Intro
E / B / F# / C#m / E / B / F#


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


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


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


Chorus 2
                                E                         B                     F#          
I USED TO THINK THAT LOVE SHOULD NEVER HAVE TO BLEED
  C#m                           E                      B                        F#
I USED TO THINK THAT LIFE WAS ALL ABOUT THE DREAM
     

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


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


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


Outro
E                        B                  F#                   C#m
Can you believe the pain you see is more than just a tragedy
E                           B              F#                 C#m
Life is a death and love is a mess just embrace the cross 
E / B / F#            C#m             E / B / F#
                     the beauty of the cross