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
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[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