Los Lobos – The Mess Were In (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: David Hidalgo/Louie Pérez From: “By the Light of the Moon” (1987) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] 3/4 | C | [Verse 1]
G
 Got no money, but we've got our lives

C G
   A voice that's louder than any picket sign

C G                C      G
   Don't take away what is ours to keep

C G                                     G7
   This very land that lies beneath our feet

      C               Am   D     G
Don't know 'bout this mess we're in
[Verse 2]
C G
   Bombs are bursting in a far off land

C G
   Fire in the sky, a soldier takes his stand

C G              C         G
   Who's to say about these rules that men make

C G                            G7
  For what honor and for who's sake

      C               Am   D     G
Don't know 'bout this mess we're in
[Middle 8]
D
 The smoke is clearing and we see a light

G/D D
     Coming together for a different fight

G/D D                                    C
     All of us looking, finding our way again

            Am   D     G
Out of this mess we're in
[Verse 3]
C G
   Walking the streets because she has no home

C G
   All she has hangs on her flesh and bones

C G                C   G
   Too many nights sleeping without a warm bed

C G                                        G7
   She passes by, but they just turn their heads

      C               Am   D     G
Don't know 'bout this mess we're in
[Solo] | D | % | D9 | % | | D9 | % | C | C Am D | | G | G C | [Verse 4]
G
 Old man dying from too much drink

C G
   Blood and glass in the bathroom sink

C G                  C       G
   No one stopped to read the words that he wrote

C G                                    G7
   Or care to hear the stories that he told

      C               Am   D     G
Don't know 'bout this mess we're in
[Middle 8]
D
 The smoke is clearing and we see a light

G/D D
     Coming together for a different fight

G/D D                                    C
     All of us looking, finding our way again

            Am   D     G
Out of this mess we're in
[Outro]
            G7   C
Finding our way again

            Am   D     G
Out of this mess we're in

            G7   C
Finding our way again

            Am   D   [ G ]
Out of this mess we're in
3/4 | G | G C | G | G G7 | C | G