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This Citys A Mess

Said The Whale

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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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This Citys A Mess

Said The Whale