Ben Folds Five - Mess guitar tab

Pretty easy song... listen to it for the timing. I found it easier to use a capo on the

first fret, but if you want to try without, transpose everything a half step down.

Jim Tyyska

itslawnelf@yahoo.com

CAPO ON 1 (chords relative to capo - ie: F#m = Gm)

Verse: F#m B E D A C# 2x

Chorus: E D F#m E

Bridge: D Bm C# (and ending - end on F#m)

There was a time when I had nothing to explain

Oh, this mess I have made

But then things got complicated

My innocence has all but faded

Oh, this mess that I have made

And I don't believe in god

so I can't be saved

All alone as I've learned to be

In this mess that I have made

All the untested virtue

The things I said I'd never do

Least of all to you

I know he's kind and true

I know that he is good to you

He'll never care for you more than I do

But I don't believe in love

So I can't be changed

All alone as I've learned to be

In this mess

(Bridge)

I have made the same mistakes

Over and over again

There are some rooms in this house that I don't

Open anymore

Dusty books and pictures on the floor

That she will never see

She'll never see that part of me

I want to be for her

What I could never be for you

But I don't believe in god

so I can't be saved

All alone as I've learned to be

In this mess that I have made