The Classic Crime

Broken Mess Chords

Broken Mess-The Classic Crime

CAPO 1

VERSE
           C             Dm 
He can't sleep, he can't eat

            Am 
He keeps thinking about her

C                  G             F 
Behind the locked door of her bedroom

          Am                    C
As she knowingly tortures the shell

         G              F
That is left of her bridegroom

VERSE 2 

And what did he do to deserve
This whore of a wife who parades
Her disgrace to his face now
When he loved her and gave up his life
In more ways than she knows how

CHORUS
G                          C                 Am 
And all I can say is that love is a terrible art

                 Dm                             G
It's a hook in the heart that can drag you on broken glass

             C                          Am 
And as you protest the shards in your flesh

                         Dm                         G          Am 
The hook tears out your chest until you're just a broken mess

VERSE

Where is God in this rot?
Depraved she commits the most heinous
Of sins and breaks her vows
But he loves her despite all the crimes
She devises in his house

VERSE 2 

Where is God? I've been taught
That He's close to the broken
It's true I have spoken with Him some
When I look in my brother's eyes
I can see where his love comes from

CHORUS

And all he can say is that love is a terrible art
It's a hook in the heart that can drag you on broken glass
And as you protest the shards in your flesh
The hook tears out your chest until you're just a broken mess

BRIDGE 
F                 G
But he has mercy on her lover

     C 
And does not bleed him dry

    Dm             Am                   G
A credit to his self-control if it were me


That monster would probably die

CHORUS

Love is a beautiful thing
She can make your heart sing
When you're walking on broken glass

OUTRO

C
She will open your eyes

Am
Make your heart feel alive

Dm
Point you toward the sunrise

G
Help you leave all this broken mess behind

F    G                Em 
Love is a beautiful thing

F                    C             G
Will you leave your broken mess behind?

     F   G               Em 
Oh, love is a beautiful thing

F                     C           G
Will you leave your broken mess behind?

     F   G     Em 
Oh, love, oh, love

F                     C           G
Will you leave your broken mess behind?

     F    G    Em 
Oh, love, oh, love

F                     C            G
Will you leave your broken mess behind?