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Mess

Ben Folds Five
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
 2x
 (and ending - end on )
 There was a time when I had nothing to explain
 Oh, this mess I have made
 But then things got complicated
 My innocence has all but faded
 Oh, this mess that I have made
 And I don't believe in god
 so I can't be saved
 All alone as I've learned to be
 In this mess that I have made
 All the untested virtue
 The things I said I'd never do
 Least of all to you
 I know he's kind and true
 I know that he is good to you
 He'll never care for you more than I do
 But I don't believe in love
 So I can't be changed
 All alone as I've learned to be
 In this mess
 (Bridge)
 I have made the same mistakes
 Over and over again
 There are some rooms in this house that I don't
 Open anymore
 Dusty books and pictures on the floor
 That she will never see
 She'll never see that part of me
 I want to be for her
 What I could never be for you
 But I don't believe in god
 so I can't be saved
 All alone as I've learned to be
 In this mess that I have made

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Readable chord sheet for Mess by Ben Folds Five

[F#m]  [B]  [E]  [D]  [A]  [C#] 2x

[E]  [D]  [F#m]  [E]

[D]  [Bm]  [C#]  (and ending - end on [F#m])

There was a time when I had nothing to explain
Oh, this mess I have made
But then things got complicated
My innocence has all but faded
Oh, this mess that I have made

And I don't believe in god
so I can't be saved
All alone as I've learned to be
In this mess that I have made

All the untested virtue
The things I said I'd never do
Least of all to you
I know he's kind and true
I know that he is good to you
He'll never care for you more than I do

But I don't believe in love
So I can't be changed
All alone as I've learned to be
In this mess
(Bridge)
I have made the same mistakes
Over and over again

There are some rooms in this house that I don't
Open anymore
Dusty books and pictures on the floor
That she will never see
She'll never see that part of me
I want to be for her
What I could never be for you

But I don't believe in god
so I can't be saved
All alone as I've learned to be
In this mess that I have made

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