INXS – I Send A Message (Guitar)

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I SEND A MESSAGE - INXS (The Swing 1984) ====================================================== Note: Not intended to be a correct guitar transcription, as the song is mainly a bass riff and keyboard licks. These are chords intended for a solo rhythm guitar player to approximate the song. ======================================================= [Intro]
Bb
(builds for 8 bars)
[Verse]
            C        Bb  C   F             C     Bb  C
Hey, In the silence,           I think of you

F          C        Bb  C   F            C       Bb   Cm
  I send a message,         hope it gets through

        Bb     C         Bb   C   F               C       Bb   C
  Think of the distance,             think of the miles

F          C        Bb   C   F              C       Bb   Cm      Bb
  Over the valleys,            could take a while
[Chorus]
A                 G
I miss the people

A                G
I miss the fun

A                    G
You're my apparition

A                  N.C.
She's my only one
[Verse]
       C      Bb   C   F              C      Bb   C
And I imagine            you standing here

F           C       Bb   C   F     C          Bb      Cm
  Like some animal,             so inspirational

    Bb     C     Bb   C      F            C       Bb  C
Mad at the world         for all the good reasons

F               C    Bb   C    F                C      Bb   Cm      Bb
  Take away the pain              and drink the wine
[Chorus]
A                 G
I miss the people

A                G
I miss the fun

A                    G
You're my apparition

A                  N.C.
She's my only one
[Lead break]
|Gm   |Dm   |Gm   |Dm    |
                         (play it to me)
|C Bb |F C |C Bb |C | |C Bb |C |C Bb |Cm | |C Bb |C Bb |C Bb |C | [Verse]
             C        Bb   C   F             C    Bb   C
Yeah, In the silence,             I think of you

F          C        Bb   C      F            C       Bb   Cm
  I send a message,         and hope it gets through

  Bb           C         Bb  C   F              C      Bb   C
  Think of the distance,           think of the miles

F          C        Bb   C   F              C       Bb    Cm        Bb
  Over the valleys,            could take a while
[Chorus]
A                 G
I miss the people

A                G
I miss the fun

A                    G
You're my apparition

A
She's my only one
[Sax solo] |Gm |Dm |Gm |Dm | |Gm |Dm |Gm |Dm | [Chorus]
A                 G
I miss the people

A                G
I miss the fun

A                    G
You're my apparition

A  N.C.
She's my only one    yeah
[Outro] |C Bb |C F |C Bb C |