Bless This Mess Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][F][E][G][F][G][Em][G][F][E]

[Verse 1]
God, bless [E]the
[D]man[E] who falls[D][A]
God, bless the man [D]who yields
to tempta[E]tion[D][E]
God, bless the woman who suf[D]fers[E]
God, bless the woman who [D]weeps[A]
God, bless the chil[D]dren trying
her pa[E]tience
[D]

[Verse 2]
[G]
Trouble getting [F]over it [G]is [Eb]what you're in
For so [F]pour yourself [G]another
It'll take a [F]steady pair
[D]of [C]hands[Bb][A][G]
Holy or un[F]holy ghost [E]well now

[Verse 3]
[Eb]I can't tell but eithe[F]r way you cut it[G]
You should get some dis[F]tance
If you [C]plan to take [B]a stand[E]

[Verse 4]
God, bless the [E]house di[D]vided[E]
God, bless the weeds in the [D]wheat[A]
God, bless the lamp [D]lit
under a bushel
[E][G#m]

[Verse 5]
[C#m]
I discovered hell
[F#]To be the pois[Bm]on in the well[E]
So I [Am]tried to warn the
[D]others of the [E]curse[C#m]
Then my body [F#]turned on me

[Verse 6]
I [Bm]dreamt that for [B]etern[E] ity
My [Am]family would [D]burn then
I [G]awoke with a [B]wicked [E]thirst[A][D][E][D][C#m][A]
[D][C#m][E][A][D][E][D][C#m][A][D]
[E][D][E][G]
By my baby's yel[F]low bed

[Verse 7]
I [Eb]kissed her forehead
And [F]rubbed her little [G]tummy
Wondering if she'd [F]soon
despise [C]the smell
Of the booze on [Bb]my breath
like [A]her mo[G]m

[Verse 8]
Through a darkened [F]mirror
I have [Eb]seen my own [F]reflection
And it [G]makes me want to
[F]be a better [C]man
After [B]another [E]drink

[Verse 9]
God, bless the [E]man at the [D]crossroads
[E]God, bless the woman who
[D]still can't [A]sleep
God, bless the history [D]that doesn't

[Outro 1]
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