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MESA, AZ - Bad Books
Tabbed by: Corey Mahoney
E-mail: corey.mahoney@gmail.com
Tuning: Standard
Just missing the solo and a few riffs in between stuff. I use some different chords than the other tab for this
song by ytomk, who did an excellent job and I stole his or her formatting for the verses. Thanks ytomk!
INTRO:
e|-------------0------------|
B|----------3-----3---------|
G|-------5--------------0---|
D|--2/4--------------4------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|
CHORDS USED (SOME ARE UNCONVENTIONAL):
G C/G G/F# Em A A7 D
E -3---0----3----0---------0----0--|
B -0---1----0----0---------2----3--|
G -0---0----0----0----0----0----0--|
D -0---2----0----2----0----2----4--|
A -x---3----x----2----4----0----5--|
E -3---3----2----0----5------------|
VERSE:
GWe passed 800 miles talking C/Gcircles about living with lGoss
C/GYou said your sense of humor's always helped you get above & Gacross
GEvery hurdle, every chasm, every shoC/Gcking & unspeakableG blow
C/GJust proves the universe is chaos so you laugh to clear the lump from your
thGroat G G/F#
[PRETTY BIG EMPHASIS ON THIS G - G/F# - Em TRANSITION OF BASS NOTES]
EmBut if you're fixed on being bitAter
Go be bitGter on your oA7wn
We're still two hoC/Gurs from El Paso
ArizonaD's such a long way Gto go
Then play this very slight variation of the INTRO (with a
quicker opening slide and one extra note toward the end):
e|-------------0---------------|
B|----------3-----3------------|
G|-------5-----------5-----0---|
D|--2/4-----------------4------|
A|-----------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|
Then back to another VERSE:
The chemicals were coursing through our bloodstreams at incongruous rates
I was time-traveling inward through a past life I can never erase
You were hanging out the window, you said: 'We're just a beggar's banquet in space'
Then you were laughing at the moon and you were cursing it for wearing your face
Me & New Mexico are orphans
Or is it bastards? Either way:
I think I know a guy in Roswell
We'll hitch a moonride, steal you back your face
INTERLUDE: Repeat VERSE, and make sure you play that G - G/F# - Em transition into the next part,
You sleep and Emwhistle 'Blackbird' Abackwards
while my eyes Gcut her name in clA7ay.
You wake to MeC/Bsa, Arizona
Say, 'Let it gDo. She'll change her mind somGeday.'
You took the wheel in C/BMesa, Arizona.
Said, 'I got tDhe rest, man.
You can drift awaGy.'
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I've heard Kevin plays it a half step down live if you want to try it, but the recording is definitely in
standard. Also, when he plays it he will occasionally throw in stuff like this on the G:
e|--3-------|
B|--0-------|
G|--0--2--0-|
D|--0-------|
A|--x-------|
E|--3-------|
and even more occasionally follow that up with:
e|--------|
B|--------|
G|------0-|
D|--0h2---|
A|--------|
E|--------|
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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