INXS – The Messenger (Guitar Tab)

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Chords

Chord fingering below is used to add dynamic to this single-guitar acoustic arrangement. Verse Chords E 022100 A x0222x D x00232 Pre-Chorus Chords D x00770 A x07650 Chorus Chords E 079900 B 799x00
[Intro]
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|x2
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|

[Post-Intro]
e|-------------------|------------------|
B|-------------------|------------------|
G|-4--4--4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4-------|
D|-4--4--4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4-------|
A|-2--2--2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2-------|
E|-------------------|------------------|
(can strum post-intro along with the drums, alternate fingering 799x00) [Verse] E Look around A Give your eyes a new adventure E What you see A Is a mix of past and future D Your moment A Is comin' ah
[Intro]
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|            
             Hold on,            hold on
[Pre-Chorus] D How you gonna be when tell they the story A Everything we took A Was it from each other
[Intro]
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|            
             Hold on,            come on
[Chorus] E It's too late to get around it E Say goodbye to how we found it B This is what we least expected B Don't you put the blame on the messenger E It's too late to get around it E Say goodbye to how we found it B This is what we least expected B Don't you put the blame on the messenger
[Intro]
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|            
             Hold on,            hold on
[Verse] E I've seen the flames A That lick at survival E Check your dreams A Into the justice hotel D A Your moment, is coming
[Intro]
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|            
             Hold on,            hold on
[Pre-Chorus] D How you gonna be when they tell the story A Everything we took A Was it from each other
[Intro]
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|            
             Hold on,            hold on
[Chorus] E It's too late to get around it E Say goodbye to how we found it B This is what we least expected B Don't you put the blame on the messenger E It's too late to get around it E Say goodbye to how we found it B This is what we least expected B Don't you put the blame on the messenger
[Intro]
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|            
             Hold on,            hold on
[Pre-Chorus] D How you gonna be when they tell the story A Everything we took A Was it from each other
[Intro]
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|            
             Hold on,            ow
[Pre-Chorus] D How you gonna be when they tell the story A Everything we took A Was it from each other
[Intro]
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|            
             Hold on,            hold on
[Chorus] E It's too late to get around it E Say goodbye to how we found it B This is what we least expected B Don't you put the blame on the messenger E It's too late to get around it E Say goodbye to how we found it B This is what we least expected B Don't you put the blame on the messenger
[Intro]
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|            
             Hold on,            uh-huh

[Intro]
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|             
             Hold on,            hold on
[Chorus] E It's too late to get around it E Say goodbye to how we found it B This is what we least expected B Don't you put the blame on the messenger E It's too late to get around it E Say goodbye to how we found it B This is what we least expected B Don't you put the blame on the messenger
[Intro]
e|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
         Huh-ha yeah,             Come on