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Love Is A Mess

Key: E

Introduction:

      E   B   F#   C#m   E   B   F# 
verse 1
                                     B       F#/A#                                     G#m     F#                       E 
If it were up to me               there'd be an easier road than calvary
                                     B       F#/A#         G#m                             F#                         E 
If it were up to me                 you would have escaped the suffering
                                     G#m                       F#                                                                               E 
But you saved me through what i would have seen as a tragedy
                                                                 E                                                 B                                         F# 
I used to think that love should never have to bleed
     C#m                                                     E                                           B                                               F# 
I used to think that life was all about the dream
                 E 
But love is a mess
                   B 
And life is a death
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And you can't escape the cost
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Yea love is a mess
                 B                             F#                 E                             B   F#   C#m   E   B   F# 
The story of the cross     (oh's)
Verse 2
                                     B       F#/A#         G#m                               F#                                 E 
If it were up to me                               life would look more like the movies
                                     B       F#/A#       G#m                                     F#                         E 
If it were up to me                             i would choose a storybook ending
                                               G#m         F#                             E 
But i would never see the beauty of reality
                                                                 E                                                 B                                         F# 
I used to think that love should never have to bleed
     C#m                                                     E                                           B                                               F# 
I used to think that life was all about the dream
                   E 
But love is a mess
                   B 
And life is a death
                                   F#                                                           G#m 
And you can't escape the cost
                 E 
Yea love is a mess
                 B                             F#                 E                             B   F#   C#m   E   B   F# 
The story of the cross     (oh's)
Bridge
 F#                                           G#m 
God became a man heaven kissed the earth
 E 
The proof is in his hands that love is worth the hurt
 E                         B                                     F#         C#m 
You came down to meet my need
                         E                 B                               F# 
And saw beauty in the mess of me
                                                                 E                                                 B                                         F# 
I used to think that love should never have to bleed
     C#m                                                     E                                           B                                               F# 
I used to think that life was all about the dream
                 E 
But love is a mess
                   B 
And life is a death
                                   F#                                                           G#m 
And you can't escape the cost
                 E 
Yea love is a mess
                 B                             F#                 E                             B   F#   C#m   E   B   F# 
The story of the cross     (oh's)
Outro
 E                                               B                                   F#                                     C#m 
Can you believe the pain you see is more than just a tragedy
 E                                                     B                           F#                                 C#m 
Life is a death and love is a mess just embrace the cross
 E   B   F#                       C#m                         E   B   F# 
                                          the beauty of the cross