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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--------------------

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