Artist: Jason Mraz
Song: A Beautiful Mess
Tuning: Standard
Tabbed based on Live at Mix 106.5 - 040408
"http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=46nKYtxyM7g&feature=PlayList&p=697DA0D6BDD67176&index=13"
plus minute changes myself. I prefer to keep the 1st 2 strings (e & B) open for chords A & B. (:
Chords:
E 022100
G#m7 4x4400
F#m7 2x2200
A 577600
B 799800
F#7 242322
Intro
e---12-------12----12\11\9\----4-----4---4/5/7-------|
B------12-------12---------------0-----0-------------|
G---------13-------13\11\9\--------4-----------------|
D------------------------------------------7/9-------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E-0--------------------------4-----------4-----------|
e---2-----2-----2-----2-----5-----5/7--7-------------|
B-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------------------|
G-------2-----------2-----------6------8-------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------0--------------------------|
E-2-----------2------------------------7-------------|
e---12-------12----12\11\9\----4-----4-----4-----4---|
B------12-------12---------------0-----0-----0-----0-|
G---------13-------13\11\9\--------4-----------4-----|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E-0--------------------------4-----------4-----------|
e---5-----5-----5-----5/7--7-------------------------|
B-----0-----0-----0----------------------------------|
G-------6-----6-----6------8-------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A-0--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------7-------------------------|
Verse 1
E
You?ve got the best of both worlds
G#m7 F#m7
You?re the kind of girl who can take down a man
A B
And lift him back up again
E G#m7
You are strong, but you?re needy, humble but you?re greedy
F#m7 A B
And based on your body language and shouted cursive I?ve been reading
E G#m7
Your style is quite selective, but your mind is rather reckless
F#m7 A B
Well, I guess it just suggests that this is just what happiness is.
Pre-Chorus
A B
Hey, what a beautiful mess this is.
A B
It?s like picking up trash in dresses
Chorus
E G#m7
Well it kind of hurts when the kind of words you write
F#m7 A B
Kind of turn themselves into knives
E G#m7
And don't mind my nerve you can call it fiction
F#m7 A B F#7
Cause I like being submerged in your contradictions dear
A F#7 A
Cause here we are, here we are
Interlude
e---12-------12----12\11\9\----4-----4---4/5/7-------|
B------12-------12---------------0-----0-------------|
G---------13-------13\11\9\--------4-----------------|
D------------------------------------------7/9-------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E-0--------------------------4-----------4-----------|
e---2-----2-----2-----2-----5-----5/7--7-------------|
B-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0----------------------|
G-------2-----------2-----------6------8-------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------0--------------------------|
E-2-----------2------------------------7-------------|
Verse 2
E G#m7
Although you were biased I love your advice
F#m7 A B
Your comebacks they?re quick and probably have to do with your insecurities
E G#m7
There?s no shame in being crazy, depending on how you take these
F#m7 A B
Words that paraphrasing this relationship we?re staging
Pre-Chorus
A B
And it?s a beautiful mess, yes it is
A B
It?s like, we are picking up trash in dresses
Chorus
E G#m7
Well it kind of hurts when the kind of words you say
F#m7 A B
Kind of turn themselves into blades
E G#m7
And the kind and courteous is a life I?ve heard
F#m7 A B
But it?s nice to say that we played in the dirt
F#7 A F#7 A
Cause here, here we are, Here we are
Bridge
E G#m7 F#m7 A B
Here we are, here we are, here we are, here we are
E G#m7 F#m7 A B
Here we are, here we are, here we are, we?re still here
Pre-Chorus
A B
And what a beautiful mess this is
A B
It?s like taking a guess when the only answer is yes
Chorus
E G#m7
And through timeless words in priceless pictures
F#m7 A B
We?ll fly like birds not of this earth
E G#m7
And tides they turn and hearts disfigure
F#m7 A B
But that?s no concern when we?re wounded together
E G#m7
And we tore our dresses and stained our shirts
F#m7 A B
But it?s nice today, oh the wait was so worth it
Outro
e-----12-------12--12\11\9\----4-----4---4/5/7------|
B--------12----------------------0-----0------------|
G-----------13-----13\11\9\--------4----------------|
D------------------------------------------7/9------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E-0--------------------------4-----------4----------|
e---2-----2-----2-----2-----5-----5-----7-----7-----|
B-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0-----0---|
G-------2-----------2-----------6-----------8-------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------0-------------------------|
E-2-----------2-----------------------7-------------|
e---12--------x--12\11\9\----5-----5-----5-----5----|
B------12-----x----------------0-----0-----0-----0--|
G---------13-----13\11\9\--------6-----------6------|
D---------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------|
E-0------------------------5-----------5------------|
e---4-----4----4--5--4---2-----2----0---------------|
B-----0-----0------------------4----0---------------|
G-------4------4--6--4---2-----2----1---------------|
D------------------------------4----2---------------|
A------------------------------2----2---------------|
E-4------------4---------2-----2----0---------------|
