Play this Mess (Chords)
These are the official lyrics and chords for the song “Play This Mess”. It’s track #3 from the album “Feast your Eyes on Me”.
One of the simpler, quieter songs. Best played with a leisurely picking pattern, not forcing anything.
As usual with my songs, however, it goes crazy with some chords during the bridge.
- C/B = X20030 (not that well-known as a chord)
- Dsus2 = X54030 (used in chorus for interest)
- Em* = X70080
- D* = X50070
- C* = X30050
- G* = X10 0 0 12 0
- D\F#* = X9 0 0 10 0
Intro
This is the “hook” of the song that keeps reappearing at the start, middle, and end.
Verse 1
Em C G
Hey lady from my memory
I still hear your words in dreams
D D7 C G
Like a map you drew the lines of my intentions
Em D C
Just your voice, dark nights and silent screams
Verse 2
Hey someone who could love me
Say goodbye to all your fears
We can just pretend that I was never here
It’s just that comfort song you hear
Chorus 1
C/B Cadd9
Oh darling darling
You don’t have to make a choice
If you want to, you can just
Dsus2
Play my voice
Em D C
On the radio
Verse 3
Hey ghosts hiding in cupboards
Hey monsters under the bed
What’s it like to be feared by so many
Yet never get any respect
Chorus 2
Oh baby baby
You don’t have to be distressed
If you want to
You can just play this mess
On your radio
Hook (5x)
Em C G
All the voices in your head
D/F#
All those things I never said
Bridge 1
Em* D* C/B C* C/B
We’re bruised, bent, and broken
Em* D* C/B C* D*
There’s no use denying
The words finally spoken
My poetic trying all leads to
G* D/F#* Em* D* C*
You ___
Chorus 3
Oh lovely, lovely
I’ll be gone before too long
But if you want to
You can just finish this song
On your own sweet time
Verse 4
Hey parts of you that loved me
Meet the words killed before speak
A stranger’s lips will sing my melody
The cards were dealt and so I yield
Chorus 4
Cause sweetheart, sweetheart
I’ll admit to one more fear
There won’t be songs of mine
That you will ever hear
On the radio
Outro
Just play the hook again and again, fading out