Mess

Ben Folds Five

INTRO
Gm F/G Gm -
(loop)

VERSE 1
Gm - - -
C - F -
Eb - Bb -
D7 - - -
(x2)
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 i have made
Gm F/G Gm -
Gm F/G Gm -

CHORUS
F - - -
Eb - - -
Gm - - -
F - - -
(x2)
and i don't believe in god
so i can't be saved
All alone as i've learned to be
in this mess i have made
Gm F/G Gm -
Gm F/G Gm -

Verse 2
Gm - - -
C - F -
Eb - Bb -
D7 - - -
(x2)
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
Gm F/G Gm -
Gm F/G Gm -

CHORUS
F - - -
Eb - - -
Gm - - -
F - - -
(x2)
but i don't believe in love
and i can't be changed
All alone as i've learned to be
in this mess i have made

BRIDGE
Eb F/Eb Eb -
Eb F/Eb Eb -
Cm7 - - -
Cm7 - - -
D - - -
D - - -
the same mistakes
over and over again
Gm F/G Gm -
Gm F/G Gm -

Verse 3
Gm - - -
C - F -
Eb - Bb -
D7 - - -
(x2)
there are rooms in this house that i don't open anymore
dusty books of 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
Gm F/G Gm -
Gm F/G Gm -

CHORUS
F - - -
Eb - - -
Gm - - -
F - - -
but i don't believe in love
and i can't be changed
Dm - - -
Eb - - -
Gm - - -
F - - -
All alone as i've learned to be
in this mess i have made

BRIDGE
Eb F/Eb Eb -
Eb F/Eb Eb -
Cm7 - - -
Cm7 - - -
D - - -
D - - -
the same mistakes
over and over again
Gm F/G Gm -
Gm F/G Gm -