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This Mess We're In chords by PJ Harvey, Thom Yorke (Official Version)

GuitarPianoUkulele

Am
C/G
Dm
C
F
G
Gsus4
Am9

Intro 1
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
Dm 
C 
Dm 
C 
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
F 
G 
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
F 
Gsus4 
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 

Verse 1
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
Can   you hear them?
Am 
C/G 
The helicopters?
Am 
C/G 
Dm 
C 
I'm in    New York
Dm 
C 
No need for words now
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
We sit in silence
Am 
C/G 
You look  me
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
In    the eye directly
Am 
C/G 
You met   me
Dm 
C 
G 
F 
I think it's Wednesday
Am 
C/G 
The evening
Am 
C/G 
The mess we're in    and

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Chorus 1

F

Gsus4

Am

C/G

(Oh) The city sunset over me

Am

C/G

(Oh)

F

Gsus4

The city sunset over me

Am

C/G

Am

C/G

(Night and day)

Verse 2
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
I dream of
Am 
C/G 
making love
Am 
C/G 
To you now, baby
Dm 
C 
Dm 
C 
Love-making on-screen
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
Impossible dream
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
And I     have seen
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
The sunrise Over the river
Dm 
C 
The freeway
G 
F 
Am 
C/G 
Reminding of
Am 
C/G 
this mess we're in    and

Chorus 2

F

Gsus4

Am

C/G

(Oh) The city sunset over me

Am

C/G

(Oh)

F

Gsus4

The city sunset over me

Am

C/G

Am

C/G

Interlude 1
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
Dm 
C 
Dm 
C 
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
Dm 
C 
G 
F 
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
(Oh)

Chorus 3

F

Gsus4

The city sunset over

Am

C/G

Am

C/G

me (Oh)

F

Gsus4

The city sunset over me

Am

C/G

Am

C/G

(What were you)

Verse 3
Am 
C/G 
wanting? (What was it you wanted?)
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
I just want  to say (..just wanna say)
Am 
(Don't ever change)
C/G 
Dm 
C 
Don't ever  change now, baby
(and thank you)
Dm 
C 
And thank you
Am 
C/G 
(I don't think we will meet  again)
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
I don't think we    will meet again
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
You   must leave now
Am 
C/G 
before the sunrise
(and the city landscape)
Dm 
C 
G 
above skyscrapers
F 
(Sweat on my skin)
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
the sin and this mess we're in    and

Chorus 4
F 
Gsus4 
Am 
C/G 
(Oh) The city sunset over me
Am 
C/G 
(Oh)
F 
Gsus4 
The city sunset over me
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
(Oh)
F 
Gsus4 
The city sunset over
Am 
C/G 
Am 
C/G 
me (Oh)
F 
Gsus4 
The city sunset over me
Am 
C/G 
Am9 

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Am
C/G
Dm
C
F
G
Gsus4
Am9

Tuning: E A D G B EDifficulty: EasyKey: A minorBPM: 127

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Finger positions, low to high (E A D G B e). 0 is open, x is muted.

Am: x-0-2-2-1-0
C/G: 3-x-2-0-1-0
Dm: x-x-0-2-3-1
C: x-3-2-0-1-0
F: x-3-3-2-1-x
G: 3-2-0-0-0-3
Gsus4: 3-x-0-0-1-3
Am9: x-0-5-5-0-0

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This is the definitive original version of This Mess We're In by PJ Harvey, Thom Yorke, transcribed exactly as it was recorded in the studio. Unlike our simplified arrangement, this chart preserves the precise chord voicings and progressions in the original key of A minor. It suits players who want to learn This Mess We're In the way PJ Harvey, Thom Yorke intended, without oversimplifying the arrangement.

This Mess We're In

PJ Harvey, Thom Yorke

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