
~VERSE 2~
G|----------------------------------------these are 10's and 12's-| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------------10121212--| E|0---------------------------------------------------10--------10|

We lock our souls in cages
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------12--10-------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------12---------------------------|

We hide inside our shells
G|---------------------------------------------still 10's and 12's| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------------7-7-7--------------12--1212----| E|-----------------------0---3---5-------0--------1012--------12--|

It's so hard to free the ones you love
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|---------------------------0---10--1212--------------10--121212-| E|---------------------------0------------0--------0-10-----------|

Oh when you can't forgive yourself yeah forgive yourself
~REPEAT PRE-CHORUS~
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~INTERLUDE~
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|0----0-0---0---0---0----0-0---0---0---5----5-5---5---7---7-7---7|

~BRIDGE~
This is where it gets fun.
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------14--| A|------------------------------------------------10--------------| E|0--------------/10--------------9-------------------------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|------------------------------------------------------------14--| A|-----------------()-----------------------------()------------| E|0----0-0---9-10-10b-------------0----0-0---9-10-10b-------------| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|12--------------10--------------9---------------8-------7------/|

There ain't no drug there ain't no drug there ain't no drug no drug to make me
G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|------------------------------------------------14------14-14-14| E|12--------------12--------------12------------------------------|

Well there ain't no drug it's not enough I'm breaking up the sickness is
G|--------------------------------| D|10------10-10-10----------------| A|----------------14------14-14-14| E|--------------------------------|

Myself the sickness is myself
~REPEAT CHORUS~
~OUTRO~
G|----------------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------------|X[2] E|/12---12-12-12-12-12----/12---12-12-12-12-12----/12---12-12-12-12-12--| G|----------------------------------------------------------------| D|----------------------------------------------------------------| A|----------------------------------------------------------------| E|/12--------------------------------------------------------12\0-|

| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
This tab should be 100% correct, but if you happen to find something wrong,
You can leave a comment, so I can fix it.
The bass sounded so cool for this song, that I just had to tab it. I hope
You enjoy my interpretation of mess of me acoustic.
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Source: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/switchfoot/mess_of_me_acoustic_btab.html

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