Mess — Real Friends
Chords and lyrics for Mess by Real Friends (key of D).
Verse 1
This is the riff they play through most of the song
When there's a D* you can either play the riff or just a D
The song is a half step down but to play the riff you have to be in drop Db
(C#)
Intro
[G]D*[Bm] [A](x2)[A]
Verse
D* D* Em G
The patience I once had is running away with my youth
[Em]Away in its [G]hands
D* D*
I've been neglecting who I am
That's just who I [Em]was back [G]then
Don't [Em]need to be [G]perfect, just [D]happy[G]
I'm [D]still a [G]lost [D]boy[G][Em]
I'm [D]still a [G]lost boy
Chorus
[G]Last year [Bm]I was a [A]trainwreck, now I'm just a [G]mess
Bm A D* D*
I'm letting go so I don't lose myself
Verse
D* D* Em G Em G
Every once in a while I listen to Death Cab and think about how it used to
be
D* D*
We thought that we knew the answers
[Em]When no one was [G]asking
[Em]Asking the [G]questions [D][G]
I'm [D]still a [G]lost [D]boy[G][Em]
I'm [D]still a [G]lost boy
Chorus
[G]Last year [Bm]I was a [A]trainwreck, now I'm just a [G]mess
I'm [Bm]letting [A]go so I don't lose myself[D]
I'm starting to [G]be where I need to be[D]
I'm starting to [G]be where I need to be
Bridge
[G] [G] [Bm] [A]
It feels like I've been [G]taking the long way for a while now
Haven't been at [Bm]home in more years than I [A]care to say
I keep [G]letting my past cover what the present shouldn't [Bm]be
What I shouldn't [A]be
Chorus
[D] Last year I was a [A]trainwreck, now I'm just a [G]mess
I'm [Bm]letting [A]go so I don't lose myself[D]
I'm starting to [G]be where I need to be[D]
I'm starting to [G]be where I need to be
Outro
D* D*
[Em] [G] [D]
X