Bless This Mess Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

A♯ A♯7 G♯ G

GGod bless the manG7 who stumbles F

GGod bless the manG7 who falls F

CGod bless theC7 man who yields to tFemptation G G7 F

God bless the woman who suffers

God bless the woman who weeps

God bless the children trying her patience

 TrA♯ouble getting over G♯it is what you’F♯re in for

 So pouG♯r yourself another

 ‘A♯Cause it’ll take a steadG♯y pair of hands D♯ C♯ C/C♯

Holy or unholy ghost

Well now I can’t tell

But either way you cut it

You should get some distance if you plan

To take a stand

GGod bless the houG7se divided F

GGod bless the weeG7d in the wheat F

CGod bless thC7e lamp lit under aF bushel G G7 G Bm

EmI discovered hAell to be the poison in Dmthe well G

 So I trCmied to warn the others of tFhe curse G7 G

EmBut then my body turned Aon me

 I dDmreamt that for eternity Gmy family would burCmn F

 Then I awoke, A♯with a wicked thirst D

Verse Chords with woah woahs

A♯By my baby’s yellow bedG♯ I kissed her foreheF♯ad

 And rubbedG♯ her little tummy

A♯Wondering if she’d soon despise G♯the smell D♯

 Of the booze on my breatC♯h, like her mom C♯ C A♯

 Through a darkened mirror I have seenG♯ my own reflection F♯ G♯

 And it makesA♯ me want to be a better man G♯

D♯After another dDrink

God bless the man at the crossroads

God bless the woman who still can’t sleep

God bless the history that doesn’t repeat