The Messenger

INXS

tom:

E 022100
A x0222x 
D x00232

Pre-Chorus Chords
D x00770
A x07650

Chorus Chords 
E 079900
B 799x00

[Intro]
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-| x2
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|

[Post-Intro]
E|-------------------|------------------|
B|-------------------|------------------|
G|-4--4--4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4-------|
D|-4--4--4--4--4--4--|-4--4--4--4-------|
A|-2--2--2--2--2--2--|-2--2--2--2-------|
E|-------------------|------------------|

(can strum post-intro along with the drums, alternate fingering 799x00)

[Verse]
E                  
Look around
A                  
Give your eyes a new adventure
E                  
What you see
     A            
Is a mix of past and future
                  
D                  
Your moment
A                   
Is comin' ah


[Intro]
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
             Hold on,            hold on

[Pre-Chorus]                  
D                  
How you gonna be when tell they the story
A                  
Everything we took
A                  
Was it from each other
                  
[Intro]
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
             Hold on,            come on

[Chorus]                  
E                  
It's too late to get around it
E                  
Say goodbye to how we found it
B                  
This is what we least expected
B                  
Don't you put the blame on the messenger
                  
E                  
It's too late to get around it
E                  
Say goodbye to how we found it
B                  
This is what we least expected
B                  
Don't you put the blame on the messenger
                  
[Intro]
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
             Hold on,            hold on

[Verse]                  
E                  
I've seen the flames
     A              
That lick at survival
E                  
Check your dreams
  A                
Into the justice hotel
                  
D          A       
Your moment, is coming

[Intro]
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
             Hold on,            hold on

[Pre-Chorus]                  
D                  
How you gonna be when they tell the story
A                  
Everything we took
A                  
Was it from each other
                  

[Intro]
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
             Hold on,            hold on

[Chorus]                  
E                  
It's too late to get around it
E                  
Say goodbye to how we found it
B                  
This is what we least expected
B                  
Don't you put the blame on the messenger
                  
E                  
It's too late to get around it
E                  
Say goodbye to how we found it
B                  
This is what we least expected
B                  
Don't you put the blame on the messenger
                  

[Intro]
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
             Hold on,            hold on

[Pre-Chorus]                  
D                  
How you gonna be when they tell the story
A                  
Everything we took
A                  
Was it from each other


[Intro]
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
             Hold on,            ow

[Pre-Chorus]                  
D                  
How you gonna be when they tell the story
A                  
Everything we took
A                  
Was it from each other


[Intro]
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
             Hold on,            hold on

[Chorus]                  
E                  
It's too late to get around it
E                  
Say goodbye to how we found it
B                  
This is what we least expected
B                 
Don't you put the blame on the messenger

E                  
It's too late to get around it
E                  
Say goodbye to how we found it
B                  
This is what we least expected
B                 
Don't you put the blame on the messenger                 

[Intro]
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
             Hold on,            uh-huh

[Intro]
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------| 
             Hold on,            hold on

[Chorus]                  
E                  
It's too late to get around it
E                  
Say goodbye to how we found it
B                  
This is what we least expected
B                 
Don't you put the blame on the messenger

E                  
It's too late to get around it
E                  
Say goodbye to how we found it
B                  
This is what we least expected
B                 
Don't you put the blame on the messenger 


[Intro]
E|-------------------|-------------------|
B|-----------------3-|-------------------|
G|-4--4----------2---|-4--4----------2---|
D|-4--4------2-4-----|-4--4------2-4---2-|
A|-2--2--2-5---------|-2--2--2-5---------|
E|-------------------|-------------------|
         Huh-ha yeah,             Come on