• Song:

    Broken Mess

  • Artist:

    The Classic Crime

  • Album:

    Vagabonds (Deluxe Editi...

The Classic Crime - Broken Mess

Capo 1st

Verse:
    C (x32010@1)                    Dme|-------------------------1------1---1------1--| (xx0231@1)B|--1------1---1------1----3----3-----3----3----|
G|--0----0-----0----0---------2----------2------|
D|-----2----------2--------0----------0---------|
A|--3----------3--------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------|
 He can't sleep,     he can't eat       He keeps

Am (x02210@1)                 C (x32010@1)        CM9
e|-----------------------0------0-------------|
B|--1------1--1------1---1----1-----1------1--|
G|--2----2----2----2--------0-------0----0----|
D|-----2---------2---------------------0------|
A|--0---------0----------3----------2---------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
  thinking about her behind the locked door

Fe|--------------------------------------------| (133211@1)B|-1------1---1------1---1------1---1------1--|
G|-2----2-----2----2-----2----2-----2----2----|
D|----3----------3----------3----------3------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|-1----------1----------1----------1---------|
of her bedroom                        As she

Am (x02210@1)                 C (x32010@1)        CM9
e|-----------------------0------0-------------|
B|--1------1--1------1---1----1-----1------1--|
G|--2----2----2----2--------0-------0----0----|
D|-----2---------2---------------------0------|
A|--0---------0----------3----------2---------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
knowingly tortures the shell that is left     of her

Fe|--------------------------------------------| (133211@1)B|-1------1---1------1---1------1---1------1--|
G|-2----2-----2----2-----2----2-----2----2----|
D|----3----------3----------3----------3------|
A|--------------------------------------------|
E|-1----------1----------1----------1---------|
  bridegroom

Repeat Intro Riff:
              C (x32010@1)       DmAnd (xx0231@1)what did he do to deserve
     Am (x02210@1)                C (x32010@1)         CM9             FThis (133211@1)whore of a wife who parades her disgrace to his face now
        Am (x02210@1)                      C (x32010@1)          CM9           FWhen (133211@1)he loved her and gave up his life in more ways than she knows how
    G (320003@1)        GAnd (320003@1)all I can say is that

Chorus:
C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)                    DmLove (xx0231@1)is a terrible art, it's a hook in the heart
                     GThat (320003@1)can drag you on broken glass
           C (x32010@1)                        AmAnd (x02210@1)as you protest the shards in your flesh
                        Dm (xx0231@1)                      G (320003@1)          AmThe (x02210@1)hook tears out your chest until you're just a broken mess

Verse:
         C (x32010@1)         DmWhere (xx0231@1)is God in this rot?
  Am (x02210@1)                        C (x32010@1)        CM9                 FDepraved (133211@1)she commits the most heinous of sins and breaks her vows
       Am (x02210@1)                      C (x32010@1)        CM9            FBut (133211@1)he loves her despite all the crimes she devises in his house
         C (x32010@1)            DmWhere (xx0231@1)is God? I've been taught
          Am (x02210@1)                      C (x32010@1)         CM9         FThat (133211@1)He's close to the broken, it's true I have spoken with Him some
       Am (x02210@1)                      C (x32010@1)       CM9            FWhen (133211@1)I look in my brother's eyes I can see where his love comes from
    G (320003@1)        G (320003@1)And all he can say is that

Chorus:
C (x32010@1)                Am (x02210@1)                    DmLove (xx0231@1)is a terrible art, it's a hook in the heart
                     GThat (320003@1)can drag you on broken glass
           C (x32010@1)                        AmAnd (x02210@1)as you protest the shards in your flesh
                        Dm (xx0231@1)                      G (320003@1)         
The hook tears out your chest until you're just a broken mess

Bridge:
    F (133211@1)          G (320003@1)               CBut (x32010@1)she has mercy on her lover and does not bleed him dry
  F (133211@1)           C (x32010@1)                     GA (320003@1)credit to his self control if it were me that monster would probably die

Chorus 2:
C (x32010@1)                 Am (x02210@1)                           DmLove (xx0231@1)is a beautiful thing, she can make your heart sing
            GWhen (320003@1)you're walking on broken glass
                   C (x32010@1)                        AmShe (x02210@1)will open your eyes, make your heart feel alive
                     DmPoint (xx0231@1)you toward the sunrise
                        GHelp (320003@1)you leave all this broken mess behind

Outro:          4x
F (133211@1)  G (320003@1)            EmLove (022000@1)is a beautiful thing
Dm (xx0231@1)                C (x32010@1)               GWill (320003@1)you leave this broken mess behind?
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