G       D/F#  Em 
I'm a mess
G                                                     C
I should be filling rooms with the sweet smell of success
D                                  C       G
I'm a mess look at what I've been reduced to
G                                             C
I don't blame you for sayin no when you should have said yes
D                                       G      
But darlin, darlin, darlin, look at me now I'm a mess

G                D/F#     G                 C
I'm a mess, I'm a wreck        I'm really on the deck
        D                   C  G
I'm a mess, look at how I'm living
G                         B                          C
Some of these days I'm gonna get back on my feet and quit this blue address
      D                                            G
But darlin, darlin, darlin, in the meantime I'm a mess

B                              C
The smart set, I used to run around with are invisible now
G                                                 
They all cut me loose when one said that what I've got might just rub of on 
       C
them somehow
        G  D/F#  G                          C
I'm a mess,             for want of your caress
D                                       G
Darlin, darlin, darlin, look at me now I'm a mess