Kasey Chambers' lovely song 'Beautiful Mess' from her 2010 album 'Little Bird'.

"The International Songwriting Competition (ISC), the world?s preeminent global
songwriting event, is pleased to announce that its Grand Prize for 2010 is awarded to Australian
native, Kasey Chambers, for her song ?Beautiful Mess?, entered in the 
Folk/Singer-Songwriter category."

Capo: 3


G        D                           Em
              C                               G
Well I prayed that the sun was a hope and the rain was an angel
   D       Em                                   C
            G
I came out of the treetop and into the cradle
          D         Em
C                        G
And I broke down like a babe with the hungriest belly
         D          Em      C                G
You make it all worth my while

G         D   Em                                   C
                      G
Well I lay under the covers for a hundred days
           D          Em                               C
                G
And I closed both my eyes til the relatives came
           D       Em                                C
              G
And I spun round in a circle til I came undone
         D          Em      C                G
Em    C   D
You make it all worth my while

      G                                                    D
So send me to the grave with the age old question
Em                                   C
How'd I get into this beautiful mess?
            G                                        D
It was never my intention and never my style
Em                                    C                 G
Everything about you is worth my while

  D                 Em                             C
                G
I laughed so nobody ever had to catch me crying
           D            Em                               C
                   G
And I cried so nobody ever had to catch me lying
          D            Em                                  C
                       G
And I failed a thousand times but it keeps me trying
         D          Em      C                G
Em C D
You make it all worth my while

      G                                                    D
So send me to the grave with the age old question
Em                                   C
How'd I get into this beautiful mess?
            G                                        D
It was never my intention and never my style
Em                                    C                 G
Everything about you is worth my while

      G                                                    D
So send me to the grave with the age old question
Em                                   C
How'd I get into this beautiful mess?
            G                                        D
It was never my intention and never my style
Em                                    C                 G
Everything about you is worth my while

      G                                                    D
So send me to the grave with the age old question
Em                                   C
How'd I get into this beautiful mess?
            G                                        D
It was never my intention and never my style
Em                                           C
Some things happen and I don't know why

             G                                     D
And it all comes down at the end of the day
      Em                                   C
Its hard to handle and its hard to take
         G                              D
Its a mighty big world, mighty big game
Em                                        C
I've been broken and I've been ashamed
                  G                                  D
I've been caught in the world, out in the blue,
Em                                         C               G
  D Em
Crashed to the floor but I still have you

C                G  D Em
I still have you
C                G  D Em
I still have you
C                G  D Em
I still have you
C                G  D Em
I still have you


(I think it threw out the spacing a little, but if you stick to the patterns (G-D-Em-C
and G-Em-C-D) and switch every two counts, you'll be sweet. You know the song anyway!
Otherwise, listen to the track for the timing. Sorry about that!
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