The Mess Inside chords by The Mountain Goats

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Verse 1
D 
G 
 (D major)  (G major) We took a weekend,
C 
drove to Provo  (C major) 
G 
The snow was white and fluffy  (G major) 
A weekend in Utah won't fix
C 
what's wrong with us  (C major) 
The gray sky was vast and
real cryptic above me

Verse 2

I wanted you

To love me like you used to do

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Verse 3

We took two weeks in the Bahamas

Went out dancing every night

Tried to find the creeping sense of

dread with temporal things

Most of the time I guess I felt alright

Verse 4

But I wanted you

To love me like you used to do

Verse 5
C 
But you cannot run  (C major) 
And you cannot hide
G 
From  (G major) the wreck we've
C 
made of our house  (C major) 
D 
From the mess in (D major) side
G 
 (G major) 

Verse 6
C 
We went down to New Orleans  (C major) 
G 
One weekend in the spring  (G major) 
Looked hard for what we'd lost
C 
It was painful  (C major) to admit it
D 
but we could (D major) n't find a thing

Verse 7

I wanted you

To love me like you used to do

Verse 8
G 
 (G major) We went to New York City
in September
C 
Took the  (C major) train out of Manhattan
to the Grand Army stop
G 
Found that  (G major) bench we'd sat together
on a thousand years ago
C 
When I felt  (C major) such love for you I
D 
thought  (D major) my heart was gonna pop

Verse 9

I wanted you

To love me like you used to do

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Verse 10
G 
C 
But I cannot run  (G major)  (C major) 
G 
And I can't hide  (G major) 
From the wreck we've
C 
made of our house  (C major) 
D 
From the mess in (D major) side