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Messages-Xavier Rudd CAPO 1 SINGLE STRUMMING

C

So come sit down

Am G

Will you talk with me now?

C

Let me see through your eyes

Am G

Where there is so much life

Am G

We are biding our time

Am G

For these myths to unwind

Am G C

These changes we will confront

C

So please beware

Am G

With every place that you head

C

Look to your soul

Am G

For these things that you know

Am G

For the trees that we see

Am G

Cannot forever breathe

Am G C

With the changes they will confront

Chorus:

Chords (patterned strumming) OR

TAB:

C F C F C G

E-----------—---------------—----------------------------------------------|

B--1--------1--------1--------1--------1--------1--------0--------0--------|

G-----0--------0--------2--------0--------2--------0--------0--------0-----|

D--------2--------2--------3--------2--------3--------2--------0--------0--|

A--3--------------------------3--------------------------------------------|

E--------------------1-----------------1-----------------3-----------------|

C F C F G C

E-----------—---------------—----------------------------------------------|

B--1--------1--------1--------1--------1--------0-------1--------1---------|

G-----0--------0--------2--------0--------2--------0-------0--------0------|

D--------2--------2--------3--------2--------3-------0--------2--------2---|

A--3--------------------------3-------------------------3------------------|

E--------------------1-----------------1--------3--------------------------|

You know some people

They just wont understand

They just wont understand these things

Thank you for your message

But I don't understand

No, I just wont understand these things

Pre-Verse:

Guitar 1:

C C G C

Guitar 2:

E----3--5--0—---3-------3-—----------------|

B------------------3/5-----3/5--3---3--1---|

G------------------------------------------|

D------------------------------------------|

A------------------------------------------|

E------------------------------------------|

All Verses:

C Am G Am G C

E--------------------------------- ------------------ ----------------|

B--1--------1--------1--------0--- -----1-------0---- -1-------1------|

G-----0--------0--------2--------0 --------2-------0- ----0-------0---|

D--------2--------2--------2------x2--------2-------0x3------2------2-|

A--3-----------------0------------ -----0------------ -3--------------|

E-----------------------------3--- -------------3---- ----------------|

All verse tab x2

Verse2:

For this sacred land

It has seen many hands

It has wealth and gold

Yet it is fragile and old

And all the greedy souls

Just don't care to know

Of the changes it will confront

So speak out loud

Of the things you are proud

And if you love this coast

Then keep it clean as it hopes

'Cause the way that it shines

May just dwindle with time

With the changes it will confront

Chorus x2

Pre-verse:

Guitar 1:

C C G C

Guitar 2:

E----3--5--0—---3-------3-—5--0-----3--5--0--3-------3--------------|

B------------------3/5-----------3--------------3/5-----5/3--3--1---|

G-------------------------------------------------------------------|

D-------------------------------------------------------------------|

A-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E-------------------------------------------------------------------|

E---8--5--3—-3/5--3-----0—3/5-—3-----0--3---3--5--0—3/5--0-----0-------|

B--------------------3------------3-------------------------3----3-3-1-|

G----------------------------------------------------------------------|

D----------------------------------------------------------------------|

A----------------------------------------------------------------------|

E----------------------------------------------------------------------|

Verse3:

So hold nice and close

Once you get to your soul

So that when it is cold

You won't feel so alone

'Cause the roads that you take

May just crack and break

With the changes you will confront

With each gift that you share

You may heal and repair

With each choice you make

You may help someone's day

Well I know you are strong

May your journey be long

And now I wish you the best of luck

Well I know you are strong

May your journey be long

And now I wish you the best of luck.

Chorus

Fade out

This is my first tab so i just wrote a one that was simlimar to the original song. Also

plays this on a Weissenborn (lap slide guitar)not a normal guitar