The Tea Party - The Messenger

      
 
 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.
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