Ed Sheeran just posted the live version of I'm A Mess (link below) and here is how he plays it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-t2CR9qZRj0 First off in this version the tuning is down a half step so instead of tuning to E B G D A E you need to be tuned down a half step to Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb. (There are other versions of this song he does live and it's tuned down a whole step) Then there's the chords. Because we're tuned half a step down the chords below are the shapes of the chords, they're not the sounds. So the E is an E shape not an E sound. When we're tuned down a half step and E shape will actually be an Eb. Where the x is on the B and C#m Ed rests his middle finger on the bottom string to mute it. E Asus B C#m F#m A E2 e|---0-----0------0------0------x-----x-----0---| B|---0-----0------0------0------x-----x-----0---| G|---1-----2------4------6------x-----x-----9---| D|---2-----2------4------6------4-----7-----9---| A|---2-----0------2------4------4-----7-----7---| E|---0-----0------x------x------2-----5-----x---| C#m Ooh I'm a mess right now B Inside out E Searching for a sweet surrender Asus E But this is not the end C#m I can't work it out B How? E Going through the motions Asus B Going through us Asus E And oh I've known it for the longest time B Asus And all of my hopes all my words E Are all over written on the signs B Asus But you're on my road walking me home Home, home C#m B See the flames inside my eyes Asus E B It burns so bright I wanna feel your love, ohoh C#m B Easy baby maybe I'm a liar Asus E But for tonight I wanna fall in love F#m A And put your faith in my stomach C#m I messed up this time B Late last night E Drinking to suppress devotion Asus E B With fingers intertwined C#m I can't shake this feeling B Now E We're going through the motions Asus B Hopin' you'd stop Asus And oh I've only caused you pain E B I know but all of my words Asus Will always below E Although all the lie we spoke B Asus When you're on my road walking me home Home, home, home C#m B See the flames inside my eyes Asus E B It burns so bright I wanna feel your love, ohoh C#m B Easy baby maybe I'm a liar Asus E But for tonight I wanna fall in love F#m A And put your faith in my stomach C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m And for how long I love my lover C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m For how long I love my lover, now, now C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m For how long, long I love my lover, now, now C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m For how long, long I love my lover, now, now C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m And I feel love, I feel it all over, now, now C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m And I feel love, I feel it all over, now, now C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m And I feel love, I feel it all over, now C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m And I feel love, I feel it all over, now, now C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m And I feel love, how long, long I love my lover, now now C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m For how long, long I love my lover, now, now C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m For how long, long I love my lover, now, now C#m E2 B Asus E B C#m For how long, long I love my lover