This Citys A Mess


Song: This City's a Mess Band: Said the Whale Album: Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia (Will be purchasable on iTunes June 10th, already for those of you living in Canada) Official website: http://www.saidthewhale.com/ I took the time to transcribe this the best I could. I'm not too sure about the ending it's hard for me to hear the chords being played, but I did my best. Hopefully if I'm it'll at least give you all something to work off of to figure it out correctly. Enjoy! Riff A: e-[----------------------------] B-[----------------------------] G-[----------------------------] D-[----------------------------] A-[--3--7--3--7---3--5--3--5---] E-[----------------------------] Riff B: e-[------------------------------------------------3-----------------------] B-[--13-13-13/15---17-17-17/---17-17-17--13/-----3------13-15---17-17-17/--] G-[------------------------------------------------------------------------] D-[------------------------------------------------------------------------] A-[------------------------------------------------------------------------] E-[------------------------------------------------------------------------] Riff C: e-[--0-0---0------------] B-[--0-0---0------3-0---] G-[--5-5---5------------] played 4 times D-[--5-5---5----5-------] A-[--3-3---3------------] E-[---------------------] Riff D: e-[----3--3/5-------------] B-[--3--------5--3/5------] G-[------------------5----] D-[-----------------------] A-[-----------------------] E-[-----------------------] Riff C and Riff D are played once more. Then comes the end section of the song: Riff E: (the 9-12-12------------------------------------] part is layered over the palm-muting) e-[-----------------------------------------------------] B-[-----------------------------------------------------] G-[-----------------------------------------------------] D-[---------------------------------------9---12---12/--] A-[--3-(continually played palm-muted)------------------] E-[-----------------------------------------------------] Riff F: e-[-----------------------] B-[-----------------------] G-[-2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----] D-[-2-2-2-2----5-5-5-5----] A-[-0-0-0-0----3-3-3-3----] E-[-----------------------] Riff G: (Strum each power chord for about 16 strokes, the rhythm is hard to hear so do your best) e-[---------------] B-[---------------] G-[---0-----3-----] D-[---2-----5-----] A-[---2-----5-----] E-[---------------] Riff H:(layered over riff F) e-[-------------------] B-[--17-----15--------] G-[-----17------17----] D-[-------------------] A-[-------------------] E-[-------------------]