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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 C# ||------------------------|| ||------------------------|| ||*--4///////--6///////--*|| ||*--4///////--6///////--*|| ||---2///////--4///////---|| ||------------------------|| VERSE:
B I don't wanna say &quC#ot;I love yBou", that would giveC# away too much Bbm It's hip to be deF7/Atached and Bbm7precious,F7/A Bbm Bbm/9 Eb the only thing you feel is vicious
VERSE:
B I don't wanna say &quC#ot;I want Byou" even though I waC#nt you so much Bbm Wrapped up in F7/AconverBbm7sation, F7/A Bbm Bbm/9 Eb whispered in a hush
Though I'm F#frightened by the word I think it's G#time I made it G#7heard
CHORUS:
No more C#empty self-poF#ssession visions C#swept under the G#mmat It's no ENew Year's ResoF#lution, it's more than C#thatC#sus4 C#
VERSE: Now I wake up happy, warm in a lover's embrace No one else can touch us while we're in this place
So I F#sing it to the world A simple G#message to my G#7girl
[Repeat CHORUS] SOLO: [over verse chords]
Though I'm F#frightened by the word I think it's G#time I made it G#7heard So I'll F#sing it to the world A simple G#message to my G#7girl
[Repeat CHORUS]
No there's C#nothing quite as F#real as the C#touch of your sweet G#mhand I can't Espend the rest of F#my life buried in the C#sandC#sus4 C#
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
I can't Espend the rest of F#my life buried in the C#sandC#sus4 C#
CHORDS: B x244xx C# x466xx (in INTRO) Bbm 688666 F7/A 687866 Bbm7 686666 Bbm/9 68 10 66x Eb x68886 F# 244322 G# 466544 G#7 464544 C# x46664 G#m 466444 E 022100 C#sus4 x46674