Messy chords by Carly Pearce

• Difficulty: Intermediate

Key: Db

🎸 Intro:

| B   F#   | C#   D#m7   | B   F#   | C#       |




🎸 Verse 1:
B             F#
Cigarettes in the ash tray
C#           D#m7
  Sittin' on the porch
B                 F#
Two empty bottles of cabernet
C#
  From the night before
          B            F#
Couple of texts I wish I hadn't sent
C#           D#m7
  But at the time
           B           F#             C#
Had a good buzz and it felt innocent

🎸 Chorus:
             B     F#
Movin' on is messy
         C#                D#m7                   B
It ain't always gonna be a clean break and it's okay
         F#             C#
Whatever it takes these days
                        B     F#
'Cause heartbreak isn't sexy
          C#               D#m7                   B
And there ain't no wearin' it well, goin' through hell
        F#                   C#
So give yourself some grace
            (B)
Movin' on is messy


🎸 Interlude:
| B   F#   | C#       |


🎸 Verse 2:
B                  F#
Little black dress in the bathroom
C#              D#m7
  From last Friday night
B                    F#
Thought I was ready, it was too soon
C#
  God
I wasn't right
   B           F#          C#
Mascara stains on pillowcases
                D#m7
  Can't stop my mind
     B             F#               C#
From goin' back to broken places


🎸 Chorus:
             B     F#
Movin' on is messy
         C#                D#m7                   B
It ain't always gonna be a clean break and it's okay
         F#             C#
Whatever it takes these days
                        B     F#
'Cause heartbreak isn't sexy
          C#               D#m7                   B
And there ain't no wearin' it well, goin' through hell
        F#                   C#
So give yourself some grace
            (B)
Movin' on is messy


🎸 Post-Chorus:
C#                    D#m7     B  F#
Everything's gonna be fine
     C#                  D#m7
Everybody ain't okay sometimes


🎸 Bridge:
       B                         F#
You're fine 'til you're fallin' apart
C#                   D#m7
Over it, back to the start
   B                              F#              C#
It ain't on your mind 'til you're replayin' every memory


🎸 Chorus:
             B     F#
Movin' on is messy
         C#                D#m7                   B
It ain't always gonna be a clean break and it's okay
         F#             C#
Whatever it takes these days
                        B     F#
'Cause heartbreak isn't sexy
          C#               D#m7                   B
And there ain't no wearin' it well, goin' through hell
        F#                   C#
So give yourself some grace
             B      F#  C#                    D#m7
Movin' on is messy     (Everything's gonna be fine)


Tag:
             B    F#           C#
Movin' on is messy, yeah (Everybody ain't okay sometimes)
             B    F#      C#                    D#m7
Movin' on is messy, yeah (Everything's gonna be fine)
         B       F#  C#
Oh, it's messy