Ellis Paul
Maria’s Beautiful Mess
I tabbed this song by watching Ellis live, so it may be different from the version
listening
to, since he plays it different in almost every recording. You really just have to play
with it for a while. It’s a pretty easy song to play once you get the basic concept
The tuning is very easy to get to, so don’t panic by how weird it looks. Have funn
tuning:
Also... the T means tap your low strings with your thumb.
Verse/Chorus
T T T T T T
|----------------------------------------14--------------12------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-12--------12h13p12--------0--10--------------------------------|
|----12--------------12-----------0--------------9---------------|
|--------------------------------------------------9-------------|
|-12--------12-----------------11--------11------9-------9-------|
T T T T T T
|---------------------------7------------0------5/7--5------0-----|
|-----------------------------------------------5/7---------------|
|-----------------------------------0h3-----------------0h1-------|
|-7-------9--------5----------------------------------------------|
|---7-------9--------5--------------------------------------------|
|-7-------9--------5--------5-------0h4---------0-------0h2-------|
T T T T T
|-2/4--0--------------4---------4--------4------------------------|
|------------4/5--------5---------5--------5----------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------| x2
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2/4--------4/5------5---------5--------5------------------------|
Interlude
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|
|-9~--------12~--------7~---------2~------| x2
|-9~--------12~--------7~---------2~------|
|-9~--------12~--------7~---------2~------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-x-x--9-9-9-9-9-x--12-12-x-x--12-12-12-12-12-x--7-7-x-x-7-7-7-7-7-x-----|
|-9-9-x-x--9-9-9-9-9-x--12-12-x-x--12-12-12-12-12-x--7-7-x-x-7-7-7-7-7-x-----|
|-9-9-x-x--9-9-9-9-9-x--12-12-x-x--12-12-12-12-12-x--7-7-x-x-7-7-7-7-7-x-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-x-x-2-2-2-2-2-x--------x4----------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-x-x-2-2-2-2-2-x--------------------------------------------------------|
|-2-2-x-x-2-2-2-2-2-x--------------------------------------------------------|
Outro
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-x-x--9-9-9-9-9-x--12-12-x-x--12-12-12-12-12-x--7-7-x-x-7-7-7-7-7-x-----|
|-9-9-x-x--9-9-9-9-9-x--12-12-x-x--12-12-12-12-12-x--7-7-x-x-7-7-7-7-7-x-----|
|-9-9-x-x--9-9-9-9-9-x--12-12-x-x--12-12-12-12-12-x--7-7-x-x-7-7-7-7-7-x-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7----|
|-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7----|
|-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7----|
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|-2-2-2-2---5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7----0~--------|
|-2-2-2-2---5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7----0~--------|
|-2-2-2-2---5-5-5-5-5---7-7-7-7-7----0~--------|