Love Is A Mess by Citizen Way
Key: DD | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 

Intro
D / A / E / Bm / D / A / E


Verse 1
                  A    E/G#                   F#m   E            D
If it were up to me        there'd be an easier road than Calvary
                  A    E/G#     F#m               E             D
If it were up to me         You would have escaped the suffering
                  F#m            E                           D
But You saved me through what I would have seen as a tragedy


Chorus 1
                                D                        A    E          
I USED TO THINK THAT LOVE SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO BLEED
  Bm                           D                      A     E
I USED TO THINK THAT LIFE WAS ALL ABOUT THE DREAM
        D
BUT LOVE IS A MESS
         A
AND LIFE IS A DEATH 
                 E                  F#m                             
AND YOU CAN'T ESCAPE THE COST
        D
YEA LOVE IS A MESS
        A               E         D       A / E / Bm / D / A / E
THE STORY OF THE CROSS   (Oh's)


Verse 2
                  A    E/G#     F#m                E                 D
If it were up to me                life would look more like the movies
                  A    E/G#    F#m                   E             D
If it were up to me               I would choose a storybook ending
                       F#m     E               D
But I would never see the beauty of reality


Chorus 2
                                D                         A       E          
I USED TO THINK THAT LOVE SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO BLEED
  Bm                           D                      A         E
I USED TO THINK THAT LIFE WAS ALL ABOUT THE DREAM
     

(Chorus 2 cont' C)   
         D
BUT LOVE IS A MESS
         A
AND LIFE IS A DEATH 
                 E                  F#m                             
AND YOU CAN'T ESCAPE THE COST
        D
YEA LOVE IS A MESS
        A               E         D      A / E / Bm / D / A / E
THE STORY OF THE CROSS   (Oh's)


Bridge
E                      F#m
God became a man heaven kissed the earth
D
The proof is in His hands that love is worth the hurt
D             A                   E     Bm    
You came down to meet my need
            D         A                E
And saw beauty in the mess of me


Chorus 3
                                D                         A     E          
I USED TO THINK THAT LOVE SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO BLEED
  Bm                           D                      A         E
I USED TO THINK THAT LIFE WAS ALL ABOUT THE DREAM
        D
BUT LOVE IS A MESS
         A
AND LIFE IS A DEATH 
                 E                F#m                             
AND YOU CAN'T ESCAPE THE COST
        D
YEA LOVE IS A MESS
        A               E         D      A / E / Bm / D / A / E
THE STORY OF THE CROSS   (Oh's)


Outro
D                        A                  E                   Bm
Can you believe the pain you see is more than just a tragedy
D                           A              E                 Bm
Life is a death and love is a mess just embrace the cross 
D / A / E            Bm             D / A / E
                     the beauty of the cross